On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:47:22 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> wrote:

>On Apr 17, 8:46*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
>wrote:
>> Eric asked:
>>
>> > What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>>
>> Are the people who responded to this thread REALLY passionate about cooking?
>> PASSIONATE? It's an entertaining hobby for me, and I enjoy it, but it's
>> quite a stretch from there to passion.
>>
>> ObFood: My planned Easter dessert is a panna cotta with a passionfruit
>> sauce.
>
>You're a very different sort of cook and eater than I am, and you
>really are very honest about your relationship with food. You're
>obviously not a supertaster, but you're very discriminating about
>ingredients. You very seldom *slum*, but often go somewhat over the
>top with combinations. I sometimes read your posts with fascination,
>though seldom with a desire to emulate.
>
>I do cook with passion, and am far more conservative in my choices of
>ingredients. It's not a hobby, but a part of maximizing pleasure for
>myself, family and sometimes friends. I almost never critique your
>*recipes* because I don't have the ability to even understand most of
>them. I do understand the crappy ingredient recipes I see, because
>I've been subjected to them.

Is that the long version of saying you're not a keyboard kook?