Originally Posted by
Nightblade
My mother was a basic cook and did alright but I was mostly self taught till about 30 when I exploded. I had a knack for it and took some basic cooking classes at a very good school and just took off. I wanted to be the guy who could cook all the homestyle classics from roasts to meatloaf to chicken soup,Gumbo,rice pudding,Salisbury steak and Swedish meatballs etc. if you wanted an award winning Texas Law Chili con Carne or Green Chile then I wanted to be the guy you went to and my heroes were Chuck wagon cooks and old southern chefs with the white jackets and black bow ties who could make it all. And also I have always been enamored by train dining cars and the whole miniature palace in a small space kind of thing. Like remember in Disney's 20,000 leagues under the sea where Nemo is rattling off all the delicacies at the dining table that the Nautilus chef had prepared while the guests are being served with fine china and oh so Victorian decorum....that stuff gets me cranked.While I'm not into milk of sea snake,they could have just as easily been serving a fine coconut rice pudding and the Chef would be me in my dreams.