i am not a P/C type person some that know me compare me to the character of dr house on the show of the same name i am one who you either like or hate i hate using things like cream of can soups, sauces in jars (they put sugar in that ) etc.. i am VERY fussy about making thing taste right and my taste buds are Much more sensitive than about 98% of the people here the amazing thing is i am married for almost 30 yrs and she puts up with all my . anything i go thru my cookbooks and my wife and i decide what country we want to visit that weekend and i cook accordingly my fav is x-mas eve i came from a catholic/italian backround (although i never go to church) we keep with the cath/ital thing of the feast of fish on xmas eve the thing is it is supposed to b 7 diff fishes so i make all seven 7 ways each and we have an open house with people in and out all night i look forward to this and prepare for it the whole yr my first real triumph was duck le'orange when i was about 10 not really a tragedy per say but my wives fam (for those of you old enough to remember the tv show Green Acres) they took cooking lessons from that and we spent many times on the porcelan thrown after