Complete Dislike for Cooking
I used to despise cooking. I also didn’t like to eat. No, it wasn’t an eating disorder, I just didn’t like eating. It was a chore. Something that I had to do or else I’d die.
Perhaps I can trace it back to early childhood when my mother decided to go on an all natural whole wheat and grain diet with such force she could have knocked over a bull in a bull fight.
Fortunately over time that all passed, but some of her experimental concoctions we had to eat and drink must have pushed me over the line. Maybe I was 5 or maybe 8, but all I know is somewhere along the way, I didn’t like to eat anymore.
What was the only type of food I really loved for dinner and holidays? You got it, Italian spaghetti, lasagna, stuffed shells and anything else Italian. My mother knew how to cook some down right amazing Italian meals. Those were the only meals I didn’t mind eating.
Marriage and Cooking – the Turning Point
Like many people, I never learned how to cook until I got married. In the beginning, it took so long to cook a basic meal, my husband would make sure to eat something when I started cooking. He knew it could take hours until dinner was even near ready. Many times he would end up cooking dinner while I was still looking through cookbooks.
Yes it was bad, and I cried over cookbooks more than once in frustration.
Then one day, something happened. I made an Italian dish that was out of this world. It was a white lasagna from a cookbook that took me 3 hours to make. 3 hours way too long. But it tasted amazing! The first major recipe I had made that turned out great in our first two years of marriage.
The joy of cooking had been born. However, one problem still existed. This was only one recipe and it took far too long to make.
Turning Lemons into Lemonade – or Chicken Piccata
With a serious drive and devotion I learned how to cook recipes which were suitable for my busy lifestyle, yet didn’t compromise flavor or my time.
Needless to say, I have changed a lot in my views since my childhood years.
Today I love to make, taste and eat great tasting food. I call my creations words like beautiful and fantastico. My life has changed, I found another source of joy.
Anyone Can Change
This is my story, and it can be yours too. If you do not like to cook, it may be you are cooking the wrong foods. I tried Mexican, chinese, you name it. Italian is what I love.
So take heart, if you are in any way like I was – you can still become one of those crazy people who have talk about such things as the joy of cooking!
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Here’s to the joy!
Liz
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