ocg's Diaryland Diary
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FEBRUARIUM DAY 2
Day Two, February 11: What you love.
This one's about your favorite things, or pick one thing and wax rhapsodic on it.
I love that I can cook. Really, really good. So good, people ask me for my recipes.
We had a potluck today at work. For the last potluck I got a rash of crap from people because they thought I was trying to show everyone up.
Ladies, if you think taking a melon baller to a honeydew, cantaloupe, and a couple of apples, threading them on to skewers, and poking the skewers into a whole pineapple is "showing you up", you weren't even trying. [and it TOTALLY SHOWED THEM UP!]
Yeah, I love to cook. I love food. I remember the moment that I realized, when I was about 22, that I could eat whatever I wanted. That thought, however, was more punctuated by the idea that, "Heeeeyyyy- I'm an adult now. I can have Lucky Charms for dinner if I WANT TO!" It wasn't until a few years later that I realized that I could choose to eat only good food- you know, the kind that isn't processed, that you make yourself (and I am a firm believer that food you make for yourself, even if it is processed, is better than anonymous food).
It wasn't always like that though.
For the longest time after moving out on my own, I fell prey to fast food and diners. I mean, cooking for one or 2 people? What's the point? And then I met my husband, and my food world changed forever.
He taught me the appreciation of food, how to love a good cheese, and how to not have to use a recipe becasue some things just go together. While he is a natural and still comes up with ideas out of thin air, I became an avid cookbook reader.
Our friends call us the gourmets, and we have yet to be turned down when inviting people over for dinner. And that's a great feeling.
6:40 p.m. - 2005-02-11
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
other diaries: |