In article <HSMzi.1318$Ay3.959@trndny02>,
"Paco's Tacos" > wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 03:03:34 GMT, "Paco's Tacos" >
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>"blake murphy" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:31:18 GMT, "Paco's Tacos" >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>"Sheldon" > wrote in message
> groups.com...
> >>>>
> >>>>> <snip>
> >>>>>you need to cook a few
> >>>>> hundred of each to get a feel for it, I've cooked thousands, tens of
> >>>>> thousands, I can roast hams and turkeys of any size perfectly while
> >>>>> drunk as a skunk... and no thermometer would help one bit, in fact I
> >>>>> don't trust cooking by thermometer, would just **** me up. I don't
> >>>>> need to look at your thermometers, and I didn't... you need to
> >>>>> fergeddaboud em too... just cook.

> >>> it's a wonder how sheldon tolerates existence on this planet with all
> >>> us lesser beings...

> >>It's not easy being Sheldon.
> >>
> > really? i think any half-wit could do it...
> >
> > your pal,
> > blake
>
> I have to disagree, Blake. Think of all of the care and thought that has to
> go into each and every inane statement. And the expertise! On everything!
> This requires a 24/7 commitment.

Sheldon has a point, though. People with experience don't need
thermometers and recipes. With experience, it is easy to tell when meat
is done. With experience, it is easy to tell whether a dough needs more
flour or more liquid. Since I, and most everyone else, doesn't have
that kind of experience, we need the damn thermometer and recipes. If I
roast a turkey twice a year, I can't afford to have it go wrong, so I
use a thermometer.