when my mum would always force me to bring chair closer to her and be adding Maggi, salt and pepper to the food she was cooking, indirectly teaching me how to cook

Awwwwwwn 🥰
Momma did an excellent job with that. Though she didn't really bother with me, mine was just to enjoy all delicacies coming out of the kitchen 😂
You seem confident on your cooking skills. I will gladly love to be the judge of that.

All parents do want the best for their children and nothing less. But to us all, it feels like the opposite but luckily we always get to reminisce and value all the teachings.