Butterscotch Potatoes

  • The most Ukrainian woman I know
  • Was born English, Italian, and can even sew
  • I know this all, because this is our mom
  • I’ve heard the stories of where she is from
  • Cabbage rolls, perogies and pasqua bread
  • Growing up, this is what I was fed
  • We never had spaghetti and pasta’s and things
  • Ukrainian food is what my mom brings
  • I’m not complaining because my mom’s a great cook
  • I just have one recipe she never got from a book
  • My dad and I were the only ones there
  • When my mom made scalloped potatoes with tender and care
  • They were brown on top with a different taste
  • I looked at my dad and we knew not to waste
  • We stared at my mom with a loving stare
  • We said what is up with the potatoes over there
  • She said, with a sigh of relief
  • It’s butterscotch pudding, to our disbelief
  • It was an accident that it was put on top
  • She did not want to start over, the dish was a flop
  • Now we should have known, as my mom had none
  • Passing this off on the husband and son
  • We never ate any more of it, that was enough
  • But boy did we laugh about our butterscotch stuff!

Doktor Souse