Yeah, Mellie, I can cook--when I have a recipe in front of me (or someone else telling me what to do) and I understand all the technical cooking terms used in the instructions.
Well, Darcy, I know your problem. Though I do manage to get the terms right as long as I read it in German... Still, I can only warn you: Don't believe everything you read in cookbooks. I had one instructing the poor user (meaning me) to add freshly hacked chili to heated oil...