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FI R ST BA PTI ST CHURCH / JEF F ERSON CITY, MO
INTERIM THOUGHTS Is it possible to gather too many chefs
and we learned how to prepare and
in one kitchen? My mother and father
cook the mixed ingredients for the
were two examples of Studies in
meal. We learned how to cook pot
Personality whenever they entered
meals, all-in-one meals that could be
the kitchen. Both were better than fair
ladled into a bowl. The planning for
chefs. Both were raised on rural farms
a meal was the same as I learned in
during the Depression, and neither had
a kitchen, but the utensils were more
the rich resources of a full pantry from
crucial. I also learned how to start and
which to create a meal. Nevertheless,
maintain a fire meant to sustain the
they both learned how to create tasty,
proper temperatures for cooking the
wholesome meals to feed their family
meal I had planned.
and friends. Like most couples, they didn’t attempt to cook together in the
My mom was the regular chef at home
same kitchen space.
and taught me how to cook in the kitchen. We may not have had every
Memorably, my dad taught me to
needed utensil or pan, but we had
cook on an open fire in Boy Scouts. A
what worked. These meals were more
gaggle of us worked together to earn
complicated and had more variety.
the Cooking merit badge, and my dad was the master outdoor chef assigned
The lessons were similar but different.
to teach us. We learned to plan a meal,
Being the middle son of three boys,
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