Didn't have that problem as my mother didn't cook much. She left the cooking to us kids as we got older. I took over all the cooking at age 12 when my older sister got tired of it all and moved out. When mother did cook it was almost inedible as she would cook it to death, no seasoning so no taste whatsoever. She hasn't gotten any better with age either. She now lives with my sister and she's not allowed to cook. Sis will let her make cookies only when she's home as its a gas stove and mother is now sporting 89. She tends to forget to put all the ingredients. I've gotten some of her batches of cookies and they taste like sawdust due to no sugar or very little.