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Written and Edited by\\Kenneth John Odle

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First Edition

2026

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\kcnt{} \textbf{Why cook?} \\This is a complex question without a simple answer. ``Because you have to eat.'' is the simple answer, but in the end, that's a moot point these days. You can always eat out, or visit the deli at your local grocery store, or fill your freezer with microwavable meals, or just eat bowl after bowl of cold cereal. 

(Is making a bowl of cold cereal cooking? I think it is. You have to get the milk to cereal ratio just right, and you have to use just the right bowl, neither too deep nor too shallow, and you have to time it right so it will be neither too crunchy nor too soggy when your favorite cartoon comes on. There was a \textit{Peanuts} comic about this years ago.)

In truth, eating out is expensive, and eating out of cans or boxes or the freezer section at the grocery store can also be expensive, and none of these are particularly healthy options. And while those things can feed your soul (and enrich your doctor, provided you are lucky enough to have health care), they don't feed your soul.
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\kcnt{} \textbf{Thanksgiving} \\I have a distant relative (by marriage) who made lasagna for Thanksgiving one year. She was not a good cook, and cooking a turkey was beyond her. The sauce was out of a jar, but nobody complained. Some people thought it was weird, because what is Thanksgiving without turkey? I think you need to adjust your thinking a bit and instead ask ``What is Thanksgiving without something homemade that's made with care and served with love?''
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