Zardnaar
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Tough question for me, because I’ve been cooking since I was 7 or 8, and there’s a LOT I do very well. But remembering WHEN I learned to truly appreciate and cook certain dishes is problematic.
The recipes from my youth that I cook:
Gumbo*
Grilled Ham & Cheese with tomato soup
Pie Blitz
Red Beans & rice
Omelettes
The dishes that I get in restaurants, and I may or may not cook authentically, but definitely have an outsize importance to my culinary mindset:
Schnizel
Hungarian Goulash
Shrimp Fried Rice
Garlic Cole Slaw
Shrimp Dip
Crispy Vegetarian Egg Rolls
Pho
Linguine with White Clam sauce
Clam Chowder (white)
* especially using our family’s own hot sausage
Mother taught me to bake comparatively young.
I'm not great at cooking but can do ok.
At school age 10-12 we had cooking, sewing, metal and wood work and art. Everyone had to do it.