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[quote=Anonymous]One grandmother died when my mom was little and the other lived 1000 miles away - so neither taught me to cook, although I do have a vivid memory of my one living gma trying to teach me to cook popovers once.

My mom was a home ec major in the 50's, so by the time she had me and my siblings she'd been working in operations in large kitchens - so we had a strict schedule of menus prepared with the utmost of efficiency.  It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized not everyone had standing lists and didn't always go to the grocery store with that list in hand.  That said - her food was good, if repetitive.  I have zero recipes for anything and she had zero patience for anyone in her kitchen.

My dad had grown up on a farm in the midwest and would try to have a garden.  Life got to busy and there were too many trees in our yard for that to last.  He could cook a couple of odd meals - tuna noodle casserole and sauerkraut and sausage, but for the most part he stayed out my mom's kitchen.  Except for clean up - he always did the dishes (or supervised my sibs and me doing them.)
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