Kswck said...

> Parent, other family member, friend? Or did you have to learn on your
own?
>
> Mom boiled every veggie to death. Figure ALL pork must be cooked in a fry
> pan covered with mustard and sauerkraut, till it's dead, beef so rare it
> would moo and chicken ONLY in a pressure cooker, or Shake-N-Bake.
> (Don't get me started on her soups-she believed food was to keep you
> alive...taste? 'You want that too? Why?').
>
> Learned on my own.


I caught on to a couple of my favorite dishes Mom cooked by watching
carefully.

Pop Pop was suave carving the turkey. I paid strict attention.

Inherited cookbook volumes became my best cooking resource. Foolproof!

Andy