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This reminds me of a quote that's been around a while (about music production but perfectly analogous to cooking)

> I thought using loops was cheating, so I programmed my own using samples.

> I then thought using samples was cheating, so I recorded real drums.

> I then thought that programming it was cheating, so I learned to play drums for real.

> I then thought using bought drums was cheating, so I learned to make my own.

> I then thought using premade skins was cheating, so I killed a goat and skinned it.

> I then thought that that was cheating too, so I grew my own goat from a baby goat.

> I also think that is cheating, but I’m not sure where to go from here.

> I haven’t made any music lately, what with the goat farming and all.




See also "The Toaster Project"- building a toaster from scratch using raw materials (even then, there was some cheating).


Oh no. This describes my desire to make a large following the Gingery Machine shop series.




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