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Keith Brown: It is just such a shame it is such expensive stuff – well it is
getting cheaper but not quite affordable enough to do that.
Lionel T. Dean: It is getting a lot cheaper the printing systems are getting a lot
cheaper – I remember when you couldn’t afford a desktop system – it is going to
happen very quickly.
Keith Brown: Thanks.
Tavs Jørgensen: I’ve got a question for Human Beans again is there an
element of some information is best forgotten? [laughs] Some of the recipes
could carry a health warning. Another thing – I can’t remember who said it –
the most important ability of the human brain is the ability to forget otherwise
we would be scrambled. Is there some of this information – the recipes – that is
best left to the past? In the information age we have so much information we
are trying to record everything – we are recording this today – some of the
information is best forgotten.
Mickael Charbonnel: Yes, I suppose your question goes two ways. We had
discussions with these Grandmas and they had other recipes and some of them I
wouldn’t have tried [laughs] and sometimes some of them are very unhealthy.
So yes, those are probably best forgotten. I think the second thing is about
information and how much we can submit ourselves to. It is a matter of choice
really and this is exactly what is happening. I don’t see my Grandmother that
often and I don’t really miss it but I know that when I spend some time with her
I do connect with something and I do enjoy it. Now whether I will remember
that recipe or not, that we cooked together is a different thing. But if you take
the recipes as almost a pretext then you have a good reason for taking on this
information.
Paul Rodgers: I think what is great if you look at Gordon Ramsay that is in
these programmes like “Hell’s Kitchen” and you get these people that put
themselves up against him – like your Granny’s scone recipe…
Chris Vanstone: He wouldn’t stand a chance against Jackie [laughs].
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