Chained To the Kitchen Range

[poliphilo]

Mary Berry was piping stiffened egg white onto a baking tray. The end product was going to be an enormous, sticky confection of meringue and berries. "I've made this many times, " she said, "And I love every minute of it." And I thought, "Hmmm..."

I don't hate cooking. Sometimes I think its quite good fun. But other times I get weary of the slog of having to put food on the table several times a day. Right now- or last night to be more precise- I was thinking, "I've cooked this shit, do I really have to eat it as well? Hasn't it wasted enough of my time?"

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[idahoswede.livejournal.com]

I remember when I start doing cake decorating, lo these many decades ago, and one of the professionals told me, "You'll get to where you hate the thought of doing it and the smell of the icing", but you know, I never have. I think Mary and I must be sisters separated at birth.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a happy state of affairs.

I wish I got more pleasure out of cooking.