I have only ever heard a similar comment to this from a fellow chef who, as it happens, was German. So that tracks. He was very serious all the time. A stoic, of sorts, but only at work.

Lol yep that's us. Logic and serious above all else. I saw you are a chef. My husband is a retired chef. Went to culinary art school in Clearwater. I don't cook! I left Germany at 19 and my grandmother always shushed me out of the kitchen so I never got the gift. Good thing he knows how to cook.

Your grandmother grew up with misogyny from what I can tell. Do not ever let that happen to you. If you want to learn something, avoid ALL the people who say you can't. Blessed be

Yes. And the same blessing to you.