[SgtHooper]

I love cooking, too! The only downside, which may or may not be, is that for two hours prep, if it can be devoured in 20-30 minutes, and then cleanup. Growing up on the farm, it was even worse for Mom; she worked hard prepping the meal, we moved in, devoured, and were gone! I understood her feelings about that. But that’s the way it was. And her cooking was outstanding!

[Terry L Smith]

Dear Sarge,

I helped in the kitchen, but some times it was Mom’s ‘Castle of Solitude’.

Some times, even now, it takes a few minutes to prep, and as the avant garde say, to have your ‘mise en place’ all done first, before you heat the pan. (Chef Tood Mohr does a good point on this on YouTube.)

Since I was the child among grownups, guess who did all the dishes?? That’s right! There was no dishwasher, except me, back then. Nowadays, one plate, one cup, etc., but it still gets done.

[mass55th]

"she worked hard prepping the meal, we moved in, devoured, and were gone!"

Three girls and a boy in our family, and the girls always had to do the dishes after each meal. One would wash, and the other two would dry. I don't think my brother ever washed a dish the whole time we were growing up.