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Cooking has such a weird idea of basic vs. advanced.

"Make garlic bread" is near the bottom, and then "use fresh garlic or ginger in a meal" is five rows higher. Apparently using fresh garlic and ginger is more advanced than "make a daal", which I've never considered even doing without fresh ginger?

(And, wait, making popcorn is even more advanced?!)

These specifics aside, the big issue I have is that basic/advanced is the wrong axis. It should be fundamental building blocks going up to more complex things dependent on those building blocks: using fresh ginger is a building block you learn so you can cook daal. You don't learn how to cook daal and at a later date learn how to add spices!



I like the idea. To cooking I would add:

- rice and beans from three continents

- make a good vinegrette

- make three mother sauces (learn a roux, fond, etc)

- brine, dress, and roast a chicken/poultry

- hunt, field dress, and butcher venison

- catch, filet, and serve fish

- top of the skill heap would be a bouliabaisse, if heap didn't include baking




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