On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:36:33 -0700, Christine Dabney wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:25:50 -0700, "Steve B"
> > wrote:
>
>>The world is full of people who can't cook as well as they think they can.
>>
>>Just look around.
>>
>>Steve
>
> I totally agree. And I am probably in that group..LOL. I think I
> cook pretty well, and have an educated palate. It is probably only in
> my mind, although sometimes people seem to enjoy my food. I hope they
> are not just being nice to me...
>
> I have quite a few foodie and non foodie friends. Some of them are
> fantastic cooks and some are not so good. This is in both
> groups...Not just non foodies..
> It always amazes me when the so called foodies who think they are such
> great cooks, or have such refined tastebuds, are not really that
> good.
> I have to qualify this: Some of my foodie friends are incredible
> cooks. Some are just incredible cooks in their minds. Same with my
> non-foodie friends, although most of them don't claim to be such
> fantastic cooks. But some of them are.
>
> Christine

when i think of my own cooking skills, there are so many things i *don't*
know how to do that i'm not going to make many claims.

your pal,
blake