cooking
I come from a city where its so convenient and cheap to eat out that few of us know how to prepare a meal. It doesn't help that many of us are still living with our parents, which just makes it unnecessary to ever learn to cook.Until 2 years ago, all i could manage were eggs (fried, boiled, scrambled) and instant noodles. I was in living in Italy and the cost of eating out is huge! Added to that, you have to pay a coperto so its definitely not something i would do everyday. Instant noodles were ridiculously expensive, not surprising of course, and so i had to learn to cook. There i was, all 23 years of age, a supposedly having received a well rounded education with a degree and all.. and i can't cook. I had to ask my 16 years old housemate (from France, and another from Denmark) to show me how to prepare meals. As a result, I got rather proficient at making pasta. And only pasta.
Once again, i find myself in a foreign country where eating out is not an everyday option (i think Singapore is the only exception). But now, at least i can cook pasta dishes. So i will survive. Yet having variations of pasta for dinner everyday really isn't something i can do (its either aglio oglio, pesto, tomato, cream base from a pack). So just this week i ventured into cooking the more sophisticated asian like stuff. Which i am proud to say, turned out pretty good. The bean paste chicken with chili and steam fish with ginger were surprisingly yummy. -- i bought the cheapest fish cos i thought if i were to screw up, at least screw up a cheap fish. Circumstances force us, at least, me to wield the pan. I guess thats good. Its a step towards being self sufficient and maybe thats part of growing up. that everyone should learn how to feed themselves.
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posted by eline @ 10:59 AM
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