Wiki-what-apedia?

 

It seems like several members of my family just can't say enough wonderful things about googling information on the internet. When we were talking about it at the party yesterday, they all acted like it was the font of wisdom until I pointed out that I have entered a bit of info on Wikipedia myself. After a moment of silence, my sixteen year old nephew asked it was 'about the elephants.'

No, it wasn't about the elephants. It was a real article. Having to look at me as an expert dampened their enthusiasm a bit.

Until dinner tonight.

During the pre-Christmas sales, I bought myself a new slow cooker. I tried it out on pot roast tonight (without using a recipe) and the nicest thing Jerry could say was 'At least the meat changed color.'

Although I'm not much of a cook, so rarely expect even vague compliments, this offended me enough to say that my next purchase would be a slow cooker cook book. Now you know what happened next. My mother told me that I don't need a book, I just need to learn how to use Google. Apparently she was napping yesterday during the Wiki-ME-dia revelation.

So I came up with a great idea. Why don't I post my recipes on the internet. I could make them up as I go along, just like I do when I'm cooking. Then when unsuspecting noveau-cooks went looking for inspiration, they could have chef's surprise just like we have at our house every night.

Just because Google finds it folks, doesn't mean that it's gold. And no, I'm not going to tell you which Wikipedia entry I contributed to.

Nancy Sherer

 

 


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