maybe i should have put it in foodie terms, so your extensive accomplishments can be worth their 25k.
i hope you'd agree when judging your peers, it's what you bring to the table, not what you
think of yourself as a chef that matters. in this case, what's brought to the proverbial table are your posts, be it recipes, or helpful tips and techniques, or just a joke or two.
it's certainly understandable that you are proud of what you say you've done in your life. but pride goeth before the fall.
apparently, it only begins to matter in late summer, so i'm not sure i get that...
ok, so, you've gotten plenty of attention. now let's see what you've got besides pride in yourself. anything for the rest of us?
eta: actually, what i find just as prideful are the responses that infer that we're wasting our time discussing this. in a way, we're paying the op respect by giving our opinions. why post that it's beneath you to give someone your opinion when asked?
that's disrespectful.