Mum's cooking that I cannot equal however hard I try.

Artyfarty my mother used that margarine too.She used a 6:8 ratio which made it very short.

My mother's chips were to die for too. No matter how hard I try, I can't get them right. They were so crisp and crunchy, mine are always too soft for me.
She also made the most amazing toffee apples, which she would hand out to all the neighbour's children. The teeth police would be after her now. .

As well as Mum’s roast dinners the other thing I really miss is Mum’s steak and kidney pie. It was absolutely delicious, the pastry was perfect as was the filling. I even loved eating it cold. No pie has ever come close to hers. (Mum always had cold hands and she used to say that was a help when making pastry). I can picture her now, rolling out the pastry with an empty milk bottle. We weren’t rich enough to have a rolling pin.

My mother was a good cook as well, I never remember her looking at a recipe. There were no shop bought cakes in our house and she was often asked to provide cakes for chapel functions. I have no cooking skills and am asked not to provide cakes

Geenfinch same here. She used to use Stork hard margarine, I wonder if that was the secret!

I loved my mother's stovies and I cannot make the meal remotely like hers. Chips also were very good- I gave up trying many years ago.

My mum made the best pastry. I can bake lovely cakes but no matter how I try I just cannot match her pastry.

My mother used to make the most delicious pastry that I cannot emulate. Her mince pies,apple pies and meat pies were to die for. I know she put in more margarine than necessary but she put it down to having cold hands.