Cooking Goddess

Hubby missed my asam pedas today :)

There is nothing more satisfying than when people eat the food I cook. The bonus is when you're complimented on the food. I'm not a fussy eater. I'm not a great cook either. What do you expect? I have been cooking only for myself when I was single and for two after I got married. Due to practical reasons, eating out sometimes makes more sense. I CAN cook and the food is edible MOST of the time. I dare called people for kenduri and cook on a big scale too. At our open house recently, some of my guest asked what's my specialty. I told them no specialty since I only cook on a big scale once or twice a year. How can it be my specialty if I don't practice enough?

Since we moved house, I've cook more often as the market is nearby and there doesn't seem to be many eateries that suits our tastebuds. I'm determined to keep cooking till I can call some of the dishes my specialty. I've had my good days and not so good days. Let's see what's the casualties on my not so good days...

- burnt chocolate cake... hey, the oven was new.
- burnt bun... the bottom part was edible... and I left the oven according to the recipe instruction to perform my prayer. Sigh!
- salty dishes... i have my 'saltless' moments and 'saltfull' moments. Sigh! The former situation is much better than the latter.
- undercooked chicken or fish... thank God for microwave ovens
- experimental recipes... hubby can be non-adventurous when it comes to 'creative' dishes
- kole kacang... it didn't set due to lack of flour. Not just any flour... so I keep it in the fridge and I still has not bought the flour.
- hmmm.... I'm sure there's a few more that I can't recall

I'm not listing down the dishes that turned out well. Trust me, it's enough to make me keep cooking and not throw down the apron yet. Some issue that really matters to me when it comes to cooking ...

- when rice turned out well and not 'mentah' during important occasions... no matter how good your dishes are, it will come to nought with spoiled rice. This is one of those things that people take for granted. Nobody would notice when the rice are fine but they certainly would when it didn't turn out well.
- meals prepared means we don't have to eat out and pay for food that did't meet our expectation.
- when food is budgeted with not much waste.
- creativity and flexibility in the kitchen, and
- either compliments from hubby or he took extra servings.

I'm still not the cooking goddess I want to be... but I'm working towards that. I'm praying for more successful dishes and the determination to keep on cooking. Gungho!