Jeri, sometimes one DOES simply crave rubbish - I find I need to keep a couple of boxes of Kraft Dinner in the cupboard for those occasional "dirty food" moments (maybe twice a year) when Yarg or Colston Bassett Stilton or Stinking Bishop just won't do... :)

I know my mother COULD have got fresh stuff if she wanted. She just chose not to. And what was with all the cans? I remember how she used to say she hated peas - she meant canned. I cooked her some frozen peas when she came to England, and it was a Damascene moment. She said, "What did you do to make them that colour?" I was like, "umm, that's the colour they're meant to be..."