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?"

Comments

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

I got totally put off cooking by having to do mass catering during our days as Youth Hostel wardens. After a while, it ceased to be food, it was just stuff that had to be processed.

Having said that, though I find the routine of cooking boring, I do enjoy eating the final product. I never do fancy cooking though. I very rarely make cakes and then it's only simple things like Welsh cakes and scones. Perhaps when I finally retire I'll find it becomes more interesting, when I have more time for it and don't just do it in a rush at the end of a busy day.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Cooking- serious cooking- is something I came to quite late in life. I'm quite good at it- in a plodding sort of a way- but I rarely catch fire. Food, the preparation thereof- and the eating- has
never excited me that much. I always feel I could find better ways of spending the time. I like self-service restaurants because they don't keep me hanging around.