everybody can cook...or so they say. yes..but the question is how well?
i have always believed that cooking is an art form and either the chef has 'it', or he doesn't. it's not simply a matter of putting things into the frying pan but knowing exactly which goes better with what and what will enhance the flavour is in itself a skill. of which i do not possess. that's why i have always been contented to let others carry out the task.
plus the fact that i am always surrounded by people who shine at the task so brightly that i am but a dim light by comparison. my cooking at most rates an 'edible' but definitely no 'second helping, please' or 'yummmmmmy'. no matter how often i try, i cannot replicate my mother, and my mother-in-law's, mouth-watering creations. looking at my shelves after shelves of cook books, it may be quite the irony.
HD, frustrated, asked one day why i am confident in everything that i do, except cooking. *shrug* i am most comfortable with cooking for my family; which includes the amiable hubby and the two 'apple-polishing' kids who will make a pretence of devouring my food. on and off, we will have a couple of friends over and i am still comfortable cooking for close friends.
however, cooking for my in-laws, who are very good cooks themselves, is a little more intense. for one, i do not know their taste, their likes and dislikes. for another, i am not crazy about getting on their bad sides. who knows what a diarrhoea (from uncooked food) or tummy ache may set off....it may just be the perfectionist streak in me, but when i do something, it drives me crazy when i cannot excel in it.
still, i will survive. i will adapt to the situation, and very soon too.
after all, i'm a virgo.
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pictures leh? I see oni can deduce whether good or not.
yalah.. whr got people post about cooking without pictures one..?
heeehee...ME, I understand what you mean. Cooking can be stressful. Wanna guess if I can cook? hahaha
yeah, have some pictures... make me feel hungry at least.
dear ah pek: ohhhh, u visual person punya ah? okayyyyyy, wait ah...i ta pau from the restaurant and pass off as my dishes, ok?
dear sengkor: use imagination cannot one meh?! imagine mine to be so delicious lahhhh....
dear pooh: hmmmmm...if i were to guess, i'll think u don't have much opportunity to cook, having a good mum and all...but i'm guessing you can...?
dear zewt:....u notice it's the guys that r asking for pictures?! i tot guys have vivid imagination *raise eyebrow*...in the face of master chef.....i'll feel inadequate. haha.
ok, in the process of collecting collage, stay tuned
Ah, virgo also? LOL!
So what's cooking?
we only imagine when there's a need to... you want me to?
dear jonzz: ahhhhh, another fellow virgoan. *high 5* that perhaps explain the demands you make on yourself...
cooking? myself, at the moment...i can't figure out what to cook for lunch.
dear zewt: only if your imagination is restricted to my cookings :-p
that aint fun
dear zewt: that CAN be fun. hehehe *raising eyebrows*
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