One time on Usenet, Dave Smith > said:
> Default User wrote:

> > I was watching the Julia Child DVDs, one show was on "french fries". In
> > the requisite lecture on safety, Julia told us that when deep frying
> > not to have children or "a bunch of kooks and weirdos" running around
> > the kitchen while doing it.

> I would think that should be a good rule to follow when doing most
> cooking. I don't like people around when I am working with hot things. I
> hat it when I take a pot off the stove to pour off the water in the sink
> and someone is suddenly right behind me.
>
> I recall many years ago watching an episode of Celebrity Cooks when
> Margaret Trudeau was the guest. She was never very popular with the general
> public, but I thought I would watch the show and see what she was like.
> She did a dish that she said she liked to do when Pierre was away because
> the boys, ages3-8 <?> at the time, could be very much involved in the
> process. She did tempura. The idea of having three young boys together
> with a pan full of hot oil over an open flame ....................... she
> convinced me that she really is as culls as people claimed.

What does "culls" mean, Dave? In any case, I agree with you. A
few of my friends want to do a "fondue night" thing, but we've
been putting it off until the kids get older, 'cuz none of us
want them sticking bits of food into hot sauces or cooking oil
and getting burned. For that matter, I don't know if I want Miguel
(DH) doing it... ;->

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