CAN YOU MAKE A MEAL WITHOUT LOOKING AT A RECIPE?

11,000 Americans were asked how many meals they could cook without looking at a recipe.
– 6% said none, they couldn’t make anything (* As if a peanut butter and jelly sandwich isn’t a meal.)
– 19% said they could make between 1 and 3 meals without a recipe
– 21% said around 4 to 6
– 10% said they could make around 7 to 9 meals
– 39% said they could make more than 10 meals without looking at a recipe
* I can make at least three: Lucky Charms, Wheaties and Cheerios. And Frosted Cheerios – four.
* How does this matter when one question to Siri instantly gets you 10,000 recipes for whatever you name?
* They don’t say who this survey is from, but whoever it is, they want to trick us into thinking we still need to buy cookbooks.
* America doesn’t know how to cook, but, boy, do we know how to make competition shows about cooking.
* How dumb are Americans? “Honey, have you seen the recipe for cheeseburgers?”
* I hate to confess this, but I need to keep the operating manual next to the toaster.