I am single and own a condo in the biggest small town in the midwest. My friends usually try to get together biweekly to cook together and have fun. I guess I learned to cook from my mom. She is a fabulous cook. We have different asthetics. She is a country cook/baker. I like to use a lot of herbs/spices in my food and cook different ethnic types of food. italian, fruity desserts, sweet potato fries we make a huge meal for Christmas eve, eat together and then celebrate Christmas. Pancit. I asked the Philippino woman that introduced me to the dish for the recipe and she basically did one of those... chicken, noodles, shrimp and pork. uhhh... thanks? But after 3 attempts, I had perfected the recipe from what I remembered. If there is any doubt, my best friend that HATES shrimp ate it and LOVED it. Either making a crockpot dish where I put the noodles in for too long and ended up with a glue project or when I was 9 and attempted to make coleslaw with lettuce. Not good!