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hiddenmuse) wrote2010-01-17 09:16 pm
hiddenmuse) wrote2010-01-17 09:16 pm
I like food, food tastes good
Today I was thinking about cooking - when I learned to cook, what I'd learned to cook, etc.
The first thing I'd learned was cinnamon toast, in first grade. I think it had something to do with Christopher Columbus, since I remember that we'd made the toast and stuck sails (construction paper and toothpicks) into them. I'd also learned from my dad how to make scrambled eggs - so I could put together a fairly decent breakfast with parental supervision.
As I got older, I learned how to make things like boiled eggs, cookies and cakes (not just the stuff I made with my EasyBake Oven!), sloppy joes and bacon. In other words, I could make pretty basic foods - a lot of dump and boil or bake stuff. Occasionally I'd make some pretty fresh stuff, but a lot of it was something from a box, like Hamburger Helper.
The past few years, I've been learning how to cook much more non-packaged food. I can make a pizza crust (yeast smells so good when rising), pancakes (okay, so that's from a mix), pork chops, steaks, fish - still gotta work on salmon preparation, and a couple of vegetarian dishes. So, I'm pretty proud of myself there.
I'm curious, my lovelies - what was the first thing you learned how to cook? And what do you like to cook now?
The first thing I'd learned was cinnamon toast, in first grade. I think it had something to do with Christopher Columbus, since I remember that we'd made the toast and stuck sails (construction paper and toothpicks) into them. I'd also learned from my dad how to make scrambled eggs - so I could put together a fairly decent breakfast with parental supervision.
As I got older, I learned how to make things like boiled eggs, cookies and cakes (not just the stuff I made with my EasyBake Oven!), sloppy joes and bacon. In other words, I could make pretty basic foods - a lot of dump and boil or bake stuff. Occasionally I'd make some pretty fresh stuff, but a lot of it was something from a box, like Hamburger Helper.
The past few years, I've been learning how to cook much more non-packaged food. I can make a pizza crust (yeast smells so good when rising), pancakes (okay, so that's from a mix), pork chops, steaks, fish - still gotta work on salmon preparation, and a couple of vegetarian dishes. So, I'm pretty proud of myself there.
I'm curious, my lovelies - what was the first thing you learned how to cook? And what do you like to cook now?