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Originally Posted by JinnKai
I'd almost buy that, but if I work dilligently on the craft of making a model airplane, I don't immediately dissolve it a vat of acid the moment after it's completion, rendering it into nothing more than an oozing paste.
That's what you do with cooking - you destroy your beautiful (and arguably tasty) craft immediately after completion. In some cases, you spend all your time on making it and OTHER people destroy it.
I suppose it's a discussion for another thread.. it just seems so frivolous.
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I disagree with the notion that you are "destroying" the craft... and so I offer you a little comparison.
First, say you have made some sort of non-edible, but also non-functioning craft... some kind of decoration you plan to put on your fireplace mantle. So you finish making it and then what? You set it nicely on the mantle and that's about it. You occassionally look at it and recall the time spent making it or perhaps someone asks about it and you tell them the story behind it... but the point is, you typically would only enjoy it using your sense of sight.
Now, say I have cooked a high-quality meal... in both taste and presentation. Regardless of who else eats it besides me, I get to savor my craft through no fewer than 3 senses... smell, taste, sight... and also arguably touch. Granted, the decoration will have a longer lifespan... but there is something to be said for my craft stimulating multiple senses during its lifespan, wouldn't you agree?
Not to mention the entertainment value a meal possesses... the conversation during my meal, in my opinion, has much greater potential then the conversation regarding your decoration.