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.

my birth mother was a professional cook before the madness took over
completely, so the genetic touch was there. my step-mother and your
mother were sisters in the kitchen. i learned from watching others,
being taught how to cook mexican food by the first mother-in-law and
from then on it was hit or miss, experimenting, watching friends, and
reading cookbooks.

harriet & critters hiding from the heat.