"hob" > wrote in message
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>
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > In article .net>,
>> > "Gregory Morrow"
>> > <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> A common troll.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best
>> >> Greg
>> >
>> > I don't think so...
>> > This is all too common of a request,
>> > and it's a reasonable one.
>>
>> There's another way to look at it: It's laziness, and a special kind
> that's
>> rampant nowadays for some reason. I have some theories which explain this
>> disease, but it's too early to elaborate. Not enough coffee yet. But,
>> briefly, it involves TV and the internet, and an inability or
> unwillingness
>> to follow printed instructions.
>>
>> The OP said "but I'm either too busy or lazy...", and "I hope that I can
> at
>> least say that I've cooked a decent dish before I graduate." Admissions
>> of
>> laziness, and total lack of confidence.
>>
>> You (and I mean specifically YOU) can probably think of 3 dishes to
> suggest
>> to a new cook, which, if instructions were followed, would turn out fine.
>> Example: Apple crisp. Anyone who couldn't successfully make it should
>> probably not be operating anything more complicated than an electric
>> toothbruth, not to mention a motor vehicle.
>
>>How difficult is it to go to a
>> book store, browse until an interesting book is discovered, take it home,
>> and follow the instructions???
>>
>
> Sadly, IMHO that is a skill not taught, nor accepted in the age of Rush
> Limbaugh, where The Everyman can use his common sense in brain surgery,
> social engineering, and political discourse - even though he has no
> experience in medicine, he hasn't any concept of social diversity above
> "me-them", nor does he have empathy or recognizes even one of the 13
> logical
> fallacies.

Proof of this is the fact that my college roomate and I were able to buy a
couple of cookbooks and make some pretty good things, using minimal utensils
and a hot plate. (Illegal hot plates, of course. We had to bribe the R.A.
with food, and a promise to unplug the hot plate and hide it as soon as it
cooled down). We asked questions at the cooking supply store, where we found
a guy who I suspect was amused by two hippies who kept walking in and buying
tools just to make a particular dish (the right way to buy tools anyway).

We were clueless, but we managed some miracles.