This is a bit late, but I forgot to post it last week. I've found that as I improve as a cook, I become increasingly frustrated with the way my parents cook things at their house.

It really struck me this year at Thanksgiving, as I watched them put the turkey into one of those Reynolds baking bags to...steam (?) it in the oven.

They wouldn't listen to my explanation that the bad doesn't actually hold moisture in the meat, since meat moisture correlates only to temperature. (They took the turkey out of the oven at 180 degrees...)

While the turkey was cooking, I watched my dad boil green beans for nearly 30 minutes.

Not to dump on my parents too much, since some of the food was really good. I always try to influence the cooking in a better direction by giving them good cookware as gifts, by cooking some dishes myself for holidays and by feeding them tips throughout the year. It is, however, a slow process.

Does anyone else have similar experience?