My mother taught me to cook, bake, sew, and embroider. I am thankful to Mom for her skills and patience. Chinese Stir-fry Grilled steaks Fruit cobblers Fried shrimp Lasagna Spinach Quesadillas Seafood on tortillas Red/Black beans & Rice Peach Dumplings Lamb gyros with cucumber sauce Christmas butter press cookies Grandma's Quince Jelly Rhubarb pie Banana Pecan bread Swiss steak Cornbread Waffles w pecans Omelets Fruit salads Chicken salad Turkey Meatloaf Bacon-lettuce-tomato Sandwiches Strawberry Jell-o/Ice Cream Pie Deep Dish Chocolate-Pecan pie Raspberry jelly-roll Rhubarb Strawberry syrup Tiered wedding cakes Fresh strawberry pie Best baked beans w bacon Crab burritos Forgetting to turn on oven when stuffed turkey was in it. Cooking peach dumplings in a Pyrex dish that exploded. Stir-fry not following a recipe.