There are many pleasures in life and eating is one of them. Simply put, there are two approaches to eating, you either eat because you have to, or because you want to.
I was never the one who wanted to eat. When I was little, my mother had to remind me and even force me to eat. This attitude changed 2.5 years ago. I got married and my husband and I had to produce our own food. Otherwise we would starve.
The very first dinner that I cooked was fried chicken. I did not even know where to buy it (my friends told me that frozen chickens are sold in practically any store and I was very surprised, as I have never paid attention to any fridges but the ice-cream ones), I did not know how to defrost it (my microwave had a defrost button and I pushed it) or how to fry it (basically, if the fire does not consume it, it turns out edible). But I fried it anyway and my husband ate it. And he did not die.
Giga was very supportive, ate everything--whether he like it or not--and complimented my every meal. Soon, he got involved in cooking and we started coming up with dishes or re-creating hard-core, need-to-cook-for-two days kind of French-Chinese-Russian-Georgian-Italian dishes. All of the food in the pics were cooked by us ( except sushi pic, though I have made sushi too). And when we start missing food that we can't get here--we just cook it. Speaking of...when was the last time you had chocolate chip cookies? Maybe I will bake them when I am finished with this post.
Knowledge empowers. Even culinary knowledge.
P.S. the dishes are as follows: BEEF AND BEEN TACOS; SUSHI; TOMATO THAT I GREW ON MY BALCONY; CHICKEN SMOTHERED IN HERBS AND MAYONNAISE AND CORN BAKED IN CHICKEN JUICE; JULIA CHILD'S BEEF BOURGUIGNON ( TOOK ME A DAY AND HALF TO COOK).
You people amaze me :):):) Totally in love with your family...and with the two-day-taking meal we had yesterday :):):):):) and sure anything else you cook..(and the names are so telling already) would be similarly good :):):):) soo...oh may be I should start thinking of preparing good food "properly" as well :):):)
ReplyDeleteAnna
Seems that you can cook whole variety of dishes, I am not that far yet, though hope to get better this year :)
ReplyDeleteGosh I ve missed sushi .... :(((
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have diner very seldom, I had to ask for more portion of your BEEF BOURGUIGNON. That is a solid indicator of 1. the tasty outcome of the one and half day cooking and 2. the lovely atmosphere that made me start clubbing on Friday night as late as close to 2 AM.
ReplyDeleteluv your family too!
thanx.I knew u guys would comment, coz u are sweet.
ReplyDeletemy family is fun (and I am humble) and my kitten recently got on the calender! She's gonna be on American calender as a March kitten! I have a celebrity at home!
p.s. i was planning to go to club too, but i thought it was too late. i am getting old.