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At age 20, I couldn't cook at all!

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I don't remember what our first official meal was, but I'm sure it was something "instant." I was the first of all of my friends to get married--in my group no one got married so young--they all finished college and started careers and most got married around age 30. So learning how to cook wasn't something that was important to us. So when I married my husband in the early 1980's, our weekly menus consisted of boxed mac and cheese, hot dogs, boxed taco mix, spaghetti sauce from a jar, etc. I remember getting "The Silver Palate" cookbook as a gift from my aunt several years later, and I think that's when my love of cooking began. I do remember making the Beef Stroganoff recipe from the Silver Palate--that may have been my first "fancy" meal for us. Now I'm a cookbook fanatic and make most things from scratch. Guess I finally grew up!
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1 Recipe(tried): The Way To A Man's Heart..... Tuna Wiggle
  Gina, Fl
2 The first meal I made for my...
  Mickey,Mo.
3 Gina-Too funny
  Liss-co
4 My first meal was a disaster also Mickey
  Liss CO
5 I put off what he expected
  Sue/NE
6 What a fun topic today!!
  Jill/ TX
7 The first meal
  Karen - England
8 At age 20, I couldn't cook at all!
  Tara, Michigan
9 Hi, Jill/TX!
  AJ in MD
10 LOL Poor thing!
  Duffy P. Weber
11 To be fair..
  Duffy W. / NC
12 My Mother In Law had the same cookbook
  Carey, New Zealand
13 Carey, my sides....
  Karen - England
14 Thank You: I agree, fun topic.
  Amy, Ohio
15 I can top that!
  Sara, Riverhead, NY
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