"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 15:47:09 -0800, gtr > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-01-02 16:33:09 +0000, Ophelia said:
>>
>> >> I can interpret recipes well enough to know whether I should bother
>> >> with making it or not. So, no, I wouldn't have made it in the first
>> >> place and there would be nothing to rescue. :-)
>> >
>> > Of course as would I, but not everyone can.
>>
>> It's just a question of cooking more. The more you do anything the
>> better you are at recovering your balance when you lose it, finding
>> interim solutions to interim problems, and so forth.
>>
> You're also able to figure out if a recipe has good "bones", but there
> are certain ingredients or amounts that you will change. <shrug>
> Julie's problem is different because she can't digest most food and
> her family doesn't seem to like anything she makes for them, which is
> why she should just shop/cook for herself and let them shop/cook for
> themselves.
>
>> As I've said many times, it's not until I hear my wife say "oh hell" in
>> the kitchen, that I realize I'm going to get something more creative
>> that either of us likely expected. And it's almost always good!
>
> If you were Julie's family, you'd hate it and tell her it's vomit.
> They are so disrespectful to her, it's criminal... but I guess she
> likes it or else she wouldn't allow it to continue.

Why would she like it??? Can I suggest she tolerates beyond anything we
would tolerate? She always does her best to please them and they are damned
lucky to have her And no, they don't deserve her(

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