Re: Cooking redefined

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 22:22:51 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

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I have three brothers and we can all cook. I can confess to being the
best and they will agree. They have all acknowledged that.  While they
can cook complete meals they need a recipe to follow. I have recipes in
my head or I can fake things.  My younger brother can put on a meal
himself, but it is going to be part of his very limited repertoire,
probably something like canneloni  where he will mix an egg, some
ricotta and gated parm and stuff it into pasta tubes use a jar of sauce.
  My older brother taught me how to make pies but that is about the
extent of his baking.
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My oldest brother could cook, how well I'm not sure.
I never saw my second brother ever stir a pot or
cook an egg, but he was great around a grill.  My
third brother didn't do much cooking that I ever saw
but he was more than willing to get in the kitchen
and peel potatoes and stir pots.  If there was an
'assembly line' of a recipe, he was right in the
middle doing his part.  My fourth brother is a pretty
good cook and will ask what he should add or omit
when a dish doesn't turn out as well as he had hoped.
His wife takes care of the cooking now.
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