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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

TEACHING YOUNG PEOPLE HOW TO COOK

I was in my kitchen when I got a call from my college friend. She was asking me to come to her house and she added that she will tell me the details when I got there. I was curious and a little concern because something might happened to her. But I am just glad the she called me again after college. I went to culinary school while she went to business school. A totally different area of study.

Upon arriving in her house, she immediately opened the gate of her house and told me to come inside in her living room area. She silently told me that she wanted to tell me that she wanted my help to teach her how to cook. It is because her husband was already bored with fast foods that are readily available. She tried opening a recipe book and tried some cooking but no success. Her food that she cooked was totally different from the picture of the recipe book.

As a chef, I think, it is my responsibility to help others when they are in need of my service. Actually, learning how to cook is very easy and very elementary to teach to people. The basic principle in cooking is eating. When you like to eat, then you must learn how to cook. I told my friend that before starting to cook, make sure that all the ingredients are all prepared. Using the recipe book is the best way to start learning how to cook.

We tried the very simple squid rings recipe. This is the most cooked dish anywhere and it is very easy to prepare and cook, especially for first timers. She did all the ingredients preparation and the cooking as well. At the end of the day, she was able to learn to cook a simple recipe. But tomorrow is another day, I have to come back and continue teaching her how to cook again. This time more complex recipes will be tackled and cooked.

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