The spouse and I are not cooks, period.  Between us we can make about 5 dishes, sort of.  It’s no wonder that our three children like to cook, they have come to realize there is more to food than what we offered them as children.  It’s not that people didn’t try to encourage us.  When we got married, one of the gifts was a Betty Crocker cook book.  The plastic stayed on this book until about 5 years into our marriage, so I guess it didn’t work.