"Julia Altshuler" > wrote in message
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> JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
>
>> If the Joy of Cooking exhibited the characteristics you mentioned above,
>> in your last sentence, I would agree with you. But, it does not. And if
>> someone is daunted by the "size of the index", they are idiots, and
>> NOTHING will help them except to be placed in a high chair like an infant
>> and fed.
>
>
> Yo talkin' 'bout my mama dat way? She's a BEGINNER who has NEVER LIKED
> COOKING, not an idiot.
>
>
> --Lia
>

Here's something else you wrote:
"Those of us who are just starting out might pick it up, see the sheer size
of the index and start to sweat."

If you think your mom was like that, I question how much respect YOU have
for her.

Mo
"Then open to a random page, see recipes with several steps..."

The simplest vegetable recipe has "several" steps, if you include:
- Put enough water in pan to cover vegetables
- Bring to boil
- Add vegetables
- Time them, poke them or taste them
- Drain them

What would you call someone who was freaked out by those steps?