> I always wondered about this so try to help me figure it out: Wel all know
> how bad Akane cooks, right? then why is it that they always show the dishes
> she make as very appetizing and very VERY well served? The only episode I
> saw in which her cooking *looked* bad was the one in which Ranma's mom came
> to visit and Ranma-chan and Akane competed in cooking!

The appetizing looks is used to lower people's guards when they eat it.
It's more of dramatic and more shocking if something that looks good tastes
deadly.  C-ko's food looks very good too, but the taste...well...Hm.... I 
wonder who's gonna win in the worst food contest, Akane or C-ko?

Feng
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