On Jun 7, 10:54*pm, Bob Muncie > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> > On Jun 7, 10:08 pm, Janet Wilder > wrote:
> >> Omelet wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> *blake murphy > wrote:
> >>>>> According to the mom's blog (she critiques food network shows) he can
> >>>>> make steak and green beans. I don't think she trained him in the
> >>>>> culinary arts.
> >>>> well, maybe he can pick up something from you. *i'm sure he could do a lot
> >>>> worse.
> >>>> your pal,
> >>>> blake
> >>> I think sometimes "chef's" may tend to make things too complicated.
> >>> Cooking imho is a simple art, and more a matter of instinct than book
> >>> learning.
>
> > Knowing certain things like how to develop a fond aren't mere
> > instinct, but cooking should, IMO, be pretty simple.
> >>> Experience counts too...
>
> > Experience guides the decision to use one pinch of fresh, chopped
> > rosemary leaves rather than three.
> >> I was chatting with a girlfriend today and we were wondering what the
> >> difference between a "chef" and a "cook" is. We came to the conclusion
> >> that a chef doesn't have to clean up after him/herself and a cook does..
>
> > A chef doesn't have to do his/her own prep work either. *A chef
> > supervises cooks, right. *Isn't chef just a word for *chief* cook?
> > I've told people numerous times that I'm not a chef, I just cook.
> > Even if I won the lottery, I wouldn't aspire to be a chef, but just a
> > person who cooks and who is able to afford more pricey ingredients.
> >> --
> >> Janet Wilder
> >> Way-the-heck-south Texas
> >> Spelling doesn't count. *Cooking does.
>
> > --Bryan
>
> Don't know about you, but if I won the lottery, I'd start a great
> restaurant, show major appreciation to it's great chef, and then eat
> there daily. I don't care who's the chief as long as he/she turns out
> great food. Even young line cooks have skills.

One thing I've said for many years is that if I won the lottery I
would have a dozen fresh turkeys roasted every week, and I'd donate
eleven of them to a soup kitchen, but reserve the drippings from all
twelve for making gravy.

--Bryan