What is your special talent or ability?

[joel]

Exactly that - if nobody cares what they eat, I threaten them with hay for supper. Ornery I know.

My father came in from plowing a very dusty field & said" Make the tea, before I get mad & will not have it."
Mother never stopped make the tea, but said" Go ahead then I will not have to make it."

If you complained about a meal you did the dishes, you were going to do the dishes once a week anyways.
Mother said she was not dumping dumb men on the world, nor girls for that matter.

 

[Weedygarden]

I prefer a weekly meal plan, because it makes my job easier. If I don't have one, husband calls about 7:30 a.m., on his way to work, and asks, "Can we have ______?" Usually I'll make whatever he wants. When I was working, he had to pick up a lot of take out. Problem with menu plan, especially if they include a special diet he's on that's bleech. By 4:30, that plan goes out the window and something else is suggested. Now retired, I like knowing what I'm preparing first thing in the morning. I usually do the prep work ahead of time.

When I first moved to Colorado, I struggled to make my paycheck last for the month until I got paid again. I made a menu for the month and did as much shopping as I could at the first of the month so that we would have food to make it through the month. There was a pot of soup each week in cooler weather.

 

[Patchouli]

I've gotten pretty good at not putting up with anybody's crap.
Boom
I'm good with my old sewing machine (I've made clothing, Roman shades, reupholstered cushions), embroidery; cook to suit dietary and physical needs (seems like a lot of people eat out but I'd rather not).
I used to have an excellent sense of direction back where I used to live, too, @Peanut. Here I don't get lost, but my polar sense of direction is not on point here. I think I'll move.
Peanut, you're an excellent resource for herbal knowledge.

 

[TBob]

My wife says my special talent is irritating people

Seriously though, I'm "that fix it guy" in the area

 

[ClemKadiddlehopper]

I am pretty good at irritating people as well. I think I was meant to be a hermit and live in a cave.

I can do portions pretty much exact without weighing or measuring. I also have an excellent sense of direction. I may not know where I am, but I can always get where I need to go if I have been in the vicinity of it once upon a time. I can also see quite well in the dark if there is no light. Light messes up my night vision something awful. I don't use flashlights unless I am looking under the sofa; never to find my way around. I wear sunglasses at night to drive on busy roads.