[Sca-cooks] A little diversion

[Stefan li Rous]

Admantius answered the food quiz with:
> > 6. Grown your own wheat?
>
> No. Do I get a point for growing my own barley, though? I malted and
> mashed it. Does that make me a beverage geek instead?

In your apartment?!

> > 8. Made your own demi-glace?
>
> Well, yeah, duh, as Selene might say. There was also the year I gave out
> pints of glace de vollaile as Christmas gifts...

Uh, and what are these, other than pan drippings or gravy with
fancy French names? How do they differ?

> > 14. Know the difference between a china cap and a chinoise?
>
> Yes, and how many of each do we own?

And what are these? I can think of various things the first might be,
but they aren't (generally) food related...

> > 19. Spend hours in the "Used Equipment" section of the restaurant supply
> > store?
>
> J.B. Prince used to have an entire room full of discontinued and
> slightly damaged items, including my Mighty Rolling Pin, Joyeuse, a
> six-inch diameter oak model that had been very lightly scuffed by
> storage on a painted steel shelving unit, later purchased by me for
> about twenty bucks, which would have been probably 75% off.

That means the original price was $80! For a rolling pin???

> > 1-5 points.  You can barely cook, and probably don't care too much.  You
> > probably live on restaurant food and Cheerios.

Well, I only scored a "5" on this test. I don't think I like the
characterizations.  I can cook. I don't live on resturant food and I
don't like Cheerios. Grape nuts and Captain Crunch are much better!
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