Old Dog, New Tricks

I am 50yrs. old, first born with 3 siblings, learned to cook at a very early age and have done most of the cooking my whole life. Needless to say, I am pretty confident in my ability to produce a very nice and hearty meal. Having said that, I was very confident when I started culinary school and assumed this would be a walk in the park, not even close. I was forced to re-evaluate the end results and the procedure I took to get there. I was very surprised to learn something as simple as water temp could change not only the texture of your dish, but the flavor as well. This is only one simple thing, and there have been many more since, I learned very quickly to forget what I thought I knew, open my mind, close my mouth and learn it all for the first time, again.