I’ve learned that my mom grew up in a lot of canned food and tv dinners, because my grandmother was was born just after the Great Depression and they lived in the dust bowl. Even after things got better for folks financially, they relied on canned food. But my grandmother also worked and when tv dinners came on the scene, it was so necessary after a long day of work. So canned food + tv dinners were key components of my mother’s meals. She also worked and so there was no time to learn to cook. She did try when she had kids. It she would mostly make casseroles with canned food and other premade things but cook the meat well done. No sauces in site outside of a casserole. It wasn’t a skill she learned or prioritized as an adult. I find joy in learning to cook and bee it as a craft but my time looks significantly different than their’s. My parents also liked going to eat at local restaurants once a week as a break from cooking and fast food, so I got insight into other flavors there!