Were your parents good cooks?

My mom was queen of the boxed, frozen and canned foods. If she made anything else it was kinda bland. Mrs. Dash was her jam. She's gotten better over the years. This is the woman who invented mashed potato sandwiches made with instant mashed potatoes, canned chicken gravy and white bread and kraft singles. I loved those things

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Freeranger · M

Absolutely, they both were. My mother was a profound one, and in the Autumn of the year on our farm, spent hours and days on end, canning all sorts of pickle recipes.
My dad, learned from his father-in-law [my grandfather] the art of baking bread. My grandfatherj's father was a baker and he grew up in the trade, working in his father bakery throughout his life....and he taught my father how to bake bread.

I was a very grateful beneficiary of it all...