Oh why, when my mother told me to cook for viand I ran away. I cook steamed rice and that's it. 😃 During my childhood, I'd rather go to the farm or feed the pigs or take the goats to the grassland than cook. That would pacify my mother. 😊
Of course, my style with my mother is not applicable everywhere. And my answer to that would be my usual playing safe phrase "it depends." It depends on the context of the situation - who is the authority, what is it all about, where, when, etc...
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