Homework №1. My food memories. Childhood)

There were five of us at home when I was growing up – my mother, my father, my grandmother, my great grandmother and me. All women in our family cooked very well, especially my great grandmother. I wanted to know how to cook too, so I always helped in cooking. I used to love baked pies. It was a long process. Great grandmother would mixed dough. I helped to cook stuffing and filling for pies. My favourite pie was meat pie. I used to chop cabbage, onion and cut eggs, but I didn’t actually like pies with cabbage. This sort of pies like my grandmother and my father. 

                                                       Сергей Андрияка. Домашние пироги, акварель, 1996

In our family we used to have a special tradition – on Sunday we used to eat around a table and these pies were the main dish. We also had a three-course dinner: different soups, meat or fish and a cup of tea. My great grandmother often heat the samovar and put it on the middle of the table. All our family used to love drink hot tea with jam, honey and sweet pies. 

                                                        Сергей Андрияка. Всё к чаю, акварель, 2001

I always set the table and in the end of our dinner I helped with the washing up.

I think I had a happy childhood, but now I suppose that eating healthy, balanced food is more important, so I don’t eat lots of cakes and pies, because I watch my weight.