Okay. I know I don't know a lot about what ingredients work best with other ingredients but I just have to say, the chefs on the Food Network Channel's show "Chopped" are simply inspirational.
They are given a basket with random food items and must come up with a dish that incorporates all those items. And some of the those items are completely bizarre! Well, to me as a beginner, anyway.
Rabbit, rattlesnake, tapioca pearls (not sure about those), mussels and oxtails to name a few. And they are paired with ingredients that no normal person would even consider putting together. Brussel sprouts and sour cream? Pickles and strawberry jam? Totally outrageous!
But the best part? These incredible people actually make dishes that look good, are edible and for the most part, even delicious! I don't know that I'll actually get to that level or even if I'd want to but it is so very interesting seeing what each one comes up with in their own way. Some of them can be quite creative.
So I watch the show, fascinated, and hope that maybe their creative juices will flow out of the TV and into me. Hey! It could happen!
Thanks for listening!
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Showing posts with label creative cooking. Show all posts
Where's the Fun?
Cooking should be fun, right? That's pretty much the whole point of what I'm doing. Learning to enjoy cooking so it's not so much of a chore.
My first dinner the other night went well; better than I had expected. And while there were some parts that were intense (trust me; for a non-cook like myself, boiling noodles successfully is intense) it wasn't fun.
Hmm. What can I do to make it more fun; thereby making me WANT to do it?
I was watching "Worst Cooks in America" last night on the Food Network channel and their first challenge was to create a hamburger with anything they wanted. This made me sit up. I've cooked hamburgers before; a means to an end as I've said previously. But to CREATE my own signature burger? Wow....the endless possibilities!
And if I can create my own burger, what next? Couldn't I create pretty much anything? No, I still don't know enough about flavors to know what would and wouldn't work but I'm pretty sure that's what most cooks enjoy. Making it their own.
Sure, I'm still going to use recipes. There are quite a few I've seen that seem a tad difficult but might be worth trying at least once. But I'm going to learn to be brave and try flavors that I normally wouldn't put together. Sort of like finger-painting as a child. Just let it flow!
So, as soon as I come up with a recipe, I will post and let everyone know. Wish me luck!
My first dinner the other night went well; better than I had expected. And while there were some parts that were intense (trust me; for a non-cook like myself, boiling noodles successfully is intense) it wasn't fun.
Hmm. What can I do to make it more fun; thereby making me WANT to do it?
I was watching "Worst Cooks in America" last night on the Food Network channel and their first challenge was to create a hamburger with anything they wanted. This made me sit up. I've cooked hamburgers before; a means to an end as I've said previously. But to CREATE my own signature burger? Wow....the endless possibilities!
And if I can create my own burger, what next? Couldn't I create pretty much anything? No, I still don't know enough about flavors to know what would and wouldn't work but I'm pretty sure that's what most cooks enjoy. Making it their own.
Sure, I'm still going to use recipes. There are quite a few I've seen that seem a tad difficult but might be worth trying at least once. But I'm going to learn to be brave and try flavors that I normally wouldn't put together. Sort of like finger-painting as a child. Just let it flow!
So, as soon as I come up with a recipe, I will post and let everyone know. Wish me luck!
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