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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

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From: <Clansgian AT wmconnect.com>
> I suppose some people THINK that's the case.

***Well, damn, I thought Carnac the Magnificent "died" when Johnny Carson 
quit the tonight show.

> At any rate, learning how to do
> all the kitchen (and every other) task with just your hands and a knife
> builds skills, patience, poise, and understanding the things you are
> working with.

***And your point would be?  Surely you aren't claiming that one can't learn 
how to do a task without gadgets simply because one owns gadgets.  Sounds 
like something Reich might say!

> I guess it boils down to this:  the difference between collecting a hoard 
> of
> gadgets and developing skills with simple tools is the differnce between
> having more and being more.

***I realise this will be a rude awakening but in real life there are shades 
of gray.  Everything isn't black and white.  Just because one has "gadgets" 
does not mean one doesn't know how to do things without the gadgets. 
Sometimes one actually enjoys the gadgets even though some folks seem 
incapable of understanding that.  Doesn't mean one doesn't also both know 
how to do things "from scratch," or have the skills and enjoy doing things 
the old-fashioned way.

And, as I said, some of us are multi-taskers.  Now, on tomorrow's agenda is 
spaghetti and meatballs.  Now, I could do them one of several ways -- buy 
them store bought (nasty thought!) or buy the ingredients ready to go or 
spend hours and hours doing every single blooming thing by hand the 
old-fashioned way OR, "oh my god, shades of gray," I can use my "gadget" to 
grind my fresh meat which I will then use my very own hands to mix with the 
bread crumbs I've used my "gadget" to make from ends of my from scratch 
bread, use my "gadget" of modern technology called an electric stove with a 
REAL simmer and have my sauce that I've made with my fresh ground meat and 
fresh local grown tomatoes and my herbs from my own herb bed which I will 
simmer all day and then I'll make the meatballs by hand and from scratch and 
the meatballs will get tossed in to simmer for the last hour, use my 
"gadget" to make spaghetti, which I'll make with my very own hands, on the 
counter, from scratch, and hang it to dry and still have time to do lots of 
other things during the day such as gardening, sewing, working on my 
cookbook, and working on a fantasy quilt I'm embroidering squares for.
> We've always opted for the latter.   </HTML>

***That's fine.  But some of us actually enjoy living in a shades of gray 
world where we have the ability to use parts of modern technology without 
loosing the skills we learned from grandparents who were born in the 1800s.

Lynda
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