What’s Cooking?

Cooking: we all eat it, and some of us do it too!
I am the main cook in our house. Mostly because I enjoy it, and my wife doesn’t, although she will cook if she has to. 😁

I learned a fair bit as a kid when my siblings and I were helping our mother with cooking or baking. I am sure we weren’t actually much “help” to her, but we enjoyed it and usually got a sneak preview of whatever was being prepared!

And as that says, we didn’t get offered a menu as so many kids are today. We had the same as our parents and either ate it or didn’t. Mostly, we did!
As a rule, we had very few snacks and three meals daily: breakfast, lunch and tea.
My father liked his main meal at lunchtime, so breakfast was normally cereals of some kind, lunch was meat/fish and two or three veg, and tea was sandwiches and cake. We were all very active, so calories were not an issue!
My parents were into self-sufficiency, so most food was homegrown, and the surplus was frozen or stored for later use.

I am not a cordon bleu chef by any means, but I can turn my hand to fancy stuff if needed.
I am a dab hand at cakes and my lemon meringue pie is to die for, and not forgetting my apple pie!

So, do you enjoy cooking, and if so, what are your favourite recipes?
How did you learn to cook?
Let’s share all things culinary today!