I was born in 1955, but consider myself all ages. My Mother was a Home Economics major and taught in a very small rural Iowa school. I learned to sew and cook very early in life. As preferences go, cooking won out! I have a very highly rated (by everyone who's eaten it!) Vegetarian Lasagna that takes 2 days, the entire kitchen and is a blast to cook. I've "personalized" the recipe--I love to cook almost anything I can "play with" and make my own. Turkey Leftover Recipes. They were weird (stuffing sandwiches with turkey on the side); unhealthy (stuffing topped with turkey, cranberry chutney, breakfast sausage that was baked); and incomplete (a mushroom soup based turkey, olive & almond "sauce" that wasn't put over anything until I was in my 40's and suggested noodles or rice...totally shocked my parents!) A 6-course Chinese Dinner for Mother's Day when I was about 16. Very few "pre-made" items -- all from scratch. Turned out perfect! Mother wasn't thrilled but did say Thank You ... later found out by observation that Asian food wasn't her favorite. Tragedy turned triumph ... was baking a cake for a neighbor's son's b'day party and when I was ready to frost it I picked up the pan and promptly dropped it! After a short panic I crumbled the cake into medium sized pieces, mixed in choc-chip ice cream,frosted it and since we lived in S. Calif. I called it an "Earth Quake Cake" (around 16 then, also) -- super save!!!