On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:59:21 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>Not really. I think my mother was a picky eater all grown up.
>Remember how people here talk about being grown ups and how great it
>is to have choices? She hated a lot of things, so I had only the best
>of the best when she was cooking. I always had steak, never pot
>roast. That sort of thing. When she wasn't cooking, she embraced
>Kraft, Swanson and Campbell's.
>
>I don't think I ever ate home made soup until I made it for myself and
>I know I never had home made bread or rolls until I made them myself.

My mother was the opposite. If there was a new fruit, vegetable, item
in the grocery store, she brought it home and we ate it. Watching
her in the kitchen was how I learned to cook.
Janet US