I am an ordained minister. I discovered that cooking was my way of bringing comfort to people. I began preparing food for the homeless and it was incredible the way they responded to someone making something "special" for them to eat! pasta of any kind My grandma Edna making meatloaf and my mother Margaret making potato salad are 2 of my fondest memories. When I discovered that I COULD cook and nobody got sick! Making a pot of chili and dropping in the whole container of baking soda. Thought that if a little could get rid of the gas effect, what could a lot do? LOL