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Nancy Young[_2_]

wrote:
>> Do people come out and say that? I'm a great cook? I've never
>> seen anyone here say that (unless you count the ribbon whore ...
>> laughing ... I'm kidding!!) and I've certainly never heard that in
>> real life.
>>
>
> I saw a program once that was supposed to transform bad cooks to good
> cooks. I think it was called inedible to Incredible. I saw two
> eopisodes, and in each case, the "victim" was somebody who thought
> they served great food and their family and friends hated it. They had
> 3 special meals, and those were what were transformed.
>
> In both cases, the person bragged about their food being great, and
> then had to taste theirs after trying the new version they learned to
> make. And of course, none of them liked their old food after that.

You're right, I have heard people say they make a great 'whatever'
and they might be right and they might not. But I've never heard
anyone describe themselves as a great cook.

The best cooks I've known probably always think they could be
better.

nancy