Julie Bove wrote:
>
> So I bought the book called 20-Minute Menus by Marian Burros. Luckily I got
> it used and didn't pay much for it because it is totally worthless to me.
> The book seems to presume that the people buying it don't know a thing about
> cooking. They tell you if the recipe calls for an 8 oz onion but you only
> have a 10 oz. onion to either discard the 2 oz. or add them to your dish.
> Say what? Who weighs their onions? Really?
>
> I do not seem much at all in that book that I would like to eat. It's big
> on fish dishes. I already know how to make things with chicken nuggets. I
> know how to make lasagna without meat. In fact I never put meat in mine. I
> know how to make hamburger patties. It's just far easier to make them
> already made up. Same with the chicken nuggets. Now that's really fast
> food. Buy it already made. Which is what I would think they would tell you
> to do since they tell you to buy the breadsticks, whole wheat bread, pesto,
> etc. already made up. You are also supposed to buy your veggies cut or
> sliced already.
>
> This book might be good for someone who truly doesn't know how to cook or
> stock a pantry. It also tells you how to do that and what the game plan is
> for the meal.
>
> So whoever recommended this book to me (I can't remember), thanks but no
> thanks!

In case you haven't noticed, most of the population has no idea how to
cook (big part of the obesity epidemic). Seems to correlate with home
economics type classes disappearing from schools, much like loss of
mechanical skills correlates with shop classes disappearing.