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!
You kin DO eet!
ReplyDeleteHi this is Craig I've missed u I like to add sweet baby rays barbeque to it garlic salt pepper I used to use italian bread crumbs to hold the burger together and keep it soft and moist but I've leaned away from that i think one of the most important tools for cooking anything is to constantly flip it don't let any part be on too long
ReplyDeletei like to put the pan on high let it get super hot put the burger on 20 sec or so then flip it then turn the heat down to medium or i put it on the grill and occasionally splash it wish whisky