One noted chef was a perfectionist. H...

[AngelOfThyNight]

One noted chef was a perfectionist.  H...

One noted chef was a perfectionist.  He made the most delectablemeals because he expected nothing less.  Thus it came as a surpriseto one of his students that the chef used low grade spices.  "Why doyou use the worst spices when you expect the best?" the studentasked him one day.  "Wouldn't your foods taste so much better if youused premium-grade spices?""I once thought as you do," the chef answered.  "When I was learning,I bought all the best spices -- they were fresh and perfectly ground,no flaws whatsoever.  But taken with their own perfection, they wereunruly spices, constantly fighting each other to be the dominant tasteinstead of working together.  So I tried lower grade spices -- theyweren't so perfect, but they weren't so intractable either.  And so itis well to remember, my dear pupil, that a glitch in thyme behaves fine."
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