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?').
>

My brothers and I used to help our mother in the kitchen when she was cooking
or baking. All four of us can cook. After I moved out of the house I learned
most of my basics from watching The Galloping Gourmet.