Italian, Mexican and occasionally Oriental, and there is always take-out. The giant turkey on Thanksgiving which had to be put in the oven at 3:30 a.m. in order to be ready for dinner at 2:00 p.m. My mother was exhausted by the end of the day. Tamale Pie, without a doubt. When the lasagne in the over heated oven caught on fire and I had to use a fire extinguisher to put it out. Gosh, I guess I had to clean the oven after that.