On Jan 1, 12:16�pm, blake murphy > wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:48:59 -0800 (PST), Sheldon wrote:
> > SteveB wrote:
>
> >> How would you define a cook?
>
> >> I think it is someone who prepares food who:
>
> >> will try new things.
> >> will accept failure.
> >> is adventurous.
> >> is flexible.
> >> is creative.
>
> > Those are personality traits that haven't a whit to do with cooking
> > ability per se... those apply equally to any endeaver.
>
> > Any pinhead can follow a recipe step by step, but that's not cooking,
> > that's mimicry.
>
> > To be considered a cook one must be born with the innate culinary
> > talent the same as one is born with the innate musical talent to be a
> > concert pianist... no number of lessons over any period of time will
> > help either one iota were they not born with the innate ability.
>
> > Cooking ability is not something one can learn... in fact most of the
> > world's great cooks are totally illiterate, and in fact any attempt to
> > make them literate enough to read recipes can only interfere with and
> > subtract from their culinary talents.
>
> what horseshit. �no one is born with the ability to do anything besides
> suck a teat. �talent might be necessary, but you still have to learn
> something to develop it.

Self proof why you're an imbecile.