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.

Julia Child, Frugal Gourmet, etc. mostly. I took over most of the
cooking in the house pretty early since my mother wasn't a particularly
good cook (she could bake ok). Now that I'm many miles away, she's
learned to cook a bit better and has been known to call me for culinary
advice.