Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> I was just thinking about my culinary background (Steven has the rump roast
> in the oven at 250 degrees). There isn't one. [snip]
>
> I will say this. Life at home showed me how to dine out in style. I could
> not cook worth a damned but knew how to tip

I suspect you were less deprived, culinarily, than you say. When you
"dined out in style" you were probably learning to enjoy a variety of
food, prepared in a variety of ways. Your mother may well have
encouraged you, by example, to notice the appearance and aromas of the
food, and to explore the combinations of flavors and textures it
offered.

One learns to write by attentive reading as well as writing; to make
music by focused listening as well as performing; to cook by enjoying
eating as well as reading recipes. -aem

"aem" > wrote

> One learns to write by attentive reading as well as writing; to make
> music by focused listening as well as performing; to cook by enjoying
> eating as well as reading recipes.

But ... you can't learn to cook, can you?

nancy