Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 In a message dated 4/22/06 6:50:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, truepatriot writes: " At a conference last December, Stephen W. Sanger, chairman and chief executive of General Mills Inc., noted the sad state of culinary affairs and described the kind of e-mails and calls the company gets asking for cooking advice: the person who didn't have any eggs for baking and asked if a peach would do instead, for example; and the man who railed about the fire that resulted when he thought he was following instructions to grease the bottom of the pan -- the outside of the pan. " Just part and parcel of the dumbing down of America. I got married at 24 and knew very little about cooking. My mom was a great cook as was my MIL....you asked questions, read recipes and you learned how to cook. Today you go to the Golden Arches or KFC. Great article, thanks for sharing! TM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Fascinating article on trends in cooking (il)literacy: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/ AR2006031701969_pf.html -Erin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I think it's also part of our disconnection from our food. Milk comes from the store, etc. Though after a day spent in the garden I tell y'all I am SO glad I don't have to grow all my own food! Hot bath time now Peace, Diane > Just part and parcel of the dumbing down of America. I got married at 24 and > knew very little about cooking. My mom was a great cook as was my MIL....you > asked questions, read recipes and you learned how to cook. Today you go to > the Golden Arches or KFC. Great article, thanks for sharing! > > TM > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Here is the othere extreme of futuristic cooking.: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4606874 Check out this menu. How about the bacon and eggs ice cream or quail porridge. I remember reading about this last year. They had watermelon juice and somehow got globbules of some kind of meat and made it into something that looked like a lava lamp. I'd much rather stick to our kind of cooking. GB Re: lost art of cooking In a message dated 4/22/06 6:50:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, truepatriot writes: " At a conference last December, Stephen W. Sanger, chairman and chief executive of General Mills Inc., noted the sad state of culinary affairs and described the kind of e-mails and calls the company gets asking for cooking advice: the person who didn't have any eggs for baking and asked if a peach would do instead, for example; and the man who railed about the fire that resulted when he thought he was following instructions to grease the bottom of the pan -- the outside of the pan. " Gurubandhu If you cannot see God in all, You cannot see God at all. Yogi Bhajan Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 it's soo true... I meat so many people (especially girls) who just can't cook - they all grow up with mirowaves and can't even make popcorn anymore mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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