On Saturday, August 15, 2015 at 3:24:20 PM UTC-7, jmcquown wrote:
> On 8/15/2015 6:10 PM, DreadfulBitch wrote:
> > On 8/13/2015 4:49 PM, wrote:
> >
> > My mother's stuffed pork chops.
> > My mother's lamb chops.
> >
> > Other than very occasional side dishes I don't remember being served any
> > type of "convenience" food while growing up. Mom wasn't a very good
> > cook, but her stuffed pork chops and lamb chops were beyond amazingly
> > good!!
> >
> My mother was all for the "convenience" foods when I was a teenager.
> She didn't like to cook. I learned how to make tasty things like
> stuffed pork chops, lamb chops, etc. *because* she didn't like to cook.
>
> The difference is I enjoy cooking. For Mom it was just another chore.
>

My mother liked cooking, but she didn't like having to cook every meal,
every day. That became worse than a chore, it became oppressive.