On Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:33:39 -0700, sf wrote:
My Mother tried very hard to make healthy, filling and tasty meals for
all of us. We had a boarding house with roomers who shared the supper
meal with us, so there were almost always about 20 people eating.
As hard as she tried, Mother was a dreadful cook. Almost bad enough to
burn water. My two sisters learned to cook in school and "practiced"
at home as much as possible, much to everyone's delight.
I learned some by watching my sisters cook, but mostly later at the
restaurant I worked at. I watched every move the chefs made and later
became a prep cook for one of them.
Until I was about 15, I thought *all* food was supposed to be burnt on
the bottom and/or top. I learned later that it wasn't necessary. Ha!