Well I moved to Wyoming when I was 15 and am the oldest out of 5 brothers and sisters. So I started cooking early. I love to cook...except for when it's myself. I'm always looking for new recipes to try in the kitchen. Right now I've been on a Chinese food kick, but it changes up with my mood, a couple of weeks ago I was on a Green Chili misson. I get cravings and then I try to find recipes to make the ultimate dish. I would throw salt or something over my shoulder but that's constitutes sweeping the floor again. In my family we have what you call secret family recipes...but I guess I'm too young to learn them yet. I do know that whenever we went to my grandmother's house at the lake we always had fried bass and pancakes. Yum! Whenever I finally triumph a dish. I look at alot of recipes but to triumph you gotta give it your own little ump! The first time I made homemade tomatoe soup, I added way to much baking powder to the tomatoes and it tasted really bad. I also am afraid of salt. I don't care how many potatoes I add it never seems to work for me.