There were only two meals that my mother would make that not everyone would eat. For me, it was when she made cabbage soup. I'm not talking about a minestrone type of cabbage soup, I'm talking cabbage boiled in a pot until the water was flavored like cabbage, then it was spooned over mashed potatoes in the bowl. I'd eat the mashed potatoes, but my Mom would always ruin them by putting that horrible, fart-smelling broth and cabbage over them. 
Luckily, we didn't have that often, but when we did, I went on a hunger strike.
For my sisters, it was what Mom called hash. It was ground beef with many vegetables... corn, green beans, tomatoes, etc. I thought it was delicious, but when we all get together on holidays now, we tell these stories to our kids.
Mom was a great cook. She learned the cabbage soup from her mother. It was something that the Polish and Russian immigrants brought to this country that wasn't expensive to make. Peasant food is very good, usually, just not that cabbage soup.
Luckily, we didn't have that often, but when we did, I went on a hunger strike.For my sisters, it was what Mom called hash. It was ground beef with many vegetables... corn, green beans, tomatoes, etc. I thought it was delicious, but when we all get together on holidays now, we tell these stories to our kids.
Mom was a great cook. She learned the cabbage soup from her mother. It was something that the Polish and Russian immigrants brought to this country that wasn't expensive to make. Peasant food is very good, usually, just not that cabbage soup.
