On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:09:33 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:49:32 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> Apparently my grandmother had a weekly menu plan, with a particular dish
>> for each night of the week. The old girl only had to know how to cook
>> seven dinners.
>
> I will never understand that style. My grandparents did that and my
> mother (who never did have much of a repertoire) did it in her later
> years. If I start doing that, I'll know it's time to check myself
> into an old folks home.

i think it depends on the meals and how good they are. if i could execute,
say, a flawless szechuan crispy beef, eating it once a week would not be a
strain.

your pal,
blake