Soooo...I now have sort of gained a cooking student.
My cousin's wife has learned to do a couple of things over time, but she really wanted to learn certain key dishes. So she has started joining in the prep & cooking of meals now and again. Well, this weekend, she kinda took point on dinner, doing a pineapple-strawberry glazed ham (the one my aunt- her MiL- does) and a pot of mustard greens, with my aunt and I doing only @40% of the work on each dish. Not just showing & telling, but explaining why we do things a certain way.
Her ham came out a little less sweet than my aunt's usually does, but still quite good. And the mustard greens were a home run.
It was the best meal we'd had in a few days, and we let her know it.
This coming weekend, we'll be steaming a turkey...