"God sends meat and the devil sends cooks" is attributed to Thomas Deloney (1543-1600)
Meaning:
- source: https://dictionary.langeek.co/en/word/215438
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Actually I found this proverb when I tried to find cooking quotes on dear Google yesterday, and found it's funny first without knowing the meaning.
If you are wondering what a chef would think about the proverb, I found an interesting post on "ChefsOpinion" (https://chefsopinion.org/), a blog run by a chef who has been in the industry for 50 years. The blogger referred to an article about the proverb written by another chef Randy Burns (sorry if the two chefs thingy confused you as it did to me first ;-).
Burns said: "I heard this proverb recently and I must admit that the impact of it made me stop and think, it resonated profoundly with me. Regardless of one’s personal perception/reaction to this sentiment every Cook that I spoke with about this liked and appreciated it, they all felt an affinity with it as I did."
If you have time and are interested in reading more, the very informative article can be found at: https://chefsopinion.org/2018/07/31/god-sends-meat-and-the-devil-sends-cooks/
For me, although my hearing was never very good, but "when god closes a door he opens a window" (another idiom :-). My senses of smell and taste do belong to the "supertaster" group, which can be an advantage for a cook. In the beginning, I always used a cook book, and even brought one with me when I came to Canada, among other not so practical books (see pic below). The funny thing was that I brought the cooking book 菜譜 but forgot the cleaver 菜刀 (some cook I was then 
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Gradually I used the cooking books less and less, and until one day I didn't feel I needed them anymore. Not only can one find so many new recipes online, after being been a cook long enough you know what is missing by just smell and/or taste.
Oh, If you enjoy cooking or eating but haven't seen the animated movie "Ratatouille" yet, I strongly recommended it. It's a very fun film of a rat chef. I don't remember how many times I watched it, and still want to watch again.
Happy Tuesday everyone, even if you are not a cook, or are not cooking today.
pic: some (not so useful) books I brought with me 37 some years ago
