On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 09:31:22 -0800 (PST), Sheldon wrote:

> 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.

keep telling yourself that. no one else will believe it, though.

blake