my mother didn't like, ans still doesn't care to cook except baking at the
holidays. i learned from her. i don't care to do the mechanical part of
cooking be cause i can't stand still and "stir contantly".

I learned from her.
-food you can make that simmers or slow cooks is easier to leave alone.
-pricey ingriedents that other feel are upper class usually just spend too
much money and take away from other areas of life style you would rather
spend your money on.
-fresher and less processed is better and allows for more variations.
-budgeting the food helps you eat more variety and have better experiences.
-steak doesn't go as far and you have to eat less if you insist on a
particular cut of meat.
-grow a garden and buy fresh meat from a farmer if you can.
-boxed foods are ONLY for nights when there is something more important to
do like a family activity and food needs to be rushed.

Lee
"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> 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