> Do people come out and say that? *I'm a great cook? *I've never
> seen anyone here say that (unless you count the ribbon whore ...
> laughing ... I'm kidding!!) and I've certainly never heard that in
> real life.
>

I saw a program once that was supposed to transform bad cooks to good
cooks. I think it was called inedible to Incredible. I saw two
eopisodes, and in each case, the "victim" was somebody who thought
they served great food and their family and friends hated it. They had
3 special meals, and those were what were transformed.

In both cases, the person bragged about their food being great, and
then had to taste theirs after trying the new version they learned to
make. And of course, none of them liked their old food after that.

wrote:
>> Do people come out and say that? I'm a great cook? I've never
>> seen anyone here say that (unless you count the ribbon whore ...
>> laughing ... I'm kidding!!) and I've certainly never heard that in
>> real life.
>>
>
> I saw a program once that was supposed to transform bad cooks to good
> cooks. I think it was called inedible to Incredible. I saw two
> eopisodes, and in each case, the "victim" was somebody who thought
> they served great food and their family and friends hated it. They had
> 3 special meals, and those were what were transformed.
>
> In both cases, the person bragged about their food being great, and
> then had to taste theirs after trying the new version they learned to
> make. And of course, none of them liked their old food after that.

You're right, I have heard people say they make a great 'whatever'
and they might be right and they might not. But I've never heard
anyone describe themselves as a great cook.

The best cooks I've known probably always think they could be
better.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> wrote:

<snip>
>> In both cases, the person bragged about their food being great, and
>> then had to taste theirs after trying the new version they learned
>> to
>> make. And of course, none of them liked their old food after that.
>
> You're right, I have heard people say they make a great 'whatever'
> and they might be right and they might not. But I've never heard
> anyone describe themselves as a great cook.
>
> The best cooks I've known probably always think they could be
> better.
>
> nancy

My mother was a very good cook but was never satisfied. She would
serve food hesitantly and say, "it's spoiled". This went on so long
that my father finally said, "we like it spoiled".