[JRandomFreeper]

I did leave out that I contracted with a real culinary school while I was still down at the Joint AF/Navy training facility in San Antonio to go to real culinary school after my training was over (I was reserves, this last enlistment, 18 years after my first). And I arranged a polite handover with a large enough payout from the telecom company to pay for school and my living expenses for the duration of the school.

So I've been through two cooking schools. One for the military, where you learn volume.

One on the civilian side where 3 star chefs yell at you if the carrots aren't cut in exactly 1/8" dice and perfectly square.

It gave me an interesting perspective.

Never do anything by half measures, I always say, and double down when things get harsh.

/johnny

[yorkiemom]

Sounds like you’ve had training and training and training on cooking.

That is something I would love to do. But with my hands and arms messed up as they are, I would never be able to cook for a living. I had a friend recently try to ‘order’ bread, to get me to start baking bread to sell. I had to explain that I couldn’t cook or bake just any old time, only when I am physically up to it. Same with any other potential career option I have thought of and had to eventually discard. Most people don’t get it. God has something in mind for me, I’m sure. He’s just being extremely secretive about it, for now.