A roast dinner in Australia turned into a permission slip to live braver. While watching my mother-in-law work magic on potatoes, we swapped chef names and techniques—then hit an unexpected insight: cultural icons don’t always cross oceans or decades. Delia Smith defined cooking for so many in the UK, yet the name didn’t land in another kitchen. That gap sparked a question we rarely ask out loud: if even beloved legends fade from memory, what are we really chasing when we hesitate, polish, and wait for perfect?
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Episode Transcript
Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
Something funny happened when Iwas in Australia staying with my
mother-in-law just a couple ofweeks ago.
Gosh, we had so much fun over aweek together.
What's interesting is she's anincredible, I think she's chef
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level in her kitchen.
What she creates beats so manyrestaurants that I've been to.
And what's interesting is Irequested a roast dinner.
She was like, what is it?
What can I make you?
And I love a roast.
In the UK, we call it a roast,some places call it a baked
dinner.
It's like beef, lamb, chicken,roast potatoes, roast
vegetables, sweet potatoes,cauliflower cheese.
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Sometimes you add a Yorkshirepudd.
I'm not crazy for those.
You have gravy, it's heaven.
Okay.
And as she was making thepotatoes, I was watching her
because I want to make potatoesas well as she does.
And she was talking to me aboutthis technique and how she adds
flour, etc.
etc.
And there are so many famouschefs now, right?
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I mean, there's the GordonRamsay way, the Jamie Oliver
way, the Ina Garten way, theMartha Stewart way.
I mean, uh, countless, countlesschefs, right?
And I said, uh, me and my dadused to follow Delia Smith's
cookbook.
And what's interesting is Wendy,my mother-in-law, had never
heard of Delia Smith.
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She was an English chef.
She had many cookbooks over hertime.
But I gotta tell you, when I wasgrowing up, it was Delia Smith.
She had a TV show.
Oh, to be very, Delia Smith wasalways known as a real
compliment.
Why am I telling you this?
People are forgotten.
Even famous people who've hadincredible books, recipes, all
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the things, they're forgotten.
Which is a reminder to not beafraid.
Right, even people who who madea huge impact in their lifetime,
they're forgotten.
People don't even know who theyare now.
And Delia Smith was in mylifetime.
In England, she was royalty.
People don't know her inAustralia.
Let me ask you, do you know whoDelia Swift uh who Delia Smith
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was?
Probably not.
This allows me to feel so free.
I once heard someone say, Whocares?
Who cares about your impact?
Who cares about uh standing out?
Who cares about beingremembered?
Does anyone know who the vicepresident was in 1972?
Does anyone know who thegreatest pop star was in 1964?
We've all got ideas.
We might remember.
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What about the Nobel Prizewinner in 1999?
Do you even know who thesepeople were?
And if not, I'm guessing youdon't, I don't, why do we place
so much attachment, place somuch importance, place so much
emphasis on getting everythingright and being perfect?
Even the quote unquote bestpeople are forgotten.
Why are we so uptight?
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I love to read old self-helpbooks, you know, they were
actually tapes back then ofpeople who are long dead, people
who are now long dead, and Ithink to myself, I wonder how
few people are listening tothese old recordings that I love
to download and tune into.
Not many.
And these people were the rockstars of their time.
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So think about it.
If you're going to be gone andforgotten just like everybody
else, who cares?
Do the things.
Don't hold back.
Why are you shy?
What reason do you have to beafraid?
In the grand scheme, there'll beanother you, another you,
another you, a new singer, a newwriter, a new chef, a new
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politician, a new this, a newthat.
Why not just maximize your timehere on earth, have fun, and go
for it.
Until tomorrow, my friends.
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