I can eat all the food, don’t worry.
Oh, wait, are we talking about cooking? Mmmmm, yeah, so I don’t really cook. I mean, I try, don’t get me wrong, I try really hard. Especially at Thanksgiving. But you really never know what you’re going to get when I’m in the kitchen.
Over the last few years I’ve managed to perfect a homemade macaroni and cheese recipe that my family now claims isn’t any good. I can brine and rotisserie a turkey like nobody’s business. I make Libby’s pumpkin pies without crust so we don’t have to deal with gluten and I don’t have to try and make a gluten free crust that doesn’t burn or taste like cardboard. I make a dish of yams with oranges that is so decadent we sometimes have it at other times of the year to remind us we’re alive.
And for your average evening meal I make an InstaPot white chicken chili that no one wants to eat because it took so many trials to perfect it.
What I’m saying is, I’ll gladly hire someone to do our cooking for us as soon as I can afford to do so.
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I have perfected Eggplant Parmesan. I even grow the Eggplant. I learned if I study two or three recipes and understand all of the principles of a dish, I can usually reproduce it. But, there are no shortcuts. It takes over an hour to prepare, which is the max I devote to a single meal (except for holidays).
Retirement has brought out the domestic goddess in me. Make jam, sure! Candied Jalapeños are excellent! I cook more savory than sweet, though maybe once a month I will try a dessert. Last week was a key lime pie recipe on the back of the key lime juice bottle! Very smooth, and very easy! And it was just tart enough!
Glad I was blessed with an innate ability to cook. It provides some quick successes in life (for me) and we all need some of those.
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Love all of this ❤️
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