About  
Picky Grouchy
Non-Cook

Hello.  I am Evan Harris.  Welcome to Picky Grouchy Non-Cook! For more about how PGN-C came to be, click on the photo above (taken by my beloved husband). That's me with our  stove.  I have a prickly relationship with that stove (see below). In this photo, I was trying to clean it.

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WHY PICKY GROUCHY NON-COOK?
Being a little weird about food is the picky part.  Feeling a little harassed by food and cooking culture, and also a little harassed by the human need to eat and therefore cook, is the grouchy part. And struggling with who I am around the whole food and cooking thing is the non-cook part. Not all non-cooks are picky and grouchy, of course.  In fact, many non-cooks are perfectly well adjusted, and I hope PGN-C can be a safe haven for non-cooks of all situations, attitudes, and types!

THE BAD NEWS & THE GOOD NEWS
At worst, I am an irresponsible, lame in the kitchen lazy bones and a non-cook apologist.  At best, I am a champion of the non-cook cause.  

WHAT IS THE NON-COOK CAUSE?
This is still under investigation! But I know it has something to do with these two things: 

NON-COOK PRIDE!

It's a good idea to be just exactly who you are and not mess around with trying to be someone you think you are supposed to be  (such as, a person who can cook). 

NON-COOK LIBERATION!

There's a difference between the non-cook and the actual not cooking: one is a person, the other is a behavior.  The person is in charge, not the other way around.

Thank you for visiting...

This is the stove in my kitchen. It has been there for about ten years. It is a serious stove. It has an overbearing attitude. The reason we have such a serious stove is that my beloved husband was in charge of picking it out, and he picked out this stove because it has features. My beloved husband is a gung ho and very, very good cook, so when he says he wants features, he's talking about using them. But I will not let the presence of this serious stove intimidate me. I will not let it imply things about what I should be doing in the kitchen. The stove is not going to get the better of me with its attitude. Ditto its uncompromising stance. If I am a non-cook, it's really none of that stove's business.

TO CONTINUE READING ABOUT THE STOVE,  
AND FOR THE SURPRISE ENDING TO THE STORY, 
PLEASE CLICK ON THE PHOtO ABOVE. 
THANKS & SEE YOU ON THE STOVE PAGE!