It’s been so long since I’ve cooked from scratch that I don’t remember. I remember making fruit bread from scratch and substituting a lot, came out light and very tasty. Braiding it was the hardest part. I had a small dinner party back, way back when I was 18-19 I cooked two chickens with different fillings. I remember one was wild rice, can’t recall the other. But I was in tears cause both of them were just falling apart. My date for that night said that was perfect that’s how it should be. I’d never cooked chicken before and didn’t know that. But the food did get eaten up, for the chicken I did follow the recipe. For the bread I kind of winged it. I used to be pretty good in the kitchen but then I was homeless for years no opportunities to cook, then I lived on my own and I never did much more than microwave

Did you have long periods of isolation?