Cooking...its what I do

I am cook. It's not just something I do randomly when I want to. Right now I have to cook every single day or people will go hungry. Not to make that sound like I'm irreplaceable because just the other day I was suddenly trapped in bed when my stomach decided that it wanted to empty it self out and well everyone was still fed by a marvelous cook.

It's not just my hobby. It's my job, but I prefer more to think of it as my hobby rather then my job. Because in hobbies you try new things and do things randomly just for the joy of it.

I might have confessed before I have a problem of not following recipes. You know its much more adventurous to season things yourself. Problem is sometimes it takes several tasting until you find the right combination and then when you do serve the meal you find yourself not eating because your not hungry anymore. This of course does not of course look very good if the cook doesn't partake of her own cooking. If only they knew I had all the terrible bites just so they could taste some deliciousness.

Sacrifice I know.

The other problem with cooking "as you go" is that sometimes people ask for recipes and you have to give them the non existent recipes. You can try telling them to dump in various amounts of seasonings that smell right, but those who are OCD may not appreciate a such free approach to cooking.

Well though can people really complain if the food is editable? Unfortunately sometimes all the food is editable because sometimes random cooking just doesn't always work. Bland is sometimes better then big and bold. Sometimes it is just better to let people pepper their own food instead of adding it for them. Not everyone appreciates a good cleaning out of the sinuses.

Unfortunately at the risk of everyone's stomachs I keep cooking and I keep getting bored in the kitchen and the cycle of experimenting and randomness will probably never stop...

until I get so old that I forget what I have put in and then I will probably have to eat the whole pot of soup in tastings before I figure out what has gone in and what hasn't...