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From: purtell@reed.UUCP (Lady Godiva)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.cooks
Subject: Re: Andy Beals Makes Cookies
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 03:18:47 EST
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>In article <1304@lll-crg.ARpA>, booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards) writes:
> Go ahead! Use my terminal!) So, dear readers, I leave it to you. Is it not
> unique that a 6'1" lumberhacker would collect recipies? I think it is. Of
> course, I am the Great Top Ramen chef of Oakland so it could be a survival
> mechanism on his part.

	Well, after reading so many of Andy's postings it's nice to get a
visual picture. 
	My current beau is 6'4" with rather broad sholders. He loves to
cook, although I think it's related to his love for eating. ;-) He tells
me fairly frequently about phone calls he makes to his mother to clarify
things on recipes that she's given him. I admit, I find it rather
amusing. 
	My former boyfriend (and current good friend and neighbor) is
6'5". (I don't know why I get tall men all the time - I'm only 5'4".)
Anyway, he loves to cook even more than my current beau. He once printed
up *every* recipe that was in net.cooks. The printout took over 15
minutes and was about 3 inches thick. He also likes to sew (he still
does mine for me occasionally if I threaten or bribe). I used to find
all of this amusing, but I think I've grown used to it. 
	So I guess that the situation isn't all that unique, but it is
funny that we (meaning at least Elaine and I) are still surprised by
large men who like to cook, sew, or whatever domestic task comes to
mind. I mean, when another male friend of mine, who is exactly my
height, insisted on helping me make my coq au vin a couple of weeks ago
it didn't surprised me at all. "Why is this?" she ponders
philosophically as she prepares to quit procrastinating and get to her
paper on Freud...

	Share and enjoy -

		elizabeth g. purtell

		(Lady Godiva)