On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:44:21 -0700, Christine Dabney wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:31:15 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>>Heh. Nothing wrong with that, IMO. I dunno why some r.f.c.-ers seem to
>>think that following recipes (or just reading cookbooks to get
>>'inspiration') is some form of "weakness".
>
> Heh.
> What they don't know is that many, many, many chefs do the same.

Without a doubt.


> And for those that just choose the internet, the opposite can be said
> too. There are a lot of mediocre cooks out there, offering lame
> recipes...

Can't argue with that. And some of these lame recipes end up getting
posted here too. <sigh> However, as most r.f.c-ers know enough about
cooking to spot a lame recipe at 50 paces it can be fun watching their
responses. ;-)

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Cheers
Chatty Cathy