If it's easy, I'll make it. Stir fry, baking desserts for the crew. (I can't eat them, but THEY certainly don't have any trouble!) I'm always looking for Old cookbooks. They're a great read and a bit of history too. and the best recipes come out of the old books. Just basic cookin'! We really didn't have any traditions. If it didn't bleat, moo, or (god forbid) neigh when you stuck a fork in it,,,you ate it. :} Mostly, since my mom has been a diabetic for many years and cooked to compensate..things were pretty bland....that is until I got married, and married a man whose mother ran a successful restaurant..she was a great "Southern Cook". Learned a lot from her. I fed 50 people at a reunion. The whole mess, from meat to beans, from beans to greens, from greens to cornbread, biscuits, and desserts. Took me two days to prepare, and I pulled it off. It was good. when the folks complimented, they showed it by eating all of it, and asking for my angel biscuit recipe, and of course, the cream cheese pound cake one. I have no "tragedies" just "learning experiences". Of course, that list goes around the block a few times.....