I have a certain satisfaction with having a sufficient number of cookware.

[LiberalLoner]

3. That sounds like a beautifully stocked kitchen! Apparently many people these days don't cook really,

They just eat tv dinners essentially or meals delivered to be microwaved.

Making a delicious meal from scratch is an increasingly rare and valuable skill, and eating such a meal is a luxury far beyond going out to a fancy place for a meal, IMHO.

I still remember the last meal my beloved Mommy made for me. I will treasure the memory all my life.

Homemade biscuits with home canned chokecherry jelly.

Elk steak from an elk her husband hunted. He was a good hunter, they lived in Montana, and getting an elk each year gave them a lot of meat in the freezer and helped their food budget.

Fried potatoes, peas on the side. Homemade cookies for dessert.

I miss her every day, and each time I cook a meal, I think of her and the hours I spent watching her cook dinner, when I was a child.
I like to imagine her spirit is beside me, watching over me, with each meal I cook.