I'm a happily married, 43 yr old mother of two adult sons, ages 23 and 19. I like to cook southern dishes for my husband and oldest son. I don't know about favs, but my grandmother once told me to put tomatoes in boiled water for 10 minutes to get the skins off easily. I've actuallly never tried it since my husband won't eat tomatoes. My husband shared with me that his ex used to fix this awesome Chicken Fried Steak w/Gravy meal, but he hadn't had it since. I would not be outdone by an ex! Now he says mine is even better! Yeah, he better say that! LOL! Ah jeepers! I put green olives with the pimentos in a spaghetti sauce once. I'll NEVER do that again!