I don't think "culination" is a real word, but I like it. I know that culinarian is a real word. So to me, culination is what a culinarian does. I guess the root word would be "culinary"--having to do with or relating to cookery or the kitchen. So, this is a picture of the cheesecake I made last night when we had the missionaries over for dinner. It comes from the Libby's pumpkin company and is called Pumpkin Toffee Cheesecake. I have to admit, it was pretty darn good. Rene said I need to add it to my Best Recipes. In the description, it was listed as challenging. It was a little time consuming, but there really was nothing hard about it--no special cooking techniques or fancy terms. I was happy with it.
I don't know when cooking came to be something I enjoy. I remember well that I didn't really enjoy it as a child or teen. Miriam was always the chef at our house (besides Grandma, whom I have always considered a great cook). I remember that it was a challenge to cook decent meals on a graduate school budget. One year, Joe Giles, a professor at NDSU and a member of the stake presidency, brought us two 50 lb bags of potatoes, so we had potatoes cooked in every imaginable way. Actually, I think he did that more than once.
I guess as I had more time and more opportunity, cooking become more enjoyable. When the kids were all little, it was easy to make bread in between taking care of them. Little by little, I started to collect recipes that we liked and that fit our budget and lifestyle. Along with that came the enjoyment of reading cookbooks. I'll admit, I have looked at lots of cookbooks without cooking a thing from them. But it's fun to imagine what I could do if I felt like it. And some things that I tried, we liked and still cook them today.
I think different people react differently to different types of food. For example, Glazed Apple Pie Bars, which were such a huge hit in Ohio and requested for every potluck, have not gone over well at potlucks here. The original recipe came from Miriam. I don't know if she ever used it, but I passed it along to Mary Ann and she made them to great acclaim in Cincinnati. I don't know if she's tried them in their new home in Minneapolis.
So, I guess culination and the enjoyment of what it produces has become a part of our family synergy. And it's not just us. At the family reunion, I enjoyed a conversation with Matthew Pitts about Alton Brown's pizza dough. What's can I say? It's all GOOD EATS!
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Wait, so did you take that picture of your cake, or is that the one from the company? 'Cause it looks pretty professional.
No, it's the one from the internet. I wanted to take one, but hungry missionaries were waiting.
I know how to cook ham sandwiches.
Probably the best post on the Scoresby Scribble. I'm sure the cheesecake looked pretty similar to the one that was in the picture. But more importantly I bet it was wicked good to eat. I was thinking that at Christmas Ben and I should have a Ham sandwich cook off.
I couldn't agree with you more. I too like the name culination. In fact, it's the name of my business. If you check out culination.mobi you'll find all sorts of tasty recipes. I just happened across your blog after doing a google search for the word.
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