[Sca-cooks] Bad Cooking at Feasts - was Re: good taste

[Adele de Maisieres]

Micheal wrote:

> Greetings
>  Most of the bad cooking stories I have heard of begin with the oven didn`t 
>work, the grill, the stove top, or some such other kitchen equipment 
>failure. Which leaves me wondering why we rent such places in the first 
>place.
>  
>
I wonder, too.  I just won't work try to work under those conditions.

> Third type is the old but I bought it on sale, sorry but if it was on sale 
>there usually is a reason.
>  
>
_Sometimes_ buying on sale is good.  I buy things on sale because of 
seasonal glut.


> Fourth never trying the recipe or recipes at home before cooking the feast.
>  
>
Apparently, a person who I shall not name once told a mutual 
acquaintance that I clearly didn't know what I was doing in the kitchen 
because I sometimes do initial recipe testing months in advance.  
According to this individual, you either know how to cook or you don't.  
I haven't quite stopped laughing yet.


> Fifth reason for bad cooking is the over whelming idea that food should be 
>second or third to everything else at the event.
>
No, no, no, no, no, no!

-- 
Adele de Maisieres

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