I am a former pipe-fitter/plumber with twenty years in the trade. Unfortunately, I was injured (low back), having surgery and subsequently disabled. Currently, I am a full-time student working on a degree in theology with the aspiration to attend seminary when I'm done with this BA degree. My wife works full-time for the state of NC and I am a stay at home dad with nine children, ages 21 to 2, six girls and three boys. Soon, the only boy left in our home will be getting his own place, leaving me behind with a wife and four girls, ages 10 to 2. I will be living in "chick-flick" hell. :) Due to the situation, I have started doing all the cooking for the evening meal. I'm learning and actually enjoying myself! Pork Loin, slow cooked in a crock pot; Oven baked turkey; homemade chicken pot pie. I am from the south and I love southern fried chicken, fresh butter beans, collards, etc. I am also a huge fan of Asian stir-fry using a Wok. Chicken or pork fried rice and beef and broccoli are several of my favorite dishes. I recently made a home made chicken pot pie where I made the top and bottom crust from scratch. I didn't think I could do it but I somehow pulled it off and my family devoured it, which is the gauge for all my cooking. The first time I cooked fried chicken it absolutely beautiful on the outside but it was cold and raw just beneath that wonderful golden brown skin.