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cshenk

wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Judy, Ignore people who get snippy with their answers. You probably
> know a million things at your age that they don't know. I'm a couple
> of years older than you, been cooking for decades, and I'm right here
> right now because I googled "grainy mustard", seeing it for the first
> time in a recipe today. I picked this link because--just as you
> did--I thought it would be a nice group of helpful people. But
> apparently we offended their sensibilities with our foolish question.
>
> Reminds me of a time I called New York from California, to a supplier
> for our business. When they gave me the name of a nearby town, I
> asked the spelling. She acted like I had asked how to spell "cat".
> I rattled off a few Spanish names of cities in California and asked
> if she could spell them. People forget that their experience doesn't
> exactly mirror theirs. This is kind of arrogant, if you ask me.
> I'll look for you on Facebook--we can swap cooking experiences.

Hi JB, Some of us are normal and I don't think asking what Grainy
Mustard is, is odd at all. It's popular in some areas and virtually
unknown in others.

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