On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:04:57 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>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.

also, it's a little easier to gain that experience if in the beginning
you use a thermometer.

your pal,
blake