<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Wolgast:
Well Kevin i know you wrote this with a sense of humor. My friends dont even like to cook and they put out what they think is great food...Me i still show up. Food is like any hobby,might not be what im looking for/our guests is looking for but showing some respect for what ppl like is a huge deal.
Food is my only hobby.(well love to snowboard to)
And if you ever get over to sweden you are on the "guest list" And i bet you leaving my house with the words bubbling in your lungs "was a great evening/company/food"
Have a great weekend! and take care of the ones you love. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes, I wrote it with a sense of humor. It is however quite true.
Several of my friends do not cook much either. When they invite me to dinner I cook. They suspect - and are quite correct - that their usual fare is not something I'd be interested in eating; they also would much prefer to eat whatever it is I'll cook rather than their frequent out-of-the-box stuff. Over the years this has changed more than a few of them. Though some are still not cooks per se, they've all learned the basics of working with flavors, and have gone so far as to purchase spices, herbs and such - quite a big deal for them. Others
have become cooks, deciding that their love of food would be much further enhanced by real cooking, rather than simply assembling boxed, bagged, canned and bottled pre-made stuff into some semblance of a meal. Those that lean that way still, can now make additions to whatever they're assembling to, at the very least, make it taste much better to them than it normally would.
Food and cooking permeate my life, directly or indirectly informing most decisions I make. I make a portion of my income cooking professionally; years ago I made my total income by cooking. Food, technique, recipes, menus are in my head most of the time. Though I respect everyone's right to make the food, cooking and dining choices each wishes to make, it does not automatically follow that I respect the actual choice. Unless asked, i do not comment on others' choices. But I am, I'm afraid, a food elitist.
I have not been to Sweden in quite a long time. You were not yet born when I was last there, if memory serves and I recall your present age. I'd love to go again.
I'm traveling as usual this weekend. At present I am enjoying warm temps and sunny skies in Spanish Fort, Ala. I've just located a wine bar where, when it opens, I will be for much of the evening. I hope their food is good. Eating so often alone as I do, I will order a lot of things and not finish any, so that I can get a good sense of their menu and the talents of the chef. I won't be cooking till Tuesday and then, taking care of the ones I love, I will prepare the best possible meal from the best available ingredients I can muster.
You, too, are invited should you decide to visit the States. By then I might have my third home - in California - and you can take your pick!
