I am 32 yrs. old and I learned how to cook when I was 4 or 5. My grandfather taught me. Then When I was older we would stay on the farm and I learned to cook the "old" way (everything from scratch). My children are now old enough they will be learning the trade. Cookies, fudge, cakes, canning sauces, and just about everything you can think of Making fudge in December with my mom(God rest her soul). This will be the 1st year I do this since mom passed in 2003. fresh sketti sauce when I was 13. Strawberry cricp. forgot I was boiling eggs.