What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

On Apr 16, 3:49*am, Eric > wrote:
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

I like eating good food.

John Kuthe...

Andy > wrote:
> Eric > wrote:
>
>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
>
> What do you care?
>
> Mr. Eric Esoteric!
>
> Andy

Processed foods are damaging my health and restaurants are damaging my
wallet. So I am learning to cook in order to live longer and stay out of
poverty.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:37:44 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote:

>On Apr 16, 3:49*am, Eric > wrote:
>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
>I like eating good food.
>
>John Kuthe...

That's exactly why I like cooking. I can make foods that cost much,
much more if I have someone else make them. I can afford those foods
more often if I make them myself.

I'm betting that's the reason most here have learned to cook well.

"Eric" > wrote in message
...
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

I don't know that I'm passionate about cooking, but I do enjoy good food.
You can easily eat better for less by doing it yourself.

I have friends that are second rate cooks, but we still enjoy a meal at
their house because of the shared company and good times.

Andy > wrote:
> Nad R > wrote:
>
>> Andy > wrote:
>>> Eric > wrote:
>>>
>>>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>>>
>>>
>>> What do you care?
>>>
>>> Mr. Eric Esoteric!
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> Processed foods are damaging my health and restaurants are damaging my
>> wallet. So I am learning to cook in order to live longer and stay out
> of
>> poverty.
>
>
> Nad R,
>
> Foods can be damaging, of course, but I was speaking to eric.
>
> I don't do restaurants lately. I don't trust out of sight kitchen
> cooking.
>
> Besides, it WAS his topic.
>
> Sorry if it made you get so upset.
>
> Best,
>
> Andy

it is not possible to hurt my feelings in any way, shape or form
Stupid

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On 04/16/2011 01:49 AM, Eric wrote:
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

The connection that good food makes between people. The strong pull of
memory when someone eats something from their childhood. The love
inherent in sharing nourishment with my family members. The sensual joy
of eating something that looks, smells, and tastes good.

Serene

--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

wrote:
>The connection that good food makes between people. The strong pull of
>memory when someone eats something from their childhood. The love
>inherent in sharing nourishment with my family members. The sensual joy
>of eating something that looks, smells, and tastes good.

I wish you didn't hate me. This is utterly sublime. You have encapsulated my
precise reasons for loving food and trying to cook well.

Orlando

On Apr 16, 7:31*am, Andy > wrote:
> Nad R > wrote:
> > Andy > wrote:
> >> Eric > wrote:
>
> >>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
> >> What do you care?
>
> >> Mr. Eric Esoteric!
>
> >> Andy
>
> > Processed foods are damaging my health and restaurants are damaging my
> > wallet. *So I am learning to cook in order to live longer and stay out
> of
> > poverty.
>
> Nad R,
>
> Foods can be damaging, of course, but I was speaking to eric.
>
> I don't do restaurants lately. I don't trust out of sight kitchen
> cooking.
>
> Besides, it WAS his topic.
>
> Sorry if it made you get so upset.
>
> Best,
>
> Andy

You're rude and paranoid.

On Apr 16, 8:44*am, Andy > wrote:
> Except when I'm late to dinner!
>
> Best,
>
> Andy

You say you don't eat dinner but only breakfast. Which is it?

Serene Vannoy > wrote:
> On 04/16/2011 01:49 AM, Eric wrote:
>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
> The connection that good food makes between people. The strong pull of
> memory when someone eats something from their childhood. The love
> inherent in sharing nourishment with my family members. The sensual joy
> of eating something that looks, smells, and tastes good.
>
> Serene

For me food is the connection between me and machines. Especially the
strong connect between me, the scales, blood pressure machine and the
Bowflex. Yes the sensual joy of food, great enjoyment followed by quilt.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

"Eric" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

I get hungry a couple of times everyday.

On Apr 16, 8:37*am, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Apr 16, 3:49*am, Eric > wrote:
>
> > What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
> I like eating good food.

Me too. I just need to quit liking it so much.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 06:37:44 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
> wrote:

> On Apr 16, 3:49*am, Eric > wrote:
> > What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
> I like eating good food.
>
Plus I enjoy cooking - it's recreation, not a chore. I've been having
a lot of fun with it and don't repeat myself enough to feel like I'm
in a rut. We ate out last night because I don't make Mexican food
very often and we both came home slightly disappointed. It didn't
taste as good as it usually would to us. We came to the conclusion
that what I've been making at home has been really good so we're just
spoiled.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:53:50 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
> wrote:

> Processed foods are damaging my health and restaurants are damaging my
> wallet. So I am learning to cook in order to live longer and stay out of
> poverty.

Eating restaurant food daily will also wreck your health, because they
use so much salt. Once or twice a week is fine, but not every meal.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:43:35 -0700, Serene Vannoy
> wrote:

> The strong pull of memory when someone eats something from their childhood.

That is so true, I'm glad you're doing your mom food blog because your
kid will really appreciate it in a few years. Mine are at the age
where they're trying to think of what I used to cook when I was busy
and didn't have the time to devote to it like I do now.


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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:03:57 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
> wrote:

> Yes the sensual joy of food, great enjoyment followed by quilt.

Yes, I know that's a typo - but thanks for the laugh anyway!

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

"Janet" > ha scritto nel messaggio
...
> In article >, dude
> says...
>
>> For me food is the connection between me and machines. Especially the
>> strong connect between me, the scales, blood pressure machine and the
>> Bowflex. Yes the sensual joy of food, great enjoyment followed by quilt.
>
> Have you considered sex as a calorie-free substitute? :-)
>
> Janet

With food? Like Philip Roth?

"Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>
>> On 04/16/2011 01:49 AM, Eric wrote:
>> > What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>>
>> The connection that good food makes between people. The strong pull of
>> memory when someone eats something from their childhood. The love
>> inherent in sharing nourishment with my family members. The sensual joy
>> of eating something that looks, smells, and tastes good.
>
> I agree with this. Also, I can make excellent food for much less
> than we can buy it at a restaurant.
>
> I started cooking partly because I was interested and partly out of
> necessity. My mom was in grad school and divorced, so I was cooking
> eggs, toaster waffles, making cereal, etc, from age four on. I had a
> gourmet cook as a babysitter and my mother was also an excellent cook.
> My babysitter enjoyed cooking, my mother not so much. I played in the
> babysitter's dough and such often enough that she started teaching me.
> Once my mom realized I could cook at least as well as her, and was much
> better at baking, she put me to it for some meals and all of her baking
> for entertaining. As I got older, mom basically figured I could cook
> and so only did so when absolutely necessary or when we had guests.
>
> When I got married, I was already a pretty good and adventurous cook,
> even at 20. Once I was responsible for providing two or three meals for
> people every single day, I got even better. Now that I have a household
> of nine people, even if I didn't enjoy it, I'd have to provide three
> meals a day, so I try to do so as well and healthfully as possible.
>
> My children are learning to cook with me, and though I do kind of
> make them sous chefs so I can get things done quicker, they also enjoy
> it and see me enjoying it. I point out meals and dishes that will serve
> them well when they are starting out on their own, dishes that can be
> made and frozen, ways to save money and still eat well. Our eldest two
> boys could, if necessary, make every meal of the day, and they were
> incredible helps to me after we had our seventh baby via c-section and
> couldn't lift heavy things or be on my feet as much, especially after
> Rich had to go back to work and my ILs went home. We are relatively new
> here and just didn't know enough people to have meals provided.
>
> I hope they will grow up to love cooking and food as their parents
> do. So far, it looks as though that will happen. Their knowledge of
> and palate for different cuisines and foods is far more advanced than
> either of ours were when we were their ages.

*applause* What age are your two eldest, Ranee?
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:02:04 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Eric wrote:
>>
>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
>Knowing what goes into my food. No mind-control drugs
>or tracking devices, for example. Not like all of you guys.

The voices tell me my food is safe...

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:17:30 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

>Landon wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:02:04 -0800, Mark Thorson >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Eric wrote:
>> >>
>> >> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>> >
>> >Knowing what goes into my food. No mind-control drugs
>> >or tracking devices, for example. Not like all of you guys.
>>
>> The voices tell me my food is safe...
>
>And you believe them? That's what "they" want you to do.

Ha! Crack me up! My handy man is into all the conspiracy stuff. You
should hear him when he gets wound up. The 9-11 plots in his head are
actually funny.

On 4/16/2011 3:49 AM, Eric wrote:
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

....the magnificent thrill it gives me when the people I'm feeding enjoy
what I've prepared.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 13:37:00 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

>On 4/16/2011 3:49 AM, Eric wrote:
>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
>...the magnificent thrill it gives me when the people I'm feeding enjoy
>what I've prepared.

Isn't that the truth? When you see them take a bite and do that little
hesitation thing and then roll their eyes with pleasure! It's like
they're having a food orgasm. That look gives me the best feeling
there is in relation to food.

Janet wrote:
>
> In article >, dude
> says...
>
> > For me food is the connection between me and machines. Especially the
> > strong connect between me, the scales, blood pressure machine and the
> > Bowflex. Yes the sensual joy of food, great enjoyment followed by quilt.
>
> Have you considered sex as a calorie-free substitute? :-)

According to this guy, an orgasm burns 200 calories.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1376157

Eric wrote:
>
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

Knowing what goes into my food. No mind-control drugs
or tracking devices, for example. Not like all of you guys.

Landon wrote:
>
> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:02:04 -0800, Mark Thorson >
> wrote:
>
> >Eric wrote:
> >>
> >> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
> >
> >Knowing what goes into my food. No mind-control drugs
> >or tracking devices, for example. Not like all of you guys.
>
> The voices tell me my food is safe...

And you believe them? That's what "they" want you to do.

On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:20:56 -0700, sf > arranged
random neurons and said:

>Plus I enjoy cooking - it's recreation, not a chore. I've been having
>a lot of fun with it and don't repeat myself enough to feel like I'm
>in a rut.

<snip>

I often refer to myself as a "cook hobbyist." I enjoy cooking,
particularly cooking for dinner parties, cocktail parties, etc., where
I can try my hand at new dishes. It's always fun to try a new dish
that might push my skill set, for instance. Or have an excuse to haul
out an old recipe that gets ignored in the day-to-day.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

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Eric wrote:
>
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking?

I don't consider that I cook out of passion, much more out of
survival... for the last 30 years or so very few eateries I've
frequented, no matter how steep their price range, serve what I
consider meals that are barely passable... I've gotten tired of
wasting my time, money, and having my expectations of a good meal
dashed by over priced crap presented slipshod by patronizing
douchebags. Actually as I've gotten older I no longer cook so much
because I like it, let alone passion... food has become a means to an
end but I happen to like good food well prepared. I no longer like to
cook so I cook as quickly as possible, yet still I take no short cuts
that cause quality to suffer... I guess I've been cooking for so long
that nowadays I cook out of instinct, I no longer need to think about
it any more than how my automobile finds it's way home, how I can get
to the terlit in the dark of night, pee, and return to bed, same as I
can shave without a mirror. With age I now do a lot of things
instinctively, I guess I've become my cats.

On 04/16/2011 10:39 AM, Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
> In >,
> Serene > wrote:
>
>> On 04/16/2011 01:49 AM, Eric wrote:
>>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>>
>> The connection that good food makes between people. The strong pull of
>> memory when someone eats something from their childhood. The love
>> inherent in sharing nourishment with my family members. The sensual joy
>> of eating something that looks, smells, and tastes good.
>
> I agree with this. Also, I can make excellent food for much less
> than we can buy it at a restaurant.

Right, but that's a practical consideration for me, and while it's part
of my passion for food, it's not as big a part of why I really enjoy and
am passionate about it.

Serene
--
http://www.momfoodproject.com

In article
>,
Eric > wrote:

> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

Being hungry. Wanting to eat.

--
Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Holy Order of the Sacred Sisters of St. Pectina of Jella
"Always in a jam, never in a stew; sometimes in a pickle."
Pepparkakor particulars posted 11-29-2010;
http://web.me.com/barbschaller

"Serene Vannoy" > ha scritto nel messaggio
Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:

>> I agree with this. Also, I can make excellent food for much less
>> than we can buy it at a restaurant.
>
> Right, but that's a practical consideration for me, and while it's part >
> of my passion for food, it's not as big a part of why I really enjoy and
> am passionate about it.

I can make better food than most found in restaurants I could afford to eat
in daily. Than any, really. I can't afford Michelin starred restaurants
ever, white cloth and maitre d' seldom and I can if I take the trouble, cook
at a very high level. That's because I never could afford to eat like that
unless I mastered the craft. So I did.

On 2011-04-17, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:

> Being hungry. Wanting to eat.

BINGO!

Wanting to eat WELL.

If I were rich, I'd eat at great restaurants. I'm not. I'm not one
who gets all jazzed about putzing around in the kitchen. They don't
call food prep "scut work" cuz it's fun. But, if that's what it takes
to get the best out of food and eat better than the prefab garbage at
the stupormkt, then so be it.

nb

On 2011-04-17, Ranée at Arabian Knits > wrote:

> 12 and 10. They will be 13 and 11 this year.

I'd like to see 'em try and avoid it!

nb

"Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>
>> What age are your two eldest, Ranee?
>
> 12 and 10. They will be 13 and 11 this year.
>

Oh my! They grow up so fast....
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Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> Eric > wrote:
>
>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking?
>
>Being hungry.

When was the last time you went hungry? hehe

Eric wrote:
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

Hunger.


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On Apr 16, 4:49*am, Eric > wrote:
> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

I'd never claim to be passionate about cooking. I do it because I
like to

a. save money
b. know a bit more about what's going down esoph. ingredient-wise
c. have some effect on my nutrition
d. like things with TASTE
e. maintain my weight

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:13:39 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

>On Apr 16, 4:49*am, Eric > wrote:
>> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
>I'd never claim to be passionate about cooking. I do it because I
>like to
>
>a. save money
>b. know a bit more about what's going down esoph. ingredient-wise
>c. have some effect on my nutrition
>d. like things with TASTE
>e. maintain my weight

I do it because I love to "EAT".....

Eric asked:

> What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?


Are the people who responded to this thread REALLY passionate about cooking?
PASSIONATE? It's an entertaining hobby for me, and I enjoy it, but it's
quite a stretch from there to passion.

ObFood: My planned Easter dessert is a panna cotta with a passionfruit
sauce.

Bob

On Apr 17, 8:46*pm, "Bob Terwilliger" >
wrote:
> Eric asked:
>
> > What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?
>
> Are the people who responded to this thread REALLY passionate about cooking?
> PASSIONATE? It's an entertaining hobby for me, and I enjoy it, but it's
> quite a stretch from there to passion.
>
> ObFood: My planned Easter dessert is a panna cotta with a passionfruit
> sauce.

You're a very different sort of cook and eater than I am, and you
really are very honest about your relationship with food. You're
obviously not a supertaster, but you're very discriminating about
ingredients. You very seldom *slum*, but often go somewhat over the
top with combinations. I sometimes read your posts with fascination,
though seldom with a desire to emulate.

I do cook with passion, and am far more conservative in my choices of
ingredients. It's not a hobby, but a part of maximizing pleasure for
myself, family and sometimes friends. I almost never critique your
*recipes* because I don't have the ability to even understand most of
them. I do understand the crappy ingredient recipes I see, because
I've been subjected to them.
>
> Bob

--Bryan