>>13487873
It makes me sound like an edgy teenager, but since I started learning to cook, everything about how my mom cooks has been kinda appalling to watch.
Started with little stuff, like when she was about to put a tablespoon of ground mustard in something and I'm like, "Wait, lemme see that recipe", then explained to her that "prepared mustard" meant the condiment, not the powder.
But then, now that I'm paying attention to what she does, I've noticed that she doesn't fucking season ANYTHING. Like, she'll make chili, won't add salt at any point, and then the only actual chilies are what's in the can of Rotel she adds, no chili powder, no cumin, nothing.
Or when she does any kind of soup or stew, she just sets the cold pot on med-low and leaves it rather than doing the whole, "Raise to a boil, reduce to a simmer" thing, so any time she uses raw beans, they're horribly undercooked (like, they split in half when you bite them).