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Cooking is a lot like SC

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blagoonga123
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2068 Posts
November 13 2007 04:42 GMT
#1
Or perhaps the other way around.

Just like in Starcraft, any noob can play around when cooking with mixed results. A simple analogy between the two completely different things is Build Orders to Recipes. Any noob can follow these to a tee and achieve decent results. The similarities deepen when remembering how much SC and cooking both rely on one's ability to multi-task.

However, just as in starcraft, while accessible to many, the skill ceiling is still so high that there only the vast minority is skillful enough to be called true 'pros.' The analogy is further strengthened when remembering how many different styles there are to cooking. The only things that differentiate the top chefs in the world are their respective styles. Some may favor rich full dishes, while others may prefer the petite pleasures of pastries (that alliteration was completely unintentional, please bear with me lol). And of course, the same is true of the SC superstars (http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=56669).

I honestly don't know where I'm going with this. I was cooking myself dinner when I got to thinking about this and decided to write up my thoughts. What's the point in this? well, what's the point in anything, really?

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Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
November 13 2007 05:34 GMT
#2
xD
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Flying_Llama
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Canada419 Posts
November 13 2007 05:39 GMT
#3
no point..but +1 post count
pachi
Profile Joined October 2006
Melbourne5338 Posts
November 13 2007 06:12 GMT
#4
I thought the link would be going to this.
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wakpark
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States173 Posts
November 13 2007 06:19 GMT
#5
On November 13 2007 15:12 pachi wrote:
I thought the link would be going to this.

wow i thought the exact same thing lol
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blagoonga123
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2068 Posts
November 13 2007 07:26 GMT
#6
lol that would have been fitting too.
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nujabes
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States286 Posts
November 13 2007 09:15 GMT
#7
a real man can be gosu at sc and cooking
FuDDx *
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United States5014 Posts
November 13 2007 15:32 GMT
#8
ive been cooking for way to long.I enjoy it very much,but it can be very tiring,When running a kitchen even more so managing ppl,food,space,time.As your cooking, preparing new menus/dishes,covering or finding coverage for emplyoees that cant make it in for one reason or another.Cooking for my family and my self is much more satisfying than cooking for a bunch of snootty fools.
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Chill
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
Calgary25991 Posts
November 13 2007 15:52 GMT
#9
Nice, I agree 100%. Recipes are loose guidelines, I love getting a recipe, seeing what ingredients they use, and then just adding my own amounts and adding in other stuff. I think it turns out better more than it turns out worse.
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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2007-11-13 17:00:11
November 13 2007 16:58 GMT
#10
Cool, I agree with you. There's something bugging me, though...

don't wanna be a little bitch, but the expression "vast minority" really seems awkward (and perhaps incorrect) in the current context. Correct me if I'm wrong, you're the better English speaker, obviously;))

and by the way, this kinda made me hungry
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32116 Posts
November 13 2007 17:02 GMT
#11
i make some bitchin eggs and im nasty on the grill. but i think the similarities between the two are minimal o.o
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omgbnetsux
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States3749 Posts
November 13 2007 18:49 GMT
#12
Well, Etter is good at both cooking and Starcraft...
blagoonga123
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States2068 Posts
November 13 2007 23:19 GMT
#13
On November 14 2007 01:58 minus_human wrote:
Cool, I agree with you. There's something bugging me, though...

don't wanna be a little bitch, but the expression "vast minority" really seems awkward (and perhaps incorrect) in the current context. Correct me if I'm wrong, you're the better English speaker, obviously;))

and by the way, this kinda made me hungry


Shrug, I just use whatever sounds right to me. Of course that ends with me looking like an idiot a lot of the time, but it also leads to some pretty cool sounding phrases.
FOOL! Pain is my friend! Now let me introduce you to it!
potchip
Profile Joined October 2004
Australia260 Posts
November 14 2007 03:28 GMT
#14
The difference between a casual cook and a good cook is that, a good cook can faithfully reproduce the same dish of a consistent quality. The casual cook cannot.

Great chefs prepare food from the bottom up. There's the sourcing of suitable ingredients which are not always accessible for the average cook, the equipment and everything else. So it is not only the skills involved but the knowledge to use tools/components less common.

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