That's an awful question.
Although I'm kinda wondering now... "Women are better at cooking"... Seems fair enough... But why are so few women high-quality professional chefs?
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:47, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I think that's more to do with being able to swear profusely than actual cooking skills.

( girlinthehole, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:49, Reply)

Pffft,
I've met plenty of women who swear enough to make a sailor blush.
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:50, Reply)

That says more about the kind of women you hang out with ; )

( girlinthehole, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:52, Reply)

Hmmm...
Maybe...
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:56, Reply)

Because cheffing is still largely a glass ceiling-ed profession for women.
That said - the head chef at my work for the last six months was a woman. She was pretty fantastic.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:49, Reply)

Your countrys diet is beer and bbq's

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:51, Reply)

And yours is chips and gravy.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:53, Reply)

Don't get me confused with a northener.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:53, Reply)

You're all northern from where I am mate.
You're about as far north as it can get.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:56, Reply)

Just for that,
I'm gonna find a way of making several tonnes of CFC's.
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:57, Reply)

awww I love you too...
from the bottom of my cold black heart.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:00, Reply)

You'll need
several tonnes of hydrocarbons, chlorine, fluorine and some catalyst.

There are several well documented processes.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:01, Reply)

Can you just make me some?

( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:03, Reply)

nah love,
that requires EFFORT. :P
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:07, Reply)

I used to fanny about
with such things, but the lab I was in has been taken over by the dark side (biochemistry) and the bloke I worked with who was an expert at CFC chemistry has gone off and done his own thing. So I can't do it these days.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:08, Reply)

Ah.
They don't make aerosols like they used to :(
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:09, Reply)

I still have a can at home
of 'proper' contact cleaner. With real nasty CFCs and everything.

I use some every so often just because I can.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:11, Reply)

Celebrity chefs tend to come out of the restaurant trade
which is notorious for it's rotten working hours and conditions - most women have family commitments.

People like Nigella came from a journalism background.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:50, Reply)

That seems a fair answer.

( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:51, Reply)

Deliah was a teacher or something.

(PsychoChomp, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:53, Reply)

...
"Her first job was as a hairdresser, and she also worked as a shop assistant and in a travel agency before starting her career in cookery."
( Cawl, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:55, Reply)

And don't forget
she's also a drunken football hooligan.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 10:03, Reply)

I know it's awful
That's what gets replies. Well, that and lesbians.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 3 Sep 2009, 9:56, Reply)