People are always asking strangers what to eat. The Food forums are full of it. Why not? Your meatloaf and my meatloaf may all be meatloafs but they taste different. It is always fun to get other ideas. I have about 500 cookbooks but I love to get ideas on-line — even for meatloaf!
And about asking strangers things. I come here — to FR to ask strangers things all the time and to read and think about what total strangers have to say. They don’t think for me — but they give me ideas.
Same with TheMom — she may not use all the recipes written, but they will give her ideas. She can see a dish from another angle. Not much different than listening to Rush, who always is tackling an issue from a different slant from anyone else or even your own.
I’m not trying to be critical — just trying to explain.
Do you cook?
All the time.