I am not sure I remember my mother for her cooking. Her cooking was good but simple. We did not eat French, Italian, Hispanic, Chinese, et cetera, foods. In Brazil we ate beans and rice every day. We did eat spaghetti and lasagnas but not often.
We always had a young woman (late teens) from the country who lived us. She wanted to go to school in the city so she lived with us. We took them in as a daughter but she was also our live-in maid. She did most of the cooking.
I do remember Mom churning butter. Our milk came from Palma as unpasteurized whole milk, that is, with all the cream. We had a home pasteurizer so we did that for ourselves. In the process, the cream flooted to the top and Mom would scoop it off. She would then put the cream into a jar with some cubes of ice and shock it until the result was fresh, unsalted butter.
Mom's best dishes were desserts. She made a delicious German Chocolate Cake. Although I rarely have it anymore, it is still my favorite.
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