My mother spent a good part of my youth not cooking, more out of spite than anything, I think! So we grew up with a weekly Mickey D's run, and my personal favorite, cheese and cracker night. She actually can cook and makes a good chicken soup and excellent holiday cookies; my grandmother was even worse...we'd go to her house and she'd lay out bad sliced ham, white bread, and margarine for lunch. Ewww. As a result I am obsessed with cooking and do as much of it as I can!