Giusi wrote:
> "Kswck" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
>> 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.
>
> In culinary terms I was luckier in my choice of mothers. It started
> with her and seeing how much pleasure cooking well gave her. AAMOF,
> I like doing all the things that my parents openly enjoyed, like
> reading, gardening, etc. I did not like everything my mother made,
> but since she was a child of the Depression, some of it was wierd.
> Waste not, you know.

Let's face it, they did what they had to do to feed the family.
In the end, that's what matters.

nancy