plumies
Senior Cook
Wow plumies I thought you were talking about a 16 yr old til the end!!
lol! She does act 16 on many levels. We love her very much but she's been very spoiled by her parents most of her life. She's like the teenage daughter we never had.
plumies, the interest in cooking doesn't seem to be there. 1) thorough reading and understanding of the process 2) attention to detail and the cooking process (walking away!!) So she'll be a crock potter or a heat and server. Not too bad.
Well, the interest in eating is there. We don't call her the Eating Machine for no reason. She's a heat and serve kind of person. We thought perhaps the interest to cook was there because she's mentioned it several times to us that she wished she could learn how to make some of the recipes she sees on television. When she moved into her new condo last year, she hinted that she didn't have any cookwear. I got her a Cuisinart "starter" set but they still look pretty new (aka, unused). So maybe it's just an illusion she has that she wants to cook.
BTW, I had an epiphany yesterday on why my SIL's bolognese sauce was not so good. I reread the recipe and realized that instead of 3 cups of chicken broth, she only put in 1 cup. I didn't put it together before but I made 4 cups of broth for her to use with the recipe. I ended up using 3 cups of that for an orzo dish last week. Which means she only used 1 cup. Well, that would explain the lack of sauce and why it didn't dawn on me earlier that there was no way she could have simmered it for 2 hours without burning everything. Duh!