On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:33:45 GMT, wrote:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:35:07 GMT, Frogleg
wrote:

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 09:30:04 GMT, LMWB wrote:

I'm looking for information in VERY BASIC cooking as I have absolutely NO
cooking skills whatsoever.

Although I am new to this group I have been a lacto vegetarian for 20+ years.

Enquiring mind wants to know -- how did you accomplish 20 years of
vegetarianism without acquiring any knowledge of cooking?

Maybe he was a married man whose wife cooked? Or lived with
his parents who cooked? Both are quite common, after all.

Indeed. My train of thought sometimes makes long excursions with the
only destination a picnic lunch. I've just never experienced a
situation where everyday cooking, even if mostly done by another
person, was a mystery. Of course 'watching' and 'doing' are different.