It is a funny thing to me with men and cooking. Meet a guy and you find out thet he can cook a few things like a monster and no recipes required. Anything else you ask for gets a stare
My Dad made some of the best soups, hush puppies and sausage balls that I ever ate but could not boil a pot of water aside from those!! LOL!!
My Granny used potatoes for nearly anything. Hard to find the recipes for what she cooked as I never knew names of the dishes. Left over Irish potatoes and whatever else was on hand. Sheperds pie is about the only name I ever heard. Maybe I need to look up some old yard sale cookbooks for evening reading.
Aside from a grill or making soups....I am pretty useless as a cook but love of knives keeps me at the chopping board while my wife cooks.
Bill