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How the F*ck Do I Become a Pampered Chef? (Except the pampered part.)

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The answer was “Pampered Chef Rockcrok .” “Ladies…I know you all got that one right,” the emcee noted. I was at a trivia event for a cause near and dear to my heart. Fortunately, I was also at a table that guffawed at this statement. I mean no disrespect to our beloved emcee. For the most part, he was playing to an old-fashioned crowd. A crowd that appreciated a dinner of pot roast and mixed veggies on the table promptly at 5:30 every night. And a mom that magically put it there. I am not that mom. Nor would I ever associate the word “pampered” with the kitchen. (In all seriousness, I can’t stand that word. Even when it relates to things that can actually be defined by it. See: massage, facial, eating peanutbutter straight out of the jar with a piece of Hershey’s chocolate as a spoon.) However, I’ll swallow my modern lady pride and say, I’d like to be a skosh more like that mom. BUT ONLY A SKOSH. And only because it’d make life a littl