Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 12/2/2018 10:29 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 10:21:21 AM UTC-5,
> > wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 07:12:12 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Sunday, December 2, 2018 at 9:37:07 AM UTC-5,
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 06:23:22 -0800 (PST), John Kuthe
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > You are ALL talking about Crap Food this AM!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Crap Food this, and Crap Food that!! :-(
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any actual CHEFS in this group? I know I am one.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > John Kuthe, KutheChocolates.com...
> > > > >
> > > > > Please tell us you are going to coat your ego in toffee so it
> > > > > no longer can speak!
> > > >
> > > > I never appreciated why pride was one of the seven deadly sins
> > > > until Kuthe started ranting about his wonderfulness.
> > > >
> > > > Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > > At boarding school in my day, you were going to get hit if you
> > > bragged about yourself or what you thought you could do better
> > > than others. It would seem it was a good lesson to learn 
> >
> > A certain amount of well-deserved self-praise is one thing. But the
> > incessant self-righteousness is bound to be corrosive to his own
> > soul.
> >
> > Cindy Hamilton
> >
> Sure, most of us have some sort of talent that we excel at. We have
> to remember though, on balance there are things we really can't do
> well at all.
>
> If you do excel at some particular task, the best way to get
> satisfaction from it is not to brag, but to use it to help someone
> that will benefit from your use of it.
Agreed Ed.
Here's a few simple things I have never mastered but tried a few times.
Cottage pie (potato). I seem to always get a soggy mass of ick.
Pot Pie (flour crust). I seem to always get a soggy mass of ick.
Somewhat successful but not better than a packet- Gravy. I have had a
few successes (or we accept them as better than a packet).
I'm sure we all have things we are not so great at. I did once nail a
gravy perfectly from scratch though! Hamburger fat based. It must
have been an accident ;-)
Carol