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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Signed up, misplaced enthusiasm
Apoorva Dutt
I'm good at eating food, not cooking it. My culinary skills are limited to overcooked Maggi - I've never wondered about the missing link between hunger and eating. But I signed up to write about my first cooking experience with misplaced enthusiasm - this seemed like the perfect opportunity to both increase my bragging repertoire and add 'homely' to my matrimonial resume.
I knew mum wouldn't be any help for a recipe. She replied to every question with a smug "andaaze se". My elder sister was my only hope. She is the kind of abomination that fills her free time between investment banking with cooking elaborate meals for her in-laws and practicing Tai Chi. Growing up, I was her guinea pig as she trial and error-ed her way through increasingly innovative cooking techniques. (And I must add I have got my share of Tai Chi blows). Having grown up in her formidable shadow, I knew her recipe would be a perfect way to kick-start my latest endeavour.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Though I guess "singed up" means "to sign on the agreement with the newspaper to share his first cooking experience" and "misplaced enthusiasm" means "his enthusiasm to cook food was not justified".
Source : DNA
I'm good at eating food, not cooking it. My culinary skills are limited to overcooked Maggi - I've never wondered about the missing link between hunger and eating. But I signed up to write about my first cooking experience with misplaced enthusiasm - this seemed like the perfect opportunity to both increase my bragging repertoire and add 'homely' to my matrimonial resume.
I knew mum wouldn't be any help for a recipe. She replied to every question with a smug "andaaze se". My elder sister was my only hope. She is the kind of abomination that fills her free time between investment banking with cooking elaborate meals for her in-laws and practicing Tai Chi. Growing up, I was her guinea pig as she trial and error-ed her way through increasingly innovative cooking techniques. (And I must add I have got my share of Tai Chi blows). Having grown up in her formidable shadow, I knew her recipe would be a perfect way to kick-start my latest endeavour.
Please explain to me the highlighted parts.
Though I guess "singed up" means "to sign on the agreement with the newspaper to share his first cooking experience" and "misplaced enthusiasm" means "his enthusiasm to cook food was not justified".
Source : DNA
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User_gary Though I guess "singed up" means "to sign on the agreement with the newspaper to share his first cooking experience" and "misplaced enthusiasm" means "his enthusiasm to cook food was not justified". Correct. 'Sign up' may be literal (actually signed) or figurative (simply sent an entree).
- User_gary Though I guess "singed up" means "to sign on the agreement with the newspaper to share his first cooking experience" and "misplaced enthusiasm" means "his enthusiasm to cook food was not justified".
- Correct.
- 'Sign up' may be literal (actually signed) or figurative (simply sent an entree).
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User_garyThough I guess "singed up" means "to sign on the agreement with the newspaper to share his first cooking experience" and "misplaced enthusiasm" means "his enthusiasm to cook food was not justified".
Correct.
'Sign up' may be literal (actually signed) or figurative (simply sent an entree).
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