When we would visit Oma on Friday nights at her old home, she would always cook a lovely hot meal and a dessert for us. We'd sit at her long, solid oak table, with a pressed, white table cloth, pressed white napkins and candle light. She would cook either an Indonesian Barmi, or a beautiful Oyster Blade steak with purple cabbage (which I've adapted for her now). The kids were allowed a glass of Solo and Jason had to have a Tooheys New, as that's what Opa used to have. And for dessert she would prepare Blue Ribbon ice cream with canned peaches, or homemade chocolate mousse with whipped cream. The kids eternally wondered which was the better dessert (it was normally determined by the size of the portion that visit 😆 ).
