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On 9/2/2016 7:44 PM, wrote:
> Who Decided that Food Needs to be Exposed to Fire before it's eaten.
> With a few exceptions, almost everything we eat is exposed to fire in
> some form or other. WHY??????
>
> Ok, I would not want to eat raw meat, but why must we cook (use fire) on
> vegetables, fruits, grains, and so on?
>
> Personally, I hate cooking, and cooking is all about exposing food to
> fire. Its not the fire that I hate, it's the fact that food burns, gets
> stuck to pots and pans, and requires precise timing and control of the
> flames. Something I have never been able to get right!
>
> If it was not for restaurants, I'd live on salads and other raw fruit
> and veggies.
>

what are you doing here?