"Mark Shaw" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "D.Currie" > wrote:
> >Have you ever watched a self-professed not-good cook making something?
> >
> >The other day, I got to witness the making of "gravy."
> >
> >It started with an empty Teflon-coated frying pan, on high heat. Just
about
> >the time I was wondering about toxic fumes, she dumped flour into the
pan.
> >The flour started browning, but quickly progressed to burning, even with
> >stirring. It began to smell like burnt popcorn. This stirring continued
> >until the flour was a nice mix of very dark brown and black.
> [...]
>
> Here's one for you:
>
> I once came home to find my roommate making "fried chicken." He
> had a skilletfull of cold chicken pieces, unadorned by crumbs,
> flour or whatever, and was packing Crisco around them. His plan
> was to get it all ready, then put it on the fire....
>
> --
> Mark Shaw

I have a very dear friend who is completely lost in the kitchen. In fact,
her daughters once commented to me that they didn't know Pop Tarts could be
'cooked'. They had only had the cold variety.

Anyway, one time I was explaining to my blonde friend a recipe that involved
chicken. My instructions were to cook the chicken and then to cut up the
meat into bite size pieces for a soup. She asked, quite innocently, how did
I remove the bones from the bite sized pieces.

Her only cook book is 'Cooking in the Nude'. It has a lot of recipes for
Jell-O, etc. for obvious reasons.

j