I would love to be able to cook as well as my mother, my DD's think I do. But she knew how things were going to taste by the spices she added. While my sisters & I were growing up and she cooked all the time she could make biscuits and pie crust and noodles from scratch and no recipe. But after we grew up and she didn't cook as often she forgot what she called "the feel" or the "look". She had no problem handing over the big meals to my sisters and me when she felt overwhelmed by it all. Once my MIL told me when she made pies - she made them 13 at a time because she got 13 pie crusts from a can of Crisco. I just don't cook like that so those recipes are gone.