@Annimal65
I am a native resident of the beautiful Pacific Northwest, and I have to admit, I have never been a great cook, but I can cook. I simply like good food that doesn't take 18 hours to prepare, and by then, I'd be too exhausted to enjoy it! I am new to Recipezaar, but I have found it to be a very helpful site giving new ideas to the same old dishes. My mother was a GREAT cook, and I never really let her teach me alot about cooking, simply because I wasn't interested in learning. I wish now I would have been. She died in 1993. I miss her every day, and I am sorry that I never got her famous potato salad recipe that she kept in her head and not on paper-alot of her best dishes were that way! Anyway, thanks to all you great cooks out there who share your wonderful recipes with us not-so-great cooks out here! We really appreciate it!!!