Food for thoughts

Cowboy caleb and Powerpuff’s post regarding home cooked food reminded me of the days when I had to actually cook my own food daily. I think people who cooks for themselves will probably understand the chores of it all.

I have a passion for food. I like to cook, but the cooked food might not be nice all the time, but the thing is to learn from it. Actually, I think one have to keep practising cooking like all things, else the skill would not stay. I tried cooking Seasame Ginger Chicken recently and it wasn’t that nice, at least not up to my own standard. I blame it on the unfamiliarization of the kitchen I was in. ha.. This was a dish I’ve done quite a bit of times, but its been a while I guess.

When I was studying, my friends and I would stay up late to chat and just idle by. They would study till 2am and then after a mass ICQ message, come out of their rooms and gather in the kitchen for a late supper before going back to study till day break. On some occassion, we would conjour up some pancakes in the middle of the night just to ease the monotomy. Once, I was so bored after studying, I went to bake bread during midnight and then went around distributing it to friends around the campus.

Homemade pancakes
Nothing taste as good as homemade pancakes.

The above was “created” by a friend who loves experimenting with food. Its a mushy pancake topped with strawberry jam, I think.

Dinner is usually a group affair, the group would be separated into two and take turns cooking and washing thru the week. As days go by, you tend to notice that the quality of the cooked food improves and its more edible.

Its not that easy to cook for at least 6 people and keep the food hot at the same time. If you are slow enough, when the last dish is done, the first dish would had turn cold and this is bad.

Kitchen top
Left over chicken corn soup for late night supper with overdone pancakes.

I miss the time when we would just sit around the kitchen table top and just chit chat away. Those were the days.

Kitchen

10 Responses so far

  1. Mrs. Wang January 18, 2005 11:33 pm

    Did you make those pancakes yourself? Looks like you did a good job! Perhaps you can make me some tonight.
    Oh…I gotta stop posting our private affairs on your blog.

  2. aneki January 19, 2005 3:29 am

    I can only respect those who have fun cooking. It’s just too many unpleasant things connected to it. I do it, okay, but it’s not like it could be my hobby. I do love to make party platters, though ! Once a year lol…

  3. Mandrake January 19, 2005 7:13 am

    mrs wang: nah, I didn’t made that pancakes. My friend was experimenting with it. ha.. you better stop or they will suspect something.

    aneki: whats your party platters? don’t tell me you burnt down a house before!?

  4. aish January 19, 2005 10:45 am

    your post made me hungry…. i’m having mcd breakfast now
    hehe

  5. aneki January 20, 2005 4:29 am

    Well just food you’d eat at parties, you know, fingerfood. Anything fancy meatless to impress otherwise die-hard meateaters….I’m always on a mission, you know :)

  6. miche January 20, 2005 1:07 pm

    tot of commenting something notti about the girls in the pic. but then… better not. hehehe

  7. FF January 20, 2005 1:53 pm

    Wot camera do you use ah? Your pics come out so nice.

  8. Mandrake January 20, 2005 2:28 pm

    aish: mcd’s breakfast is not that nice nowadays I think

    aneki: ha.. thats indeed a challenge.. so I guess you must be good at it?

    miche: go ahead and comment.. this blog no censorship one.. if you dun want, email me also.. ha

    FF: I think this was captured with a fuji digital camera. can;t remember the model. i did some post processing to rid the yellow tint from the light source. i think the whitebalance wasn’t set properly.

  9. powerpuff January 22, 2005 3:41 pm

    miche what is your noti thought?
    I wana know too
    this pic so decent actually!

  10. witter May 24, 2006 5:10 am

    perfect site good information, very nice news and etc… tnx

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