What is it that makes you so passionate about cooking ?

On 4/20/2011 9:39 AM, Janet wrote:
Weren't most pre-Christian cultures of temperate climes so glad to see
Spring come that they had a Goddess to celebrate the coming? Look at the
Graeco-Roman Proserpina or Persephone story.

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'John Kuthe[_3_ Wrote:

Couldn't agree more. I like my food to taste how I envision it, so as
long as I have the time, I'd rather make my own food if I can. There
are some dishes I can't make, though, so I find a good place that serves
that dish and go there whenever I get the craving.




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Noemi
 
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:02:50 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
wrote:


I'm sure you already know and I don't answer rhetoricals, especially
since the term speaks for itself. And learn how to use commas
properly, you write like a typical high school dropout. I'm
absolutely positive that you didn't graduate high school.
 
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Omelet wrote:


And again, that does not mean that one is worshiping nature if one
has a harvest party. Until recently, getting a good harvest meant you
lived another winter. It doesn't matter what religion you are, that is
something to celebrate.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
In article ,
Omelet wrote:


Yet the bunnies and chicks have absolutely zero religious
significance for Pascha. And the eggs come from the Jews. Who, I
suppose, must have taken that from the pagans as well.


Which is interesting, since Pascha never happens in May. In fact,
this year is one day off from the absolute latest it can be. It happens
between March (sometimes before spring officially begins) and April.


What does the maypole have to do with Pascha? The egg is definitely
a symbol of rebirth. Which makes sense, given that the holiday is
celebrating someone who rose from the dead.


This is something that everyone seems to know, but doesn't hold up to
closer scrutiny. Somehow it is okay that every other culture/religion
has festivals at various times without assuming that they were stolen
from another, but people want to impute theft to Christianity.


Baptism and incense came from Judaism. I'm not sure of any sect of
Christianity that uses salt on the tongue for baptism.


And God, who pre-dates paganism by eternity, is who told the Jews to
purify themselves and to use incense in worship.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
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Serene Vannoy wrote:


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.

Regards,
Ranee @ Arabian Knits

"She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands." Prov 31:13

http://arabianknits.blogspot.com/
 
On 17 Apr 2011 14:27:36 GMT in rec.food.cooking, notbob
wrote,

I imagine we have two groups here. That is one. The other
is "If I were rich, I'd have the greatest kitchen(s) ever."
Of course you can do both, but I feel more like the second
than the first.
 
Ranee at Arabian Knits wrote:

Not according to the letter from Pope Gregory to the missionaries
instructing them to do exactly that as Church policy.
 
Ranee at Arabian Knits wrote:

Thus getting the arrow of effect and cause facing the wrong direction.

The missionaries co-opted Osatara as a part of their conversion
strategy. The deity and her holiday appeared in one geography not
others. The language there ended up growing to one of the most spoken
in the world - English. There were other spring deity names in other
geographies where the conversion strategy was different.
 
On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:37:50 -0700, David Harmon
wrote:


Mine is a combo of both. I would have all my dream toys, and still go
out to eat.

I haven't entered into this discussion yet. But I have been thinking
about it, and one thing that I noticed is that several folks talk
about cooking being only a hobby. True, one can have a passion for a
hobby, but it seems that a passion for cooking is so much more than a
hobby.

For me, I think about food most of the hours I am awake. And even
when I sleep, I sometimes dream about food. Even at work, when I am
not thinking about work related things, I am thinking about cooking
and food. What would taste good, what would go with what...and how
to cook it..etc.

When I was a child, my mother couldn't keep me out of the kitchen. It
was always my favorite place and I couldn't wait to help out cooking.
I was always fascinated by the whole process.

Now, when someone else cooks for me, I enjoy it, but I itch to get my
hands in and help.

Someone mentioned some of the prepping as scut work. Yes, some of it
can be tedious, but I am one who likes doing that.

I read about Thomas Keller when he was growing up and working in his
first restaurant, and how he was responsible for making the
hollandaise every day. He talks about the search to make it the best
every day, to surpass what he had done so many countless days before.
The search for perfection, the passion for improving it.

I find myself doing that sometimes, such as in pizza making, and
other dishes. Even though I have made them before, I find myself
trying to make the best one yet...to improve on them. Same with
countless other dishes, that I make. They don't really get that old
to me, as I feel like I am constantly trying to improve on what I have
done before. Maybe a slightly different twist here, a slight change
in method there...or better technique... Even with mundane dishes,
I find myself trying to get a better result each time.

I can't say that cooking/food is a hobby to me. It is too ingrained
in me and woven through every facet of my life. If you want to call
that being passionate about something, okay.

Christine
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http://nightstirrings.blogspot.com
 
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