In article >,
"Doug Kanter" > wrote:

> "PastaLover" > wrote in message


> > from whatever you're cooking. And most foods are fine the way they are,
> > without adornment. We don't need "gourmet" marketing experts to tell us
> > that!
>
> Ever tried pork spare ribs, simmered in plain water, with no sauce or
> anything else on the side?

There's a reason that God invented ovens and BBQs.

I like my foods combined, seasoned and adorned. Others don't. My wife
and I had a fight^H^H^H^H^H discussion about this just last weekend. We
went to her parents' house many decades ago, back before we were
married, or even thinking about it (we've been married 32 years now).
Her mother served up some kind of lunch. I asked if there was any
mustard. Her mother brought the mustard. It had obviously only been
used once or twice, since it was full. It was a little tiny jar of
yellow mustard. I looked at the "use by" date on the bottom. It had
passed ten years ago!

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Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA