Oh goodness I don't remember not cooking or at least helping Mom or Granny cook. As soon as we were big enough to stand on a chair and stir a pot my sister, cousins and I were helping out in the kitchen. We went from stirring as an adult added ingredients to adding the ingredients ourselves as we were told what to do to being turned loose on our own and just being told what we needed to make, up to us to remember how. To this day, most of the meals I make for holidays are dishes that I've never seen a written recipe for, just have made them over and over from the time I was small. And I must say that growing up in the kitchen has really given me a love of cooking. I enjoy finding new recipes and making improvements on old ones. Makes me really sad to see my nieces and my cousins' kids not know how to cook beyond throwing something in the microwave. |