Do what? meals

I'm not good at cooking and I'm not a foodie.

When I was a child, my family was poor, just like my parents were hungry. I'm never picky about food, but I'm satisfied with filling my stomach. This carelessness in my bones has formed the habit of eating and drinking.

Strange to say, I don't know what is the necessary connection between eating and cooking. I don't like eating. It seems that I don't like cooking for some reasons. I have always been curious about the problems that somehow formed, and I am a bit paranoid about male chauvinism. In particular, I think that cooking is a necessary quality for women, while men strive to earn money to support their families. This seems to be a traditional collocation model. Of course, most of the senior chefs and street chefs in many restaurants are men, so I think this is just a professional way of making a living. However, the daily fireworks and concertos of pots and pans are still dominated by women. This concept or prejudice has occupied my mind for many years.

The changes in recent years may have to hit yourself in the face. Who has counted how many men like cooking now? Obviously, there is a trend that more and more men start to drill into the kitchen, but you can't see online friends often drying their own dishes, which seems to be defined as the label of "fashionable good man". From cynicism in the past to envy now, I think it is a great progress of society. "Going to the kitchen under the hall" is no longer a woman's patent. Men's diversity, gentleness and eagerness to express themselves exude the smell of "greasy and precious men" from the outside to the inside, as if our harmonious society has penetrated into the smallest cell unit, reflecting the harmony of Yin and Yang in cooking. Even if a man shows off once in a while and cooks two special dishes for his family, it will attract more attention than those "gentlemen" who sit still and wait for enjoyment. At least it is not easy to experience the three meals a day of most female compatriots, which is much better than the indifference that keeps the ladies' kitchen busy.

Although I seldom cook, I admire the sentiment and courage of men to take the initiative to cook when I am close to a good man. I remember that Huang Lei, the star, was a good husband who loved to cook. He often basks in his own cooking in Weibo, loves to sprinkle dog food and fascinates fans, because people cook a delicious home-cooked meal for his wife and children every three days, and his happiness is bursting! Let many girls fantasize about finding a husband who can cook and marrying the right person! "Yellow kitchen" is by no means a hollow name. People who are "good fathers and husbands" are grounded and stay at home. They put aside the ingredients of the show but made their own kitchen prosperous, which made us grandfathers who didn't cook much and pouted! Actually, there is nothing to be ashamed of. It's better not to move. Throw yourself down, roll up your sleeves, and practice your hands whenever you want to cook. The key is whether you are willing or not, not to mention there are so many ready-made learning examples!

The first time I had the idea of cooking in my life was when I was ten years old. At ordinary times, I always watch my mother skillfully roll noodles on the big board, spread them into round and thin cakes over and over again, and spread them on the noodles all the time. Finally, I folded them up and cut them into fine noodles, feeling that the whole process had a superb sense of labor art, so once, while my family was away, I made some noodles and decided to imitate the example of rolling noodles. As a result, the noodles were added with more water, and the noodles were added with more water. This was repeated several times to make a small pot, but the rolling dough was soft and sticky, and the rolling pin and chopping board were stuck with big holes and small eyes, so it was impossible to cut into irregular noodles. My mother praised me when she came back, saying that she could think of cooking for her family and was a caring child. In fact, we all know that children enjoy the process of "playing with noodles", which feels much better than playing with mud. Therefore, I think all children like to wrap jiaozi with their parents and the elderly, and rub it around with their immature hands, such as making fancy handicrafts and looking for the aura of squeezing clay figurines. The atmosphere is particularly pleasant, even if it is crooked and shapeless, but this interesting way of entertainment has sown the seeds of hope and love in deep affection.

Following the thread of time, I am thinking that I have really grown up and joined the work, but I still have little interest in cooking. The inertia of eating with your mouth open often recurs, because with the support of parents and family, there is no need to intervene in cooking. Whenever I go home to eat ready-made, my family is ready early. Even for working lunch, I often go to the staff canteen with my workmates. The lively time of collective life is not boring, but it is particularly memorable, so that it has been a frequent visitor to collective canteens for several years. I wonder why I didn't pay serious attention to the concept of cooking. It seems that I rarely understand my family's cooking intentions. Everything is taken for granted, but I don't think so. I just fill my stomach in a hurry and walk away easily. I will pay more attention to my work and things around me in the future. When I have children at home, I am too busy and have a nanny, so I seldom take care of cooking at home. Besides, being busy outside is more than socializing. Go to a restaurant after a meal, or invite a group of buddies to eat and drink at a stall. This situation is very common, even if you think that your family only buys some take-away specialties occasionally, it is also a gift to take home by the way.

So now let me look back. I dare say that men who don't cook are either dependent or lazy, or they like to enjoy their own success, or they are unwilling to do so. I am both. Especially in the kitchen, you have to pack up and prepare a lot of things. You don't want to choke the smell of lampblack, touch things like chicken, duck and fish, not to mention the impulse to get praise when you were a child, or the impulse to use your brain to innovate and surprise your family. Such active hospitality is rarely honored. Supposedly, I often eat out and have seen many delicious dishes and special snacks. Why didn't I try to practice cooking at home? I feel like a freak. I would rather wash the dishes and eat them cleanly than waste time throwing food there. My wife once laughed at me and said, "you are only suitable for some stupid and clumsy work, which shows that I lack patience and accuracy in cooking." I tried it several times in a hurry, and it was hard to swallow, but it was said that it was not delicious. I simply backed out and became the "chopping shopkeeper" in the kitchen. Do you think this mentality is rebellious and passive? If we want to keep pace with the times, look at the young people now. They always say that life is fast, and it is unknown whether they can't cook or don't want to cook. However, it is the general trend to order takeaway fast food, and I am used to it. If I go back to twenty or thirty years ago, am I in this state? Probably not much difference, or I can pull the refrigerator, make an fried egg and cook instant noodles to fool my stomach!

More than a decade ago, many people may have watched the Korean drama Dae Jang Geum, but the lover accompanied her intermittently during pregnancy, even after watching it. For those who seldom watch TV series, I am fascinated by it, not because of the ups and downs of the characters in the play, but because of the sincere spirit of cooking in Dae Jang Geum. Later in the plot, those ladies-in-waiting and maids-in-waiting relied on their skillful cooking. It can't be said that the combination of court medicated diet, Chinese medicine tonic and ancient wisdom into the seemingly simple but profound and unique cooking diet has given us a lot of inspiration and enlightenment. Many modern people are sub-healthy, and there are many things like hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease. How many of them are caused by improper diet and bad habits? At home, you can reasonably mix ingredients, choose kinds according to your family's preferences and appetites, and find ways to "turn decay into magic" to make delicious dishes, with health as the first priority and start the motivation of cooking. "Eat home-cooked meals and wear coarse clothes", simple roads and ordinary roads are the best food, and the words of our ancestors are quite meaningful. Just like the Korean court food we saw in the play, not all of them are unattainable tribute materials such as sea cucumber, abalone and wing belly, but most of them are cheap, natural and easily available ingredients. You don't have to eat expensive food, but you should eat the right food. For ordinary families, it looks simple, but it is nutritious and healthy, and it can still make delicious food with quality. This is the real "enriching the people" food with a long history. Even if it is light, it will last for a long time in Micari and enjoy it. For example, the steamed bread made of Chinese cabbage like Dae Jang Geum, the hot pot made of tofu wrapped in meat foam, and the five-son porridge made of walnut pine nuts ... These meals can only be cooked repeatedly in the kitchen after the family has slowly pondered and worked hard to make them, so as to eat new ideas. Of course, you don't argue. If it's really good, you can also make "big meals" such as roasted duck with diced fish head with pepper, prawns with sweet and sour ribs, chicken feet with sliced meat, and kebabs with fat sausage bean sprouts. But I believe that how you cook them is definitely different from the dishes with heavy taste, oily water and unclean food in the take-away restaurant. When you savor it carefully, your own small pot dishes will be more enjoyable, thick but not greasy, light and fragrant.

Even if you have tasted the delicious food in the world, you prefer simple food at home. This is common sense. Mixed with the power of emotion, I believe everyone likes the big family in the kitchen. Because there are many things listed in daily life, I still think that the process of cooking and eating by a family can best express endless happiness. Not only to perceive the fragrance and sweetness between lips and teeth, but also to enrich the sustenance of heirloom spirit, just like to experience the endless meals cooked by our parents again and again. Our full love will only become more empathetic after becoming parents. In fact, children want to be happy and enjoy love and the warmth of home at the same table with their parents. Even the husband and wife hope to have dinner with a pleasant countenance, which is full of emotion and truly reproduces the case of Qi Mei. Not to mention the elderly, who doesn't want their children and grandchildren to sit around their knees and eat with laughter? I think it was the happiest old age. Imagine, if a family is used to cooking together, isn't that thoughtfulness and gentleness a vivid portrayal of living in the present? Don't you think the kitchen is a place full of temperature, affection and tenderness? Another scene, if you come home after a busy day, the kitchen is cold, the refrigerator is empty, and there are no laughter and fireworks, what kind of mood do you think? Is your heart cold, too? As long as you get home, you can hear the tinkling sound in the kitchen, smell the delicious smell from time to time, and serve the table in an instant. What's that mood? The heart must be tired and sweet. This is the home I really yearn for, comfortable and happy, warm and calm, plain and beautiful, warm and happy! "There are no fireworks in the kitchen, and the most delicious taste in the world is pure joy", like a beautiful painting and seemingly simple daily life. After a busy life, I suddenly look back and look for happiness in life. I inadvertently find that what I am pursuing is at home. This is the taste of love, this is the beauty of three meals a day, and it can be perfect forever!

When the children grow up, I find that my concept of cooking is more and more mature, and I gradually understand that cooking is also a life responsibility and a family responsibility. The true meaning of life comes from fireworks cooked with fire. Even if it is not exquisite, it may not be delicious, but it will be absorbed, and gradually understand that cooking, steaming, frying and frying are also the art of life. "The smell of human fireworks is the most soothing to the hearts of ordinary people." A dish, a meal, a soup and a porridge are all life. Also slowly know that in the smoke, mixed with the secret taste of happiness. I used to be lazy in the kitchen for many years, and I felt that I really had an out-of-touch disease. After all, it reflects my indifference to the concept of home. Think about it. People take food as the sky, life takes food first, and food comes first. They didn't let themselves serve their dear relatives to satisfy their appetite. That kind of guilt and introspection seems to have found a selfish and stingy person.

The sun and the moon turn, what is life, maybe it is colorful life, daily necessities of life. My real change is that my family went abroad a few years ago, and I had to take care of three children's food, clothing, housing, transportation and study, and I had to deal with strange environments and countries. There are no relatives and friends to rely on, and the husband and wife run a family entirely. I used to cook very little, but I have to do a lot of things by myself here. For example, foreign food and western food are not used to eating, and life is very different from home. If you live in the countryside and go out for a meal, you must drive around to find the right food. Many details of life are inconvenient, so you have to force yourself to adapt to all the discomfort, especially "cooking" has become an important top priority, because children also like Chinese food and prefer the lively and delicious atmosphere of eating together at home, and the responsibility lies with you. In recent years, I have moved to America four times. Whenever I move, the first consideration is to change the kitchen range hood, because people in China are used to frying and frying, and the oil smoke is heavy. However, the kitchen design abroad is generally low in power or ground suction type can not meet our traditional cooking methods. "If you want to do a good job, you must sharpen your tools first." Since you are so considerate and the kitchen space can be used, practice your cooking. So staying at home will think about what to do, what to eat, what to buy, what to use and get everything ready. When children are growing up, how to change their patterns, how to nourish them and how to try some attractive special meals constantly has really become an important topic every day. So now I understand that not being able to cook in the early days didn't give me an independent environment, didn't give me a "forced mountain", didn't give hungry people a chance to boil the pot or have their last meal, the environment changed people, life forced people to change, reality forced people, pressure and challenges tempered people, and it was difficult to change in the face of difficulties. It turns out that if you really do it, it's not that difficult. Maybe you have developed a hobby and interest!

Cooking smells everywhere and there are surprises everywhere. Soaking in the kitchen all day, I became a self-taught, and thoroughly ate the children's daily favorite foods, such as scrambled eggs with tomatoes, shredded potatoes in vinegar, Mapo tofu, roasted eggplant, fried beans, celery slices, broccoli chicken (Chinese kale chicken), sweet and sour pork tenderloin, shrimp with cashews, and roast beef with potatoes. There are many kinds. If you make a menu, there are about 30. Northerners certainly like to eat pasta, roll noodles, steam steamed bread, spread pancakes and make a jiaozi? Wonton is also a must-have item. Sometimes I grope for my own experience and learn slowly without a teacher. Occasionally, I can come up with ideas and show my skills to my new job. For example, go to the supermarket to buy some beef bones, cook them in a pot for a few hours, bake some oil cakes, sprinkle chopped green onion and coriander, and make a bowl of beef soup with fresh sauce. Simple, affordable and beautiful, you can eat the taste of your hometown right away! The other is porridge, which also has a special liking. It seems that porridge is indispensable for a day. What millet pumpkin porridge, red bean barley porridge, glutinous rice porridge, eight-treasure porridge, sweet potato corn porridge and so on. Traditional farmhouse meals are moved home, and sometimes salty porridge, such as sea cucumber millet porridge and preserved egg lean meat porridge, is full of praise from the whole family. My lover nicknamed me "Porridge Monk". Sometimes I wonder, how did I go to America and learn authentic Chinese food? Because driving to China supermarket and Korean supermarket near new york is rich in everything, which completely conforms to the traditional authentic taste of China people. The unexpected convenience makes it easy to cook Chinese food.

Of course, in order to adapt to the changes in children's tastes, I also learned to bake bread or make simple meals such as sandwiches and salads. Sometimes it is a wonderful and happy time to do it with children. I feel that children like to participate in baking food interactively and enjoy it. As for pizza, apple pie and so on, I still bought a lot outside. Several experiments were unsuccessful, because I thought there was no delicious takeaway, so I gave up. In addition, it is found that American families love barbecue, not to mention the high efficiency and frequency of indoor ovens, but the outdoor oven BBQ is also the mainstream social tool for courtyard parties and dinners. We can go to the supermarket to buy some finished and semi-finished ingredients and various barbecue artifacts, set a table of rich food and have a party in the yard. Think about it, if the weather is sunny and breezy, a group of friends and family are laughing, eating and drinking, watching the food on the grill sizzle with oil and smoke, and the air is filled with the smell of meat and flowers, accompanied by sushi rice balls, bread cakes, cheese ham and beer hamburgers, it will be a generous and heroic feast! Besides, it smells like an original picnic and feels like real fireworks. Children can also join in the fun and help roast corn, sweet potatoes, kebabs and charcoal fire. Strong sense of participation, very grounded. Everyone had a great time and could not help admiring: the courtyard barbecue at home is not only a feast, but also a beautiful and splendid dining landscape!

It snowed several times in new york this winter, which reduced outdoor activities. But the whole family lives at home every day and catches up with the Spring Festival in China. I feel that the food this year is a bit monotonous. Looking at the snow outside the window, I had a whim, "There is a ray of green in the old bottle and a trace of red in the quiet stove. It feels like snow outside at dusk. How about a glass of wine inside? ? Bai Juyi's poems describe the artistic conception of eating and drinking in snowy days. There is a saying that "every day without eating hot pot is a disappointment in snowy days". With this association, snowflakes are flying and the cold is attacking people. How nice it would be if the family could sit around the hot pot for a change and have a full meal! Interested in contacting the hot pot restaurant in Chinese restaurant online immediately, and driving with your lover to get the bottom materials, dipping sauce, beef and mutton, vegetables and so on. There is no charcoal copper hot pot at home, so you can make do with a small electric cooker. Anyway, steaming pot bottom, unique spicy oil, rinse all kinds of meat and fresh vegetables, enjoy the snow and take pictures. I feel that this cold winter and the hateful epidemic have disappeared into the aroma of food, as if I had found a prosperous day. Found this bright spot, simple hot pot has become the main direction of improving diet in winter!

I feel that I have said a lot of nonsense, and I always feel that cooking is a hectic pace. In fact, it won't make people feel anxious to understand the rules of cooking and master the dietary characteristics of my family. On the contrary, I can calm myself down and think about many things, thinking that this can also bring food and health to my family. Why not? The topic of cooking and eating in front of me was written for a while when I thought about it intermittently. Maybe the words are not satisfactory. In the final analysis, I want to repeat this theme and let us know:

Eating is nature, no one has the talent to cook, but I think if a person loves a family, he will definitely practice and enjoy cooking for his family. I think everyone who loves cooking is a person who loves life very much. Cooking for yourself is a virtue, and cooking for your family is a practice. We should believe in our own potential, cut vegetables and cook happily, so that we can stir up a sweet taste with a handy spatula, bring up a happy taste with pleasing seasonings and make a happy meal with pleasant cooking. Even without good ingredients, some aspects or skills are not satisfactory, but food is endless delicious. You can learn from others' strengths and make up for your own shortcomings. This heart is enough to warm relatives and feel the world. The more you live, the more you understand that life is a perfect dish, and you need to mix all kinds of sweet, sour, spicy and salty flavors in proportion, blend in happiness, immerse in passion, stir in sincerity, enjoy in cooking, and stew into a life full of infinite desire and hope. It must be an extraordinary and delicious life to taste.

We all believe that the future is bright, but it is easy for us to forget the shortness of life and the fragility of life itself. It is very often that I forget to cook some delicious meals for my family, to talk about fireworks and happy moments around the table with my beloved, and to forget that the kitchen is the source of daily life, and cooking for my family can also bridge the cracks in life. We always rely on or entrust others to serve our meals for a day, but over time, many things become debts and regrets. Isn't it? If you can personally feel that you have a home to go back to, someone to rely on, food to eat, and something to say, you are relaxed and comfortable, that is the real happiness around you! I think if a person has filial piety, he can often cook for his parents; If there is love, husband and wife practitioners can promote harmony, harmony and harmony; If you are kind-hearted, cooking for children can guide them to have an independent outlook on life and a sense of responsibility after getting married. If you have perseverance, please stick to this enduring virtue and carry the cooking to the end. The final harvest and feedback must be a life full of wisdom and wealth.

I am willing to associate with cooking, I am willing to love cooking, I am willing to encourage myself with cooking, I am willing to grow up with people who love cooking and gain happiness together!

Last year's circle of friends simply proved the progress of cooking by cutting and pasting, and it was always a new encouragement!