Kswck wrote:
>
> 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.

All of the above plus experience in commercial kitchens. Any time anyone
made a meal for me that I enjoyed, they were asked for the
recipe/technique etc. If it was an awful meal, also took note *never* to
do that!