On Apr 17, 10:04*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:47:22 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
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> >On Apr 17, 8:46*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
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> >> Eric asked:
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> >> > What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
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> >> Are the people who responded to this thread REALLY passionate about cooking?
> >> PASSIONATE? It's an entertaining hobby for me, and I enjoy it, but it's
> >> quite a stretch from there to passion.
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> >> ObFood: My planned Easter dessert is a panna cotta with a passionfruit
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> >You're a very different sort of cook and eater than I am, and you
> >really are very honest about your relationship with food. *You're
> >obviously not a supertaster, but you're very discriminating about
> >ingredients. *You very seldom *slum*, but often go somewhat over the
> >top with combinations. *I sometimes read your posts with fascination,
> >though seldom with a desire to emulate.
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> >I do cook with passion, and am far more conservative in my choices of
> >ingredients. *It's not a hobby, but a part of maximizing pleasure for
> >myself, family and sometimes friends. *I almost never critique your
> >*recipes* because I don't have the ability to even understand most of
> >them. *I do understand the crappy ingredient recipes I see, because
> >I've been subjected to them.
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> Is that the long version of saying you're not a keyboard kook?

How do you define, "keyboard kook?"

--Bryan