Whatever

Natrajan Thamizhmani

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

My experiments with cooking

Exactly one year before, I was left all by myself in Bozeman by my sister who had to move to California for her new job. It was two weeks after I arrived in the US when I decided to try my hand at cooking. Until then I knew nothing in cooking other than cooking Maggi, which according to me is not cooking at all. I can't forget the first 'Sambar' I made. My roomie refused to even taste it. I am afterall not that fussy about food as long as it is vegetarian unless I am at home. I didn't add what I had to add in the right proportions, which was why my 'Sambar' was neither in the colour I expected it to be, nor was even close to tasting like 'Sambar'. It was unlike the worst 'Sambar' I had ever had in my life, it was even worse. Perhaps, nobody can make it perfect the first time. I sat eating it all by myself and couldn't get rid of it until I tried hard for two days. I could have easily thrown it out, which is quite uncharacteristic of me with respect to food, and prepared it again, but I wasn't even sure if the next one I make would be better than my first. I now exactly understood what the proverb "A known devil is better than an unknown angel" meant. Time really flies. Its upto us whether we make the most out of it or not, definitely I haven't. Looking back at it now, I can't really believe it has been one year now. With the help of a few websites and a few experienced friends who know to cook, I have improved a lot and for some reason am now referred to as 'Sambar specialist' which apparently means that I know to cook nothing other than 'Sambar' or maybe that I am not the only person here who sucks at cooking. Quite some improvement and yet way to go. I now have the confidence that I can survive on and eat whatever I cook. As long as I survive on what I cook.. I shall and here I blog..

 
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