The Family Table By Lorie Thompson
F
ood is powerful. As well as sustaining our bodies, it can bring pleasure or evoke memories from the past. For me, cooking for people is an expression of love toward them. It is the way I was raised. If you love people, you cook for them. My Grandmother was the first person to arrive with a big box of her home fried chicken, potato salad, and a pound cake when someone in the community passed away. My mother always had a house full of guests every weekend to eat with our family. When our family traveled, a highlight of the trip was to try new foods. We always returned home with fresh ideas of items to add to our menu. The food we enjoyed was an essential part of the pleasure of the trip. I would like to share two old family favorites with you. The first is my Mama’s stew beef. It was a regular weeknight meal. I remember walking into her kitchen and hearing that jiggle-jiggle of the pressure cooker. The other recipe is for Cowboy Steaks. My family discovered these while on vacation in the early 1990s. Ingles recently had whole sirloin tips on sale. I paid a little over $30 for a 10-pound sirloin tip. In contemplating what to make with my bargain, the cowboy steaks and the stew beef were top of my list.
Lorie Thompson is a REALTOR at Poss Realty in Clayton, Georgia. Her expertise in her industry is second only to her culinary talents. Lorie is a dynamo in the kitchen. Honestly if she prepares it, it will likely be the best you’ve ever had! Lorie and her husband, Anthony (Peanut), make their home in the Persimmon Community. She is the proud mother of Joe Thompson and Kendall Thompson.
36 GML - May 2021
