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Nice work! I'm not a good cook so I'm always envious of other people's culinary skills. What's your favourite thing to cook?
I don’t have a favourite, but it is important to me to try out new things and invent and tweak recipes. It is all about keeping it new and interesting. Right now I am in a phase of learning to cook authentic Chinese (some of the dishes, the Chinese gastronomy is impossible to learn completely), we like to eat it and I want to know how to do it. I am even watching Chinese cooks without English translation and hope to guess what the ingredients are. 😂Or at least techniques.
I like to bake sourdough bread, we never buy bread anymore. Unless I am sick and cannot be bothered to do it. I like to bake cakes, but we don’t eat sweets generally, so it is not very often. I did fancy cakes in the past too, with fondant flowers and all that. Now I focus more on taste.
My soups are pretty awesome. We do eat a lot of soups, so I do get to experiment.
We do like to eat and I do like to feed people. Gatherings with friends always mean a lot of food. I am famous for offering too much food. But I always say that it is good to have leftovers, so you are set for a few days. I also give away food to the guests if they want. If we are invited to someone’s house, I always bring something baked.
I am lucky to have found my husband that loves eating more than I do(and I love cooking more than he does). It is such a treat to see him enjoy my food. If we stay apart a few days or weeks, I usually don’t bother to cook too much. I make a big pot of soup, some stew or something, and eat a whole week of those and slightly tweak the seasonings or pairings so that it does not get boring.
That was a long story…I can talk about food for hours.
Those are great skills! You've obviously put a lot of time and effort into it, and it's paying off. Well done