Sister power

This last week when my sisters and I cooked our Dad a traditional German dish (Fleischkuechle) for his birthday that our Mother used to make (we say that she was the expert!), we had a lot of experts watching us. Mom’s sister (our Aunt Barbara), our Mother’s long-time friend, Hilda, our cousin Terri (and new daughter-in-law Mackenzie who met our family for the first time), and our Dad’s lovely wife, Ginny.

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After almost 3 hours of cooking together in the kitchen, I’d say we were getting silly.

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And having a lot of fun.

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Cousin Terri & Hilda came early to help out.

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But then …

Right before serving our German dish, we burnt the breadcrumbs!

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For a minute there, we didn’t know what to do, because we had used all that we had!

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We salvaged some by scraping off the top.

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We then popped toast into the toaster and ran it through the blender. Saved! Whew! By my sisters Linda and Di (I take no credit!)

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Usually I am giving orders in the kitchen. But this time it was my oldest sis doing that job. Rightly so!

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But what I love about working in the kitchen together is “Sister Power.” Just in time for our Flashkeglia dish to be served, our breadcrumbs were ready to put between the layers.

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You see this dish would not be worth serving without bread crumbs. Lightly sauteed in butter – delicious. (We had 3 large bowls when we were finished.)

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I know I am blessed with my sisters. And honestly, I can’t think of a time in the kitchen together when we haven’t had laughter.

There is a sort of “power” that comes into the room, I’d say. I call it “Sister Power,” and even with burnt breadcrumbs, we always figure out a way around our blunders.

And we never apologized once around the table, or warned our guests: The breadcrumbs might taste a bit burnt!

Nope. We were confident at that point that our many hours of work had paid off. A tasty meal to be served and enjoyed.

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You may not have sisters, but maybe sister-in-laws or lovely women friends that you like to cook with.

Would you be willing to share the last time you had some fun in the kitchen with them?