Man, lately EVERY time you start talking about food, it starves me to death !!! I would kill for a home cooked meal at my mom's tonight....too bad I'm so far away.... 
Most women today can't cook like that, and they wonder why we leave,lol.
I had a woman who cooked like that, but made up her own dishes, one was a hot fried porkchops and gravy deal that had chopped jalapeņo peppers in it, with spicey crab cakes, green beans, mashed potatoes, and dessert was Key Lime pie...she made all of that...and it was Southern Portions, if you know what I mean...
Man, I miss her...damn, I'm hungry now, and she cooked the bests steaks! And let me not start on her potato salad, mac and cheese and catfish...