Domestic Goddess...

I am soooo not domesticated.

It is sooo hard to be working from home and at the same time, trying to do the household chores.

Maybe its because i suck at all the domestic chores and it takes me a long time to do things. But i find that since i have chosen to cook dinner on most nights, i spend most of my days thinking about (a) what i will be cooking (b) what ingredients i will have to get from the shops (c) when i should start cooking so that it will be ready by the time my father and brother come home.

Its hard work, but i am actually enjoying it. My mother hates me in the kitchen, because she thinks i will make a mess and its her cooking utensils i will be messing up...So, the fact that i can cook something edible (while she is away) is a bit like an honour badge for me to wear on my sleeve.

Although, my first attempt to cook (in a very long time) was a salmon dish with some veges. The salmon, ended up a bit under cooked. But to my defence, the only reason why it was under cooked was because i had to rush and pick my brother up from the trainstation. And fortunately for me, u can eat salmon raw...but my dad helped me rectify the salmon, by cooking it a bit more well done. At least the veges turned out fine!
=D

Tonight, i cooked a salami and olive risotto. The funny thing is, each time i tell someone i will be cooking a risotto, they ask me "isnt that something hard to cook?" But the darndest thing, i can actually cook a risotto. I may stuff up plain asian rice in a rice cooker, but i can roast a turkey. Who gets it? I dont!

Did i ever tell you that for the first time in my life, when i started cooking, i decided to have my first go on Christmas Eve and a roast turkey was for the main meal? It actually turned out perfecto-mundo. The turkey was glossy on the outside, tender on the inside and the veges were golden roasted, even the homemade gravy was perfect. (If i do say so myself!)

And part of my Christmas present that year was an apron from my ex, and attached to the apron was a recipe for a risotto. As i love risotto so much, i decided that that would be the next thing id cook for him. And so, thats why i am able to cook a risotto, because it was the second thing i had ever cooked. And i cooked it over and over again...because its excellent comfort food and if you really think about it, its easy...just time consuming, but since i cook very slowly, its actually the perfect thing for me to do.
=P

I mentioned to a friend that i was going to cook a risotto tonight, he asked if he could try some...i told him to marry me if he wanted to try my cooking! *LoL* It was a joke to just shut him up.

Another male friend was drooling over the idea of a risotto...i think its the weather that makes it an enticing dish...with all the wind and rain, who doesnt want to curl up on the sofa with a bowl of risotto? He asked if he could try...I told him to get in line!

What is it with guys??? They all seem too willing to try my cooking, without realising the consequences...since im not very good at cooking...i could give them food poisoning! I should put a sign on the food: "Eat at your own risk!"