My mother did not enjoy cooking so did as little and as basic as possible. My grandma was a better cook although everything was plain and simple which to me now is comfort food. I always stood by her as she cooked but I could never get a recipe that would work for me. She even wrote some of them down for me but with instructions like "some" of an ingredient and a process "until it looks (or feels) right. "You'll know" she would tell me. Sadly the recipes are just a reminder becUse I can't get them to work right.