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Frozen broccoli florets. Most times they just look better, and I can just plunk them in whatever I am cooking. They also make a great base for soups.

Making tea for my sick mom when I was 5. I have a very small scar on the knuckle of my left ring finger.

On another note, I worked at a bakery for years. The only time that I ever burned myself was during the 2 weeks that my boss was on vacation. I don't know if it was because I was under more stress or what..

I agree with Sarah P. I like nuts and brownie bits and chocolate chips, but the texture of frozen fruit just turns me.

Bacon, I like mine just this side of cremated.
My cat and smoke alarm go off at the same time. One doesn't like the other, so it sounds like: Beep, Beep, Beep. MEOOOOOOOW! Beep, Beep,Beep. Both keeping perfect time.

Salt bagel with honey nut cream cheese.
Jalapeno bagel with plain cream cheese.
Poppy bagel with plain cream cheese and capers.

The colors are nicely muted (i.e. nothing is screaming), but seriously in advertising class they tell you never to use orange!

Ok, this is going to be weird: I like Alton, I can't stand RR.

I like Paula Deen more because she is entertaining: She gets bleeped! It's hilarious.
I like Nigella, but that is more because I always find something I want to make out of her cook books.
Michael Chiarello has the wrists of a magician, so that is entertaining.
Who I don't like:
I don't really like the concept of Dave Lieberman's show, mostly because the food that he is supposed to make is budget concious, it really isn't.
Sandra Lee is like nails on chalkboards.
Giada...I might like her better if her hair didn't always seem to be on the precipice of being in her food.

I watched this biography of Ron Popeil once (I was sick...forgive me). He is rather an interesting guy.

But I am starting to think that Billy Mays (of orange glo fame) is the next Ron Popeil.

Hmm. I call my cat 'Monkey Butt' too.

Hubby calls me sweet. Bugs the hell out of me because it is always reminding me of something sweet to eat and makes me hungry.

My dog and Alton Brown inspired my guinea pig's name: Mango. Because as AB put it: Ginger and Mango are best friends. And it's true too.

My mom is a horrible cook.

She has made a pork roast that turned out green.

She made potato soup, once, and after 20 years I still remember how bad it was: I think that it was flake potatoes and enough water to make it a soup like consistency.

My brother and I refer to her 'chili' as hamburger soup, as it is just tomato soup, kidney beans and browned ground meat, no onions, no chili seasonings of any kind.

I do, my best friend growning up was chinese, and he taught me. I just bought my niece "starter' ones for kids.

salt and vinegar potato chips with vanilla ice cream. The combo is sort of minty.

This may not necessarily be the same thing, but people often assume that women that are good at math and science are gay. It is a gender role issue. I also like to cook, not because it is something I am supposed to do, but it is like science in my home lab. I am happily married.

I hated dolls as a child, but I could make a mean play-doh pierogi. I prefered designing the barbie house, rather than playing pretend with them.

There are somethings that we don't find out that we are good at until later in life. There is a span of time where we start to mature, and not care what everyone thinks anymore. We start to trust our own judgement. We figure out what makes us happy.

My husband can figure out how to grill, other than that, the kitchen is mine. Luckily, I like this. However, he realizes that it is a skill set that he should have learned in his younger days.

Maybe once people start to mature (and some take longer than others), things start falling in place. Maybe in this instance these two particular pieces of adam fell into places at similar times.