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I think that maybe instead of juding the individuals that dont know certain things, you should teach them and the ones that know more than you, you should learn from.
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I fully agree on both counts. No matter WHERE I go, the subject turns to cooking. I don't know why this happens - I don't generally steer the conversation that way but something comes up and down the merry path of spatula and saucepan we roam, tra la. The person with whom this happens is usually thrilled to learn something, as I am to teach it.
By the same token, I am an absolute
SPONGE around cooks I respect. I hope to never stop learning either from books or people (friends, family acquaintances..he11, I'm not proud). Anyone who truly prides themselves on cooking skill
never stops learning. Anyone who feels they know it all is someone around whom I don't need to be.
I don't judge those who don't know how to prepare healthful, delicious food. I judge those who think Sandra Lee's mess is acceptable because they're lazy and ignorant. On another board called Cassandra Crossing, we have many converts who used to think cake mix was food. They asked questions, shared experiences and some actually remembered having
real food at the hand of parents or relatives or friends' moms. People tend to become nostalgic for such fare, and ultimately try to reproduce it.
For this, they must learn at least the basics. Once they see it's not brain surgery, they come back for more and eventually cake mix is just a bad memory.
Sandra Lee is dangerous. Not only to the health of those who actually practice her particular brand of heinous chemistry - but to future culinarians. Watching Mario Batali or Ina Garten won't hurt you in the kitchen. Sandra Lee teaches no worthwhile lessons with her boxed, canned and bagged concoctions and she's stunting the culinary growth of anyone who watches her show - unless they view in the recommended light of pure comedy.