Quote Originally Posted by mrspunkysmom View Post
I appreciate my mom teaching the real basics of real cooking. I need to relearn stuff I have forgotten, maybe take a class, but a lot of the basics are still there. So young people, if your mom or grandma teaches you how to really cook, pay attention! You might need it someday!
If you do not yet own one, pick up a Fannie Farmer's cookbook - it covers all the basics, and has a page for each vegetable, and other ingredients with basic cooking techniques as well as recipes!