I am not a cook, but I try

some of the meals I cooked this week

I am not a cook, I am more of an eater. I didn't like entering the kitchen and getting my hands dirty with all the chopping and mixing. Growing up in a family of mostly boys, I was always teased and forced to cook just because I am the only girl in the brood of five. And since, I rebel against any norm that was imposed on me, I intentionally did not learn how to cook during my teen years. Apart from fried egg and adobo, I was useless in the kitchen. I remember how proud I was with my first cooked dish, adobo, even if it had leather consistency.  :))

But now, I am slowly learning to cook dishes that my family would ACTUALLY eat and not just as  first-class dishes given to our dogs. I realized that I have to cook so that I can survive. I also think that cooking is one skill that every person should have. One simply cannot live long enough with just microwave and can opener. And eating out everyday is a ticket to all sorts of diseases. Your body will thank you when you cook at home. It's cheaper and healthier.



Cooking for me was a learned habit, it was a trial and error thing. Seriously, I have lots and lots of horror kitchen stories. I was the queen of kitchen disasters then. The first time I cooked sinigang na isda, it tasted like papaitan because I forgot to remove the fish organs. When I first cooked chopsuey, I used baking soda instead of cornstarch hence the watery and soupy veggies. I also threw an extravagant amount of malunggay leaves in tinola that made the dish bitter like ampalaya soup.

But, I am slowwwly learning. I am trying to overcome my reluctant skills in the kitchen. And the more I cook, the better I became (I hope!). I am not a cook, but I really really try my very best to be one.