On 2014-03-17 01:22:58 +0000, Dave Smith said:

> On 2014-03-16 20:43, Oregonian Haruspex wrote:
>> On 2014-03-16 22:51:53 +0000, Dave Smith said:
>>
>>> Below is a link to podcast of the the most recent episode of This is
>>> That, a very clever CBC radio comedy show with parody news interviews.
>>> In this one, a man is talking about suing a cook book on behalf of his
>>> grandmother for having stolen her recipes.
>>>
>>> http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/t...0312_31720.mp3
>>
>> I basically only eat out in order to steal recipes.
>
> My mother was a great cook with most things but fish was a major fail,
> so I never cared much for fish when I was young and didn't know much
> about cooking it. Years later I started trying fish dishes in
> restaurants and got some ideas about what to do with it. I now eat
> fish once or twice a week.

Good restaurants are a great source of at-home cooking ideas. If you
train your senses your tongue is probably as sensitive as a gas
chromatograph, so even the most subtle spice profile need not remain a
mystery.

It's a tragedy when an ill-prepared dish turns off a person to the same
food in the future. I've re-converted several people into liver eaters
by presenting well-prepared liver dishes. I have never had properly
prepared liver prepared by another person at home in my life, and only
rarely (and only at the fanciest eateries) have I had a proper liver
eating out. It's a shame, liver is not only one of the healthiest and
most nutritious meats, it is also sublime in flavor and texture.