CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
I don't know why we are discussing health here anyway. The original post was questioning the ability of a chef to taste food better if he/she smokes or not. So lets forget all the non-smoking propaganda.
The topic was bound to include a variety of views and opinions. It's impossible to discuss anything remotely related to smoking that wouldn't include people's very different points of view, and some of those views will involve health factors.CharlieD said:I don't know why we are discussing health here anyway. The original post was questioning the ability of a chef to taste food better if he/she smokes or not. So lets forget all the non-smoking propaganda.
Yes, always a good idea to try to keep it as polite as possible but to still allow for differences of opinion.CharlieD said:I was not trying to enforce anything, merely a sugestion so people would move away from closin in on an argument. Smoking is a very hot subject, no pan intended, and could cause a lot of trouble, so far, thank G-d everything was nearly polite.
As far a "variety of opnion" goes, "I don't believe that a chain smoker is qualified to judge flavors or quality of foods" - where in the above statement do you see the need of the opinion on work atitude?
I reread the thread and found only one that directly attacked smokers' work habits, and you addressed that post quite well. Ironically, that one post was a response to Charlie's "What in the world does smoking have to do with food." (Post #2) Everybody else seems to be very on-topic about whether smoking affects a chef's ability in the kitchen.GB said:I think what Charlie is saying (and Charlie please correct me if I am wrong) is that he agrees that a difference of opinion of smokers ability to taste and season correctly is perfectly appropriate in this thread as that is exactly what the thread is about. This thread was not about opinions on work attitude though so that really has no place in this conversation.