over 30? you grew up eating what adults ate. now kids eat chickn fingers. pizza. mac n cheese

[dilby]

110. I should note my mom was a terrible, terrible cook.

I actually did not get a decent home cooked meal till after my parents divorced and my father took cooking classes to learn how to be independent. My mom basically thought potatoes and corn were the only vegetables you needed to eat and everything she made was brown covered in brown gravy.

But that brings up a really good point, most of us who ate home cooked meals had a stay at home parent during that time period. Today both parents are working and there is barely enough time in the day to work and cook a good meal. When I have my kids on the weekends I usually take them out for dinner on Friday nights because I get off work at 5, get them at 6 and by then they are hungry. It is just easier to stop by a restaurant on the way home and get them fed, we usually do some form of ethnic food, Indian, Middle Eastern, Vietnamese, Japanese or Ethiopian on Friday nights. Then I cook for them Saturday and it's usually a beef dish since that is what they always want to eat when they are with me. Their mom is master of cooking pork and chicken but I am the cow whisperer.