Expert is an awful strong word lol.
More like a practitioner....”
From the time I was wee lad, I would watch with fascination as my mother prepared our meals. She cooked 3 meals a day from scratch. There were 5 of us kids so leftovers were never an issue. I was always amazed how she could make every dish with perfect consistency never measuring any ingredient.
Practitioner or master?
Your mother, like most southern women, was a master.
BTW..I love G.R.I.T.S. too.