Walked into the kitchen today and there was the soon-to-be college sophomore placing eggs into a bowl of water while checking his open laptop. "What are you doing?" I asked. "Making some hard-boiled eggs," was the reply. Pointing at his computer, he said, "It says to float 'em in water first to make sure they're OK." I asked him what comes after that. "Put 'em in a pot and boil 'em," he said.
(For John, the actual cooking of anything by himself is a great leap forward from the peanut butter sandwich -- akin to the caveman's discovery of fire. The fact that he must consult an online "recipe" to boil an egg is funny, but beside the point. He's experimenting!)
"Very good," I said. "Carry on."
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