A little thought about cooking

I dare not claiming myself as an experience cook.  Afterall, I usually only cook "real" meals during weekends when my husband is at home.  However, one thing good about me in cooking is that I am willing to take experiements and try out new ways or alternative methods to make traditional dishes.  This evening, I made a snow fungas salad for dinner.  A common way to make this dish is to add white vinegar, sesame oil, chicken broth, etc.  Well, this evening I ran out all these ingredients and was too lazy to go out to buy. What was available in the fridge were sesame and Japanese sesame salad dressing, and so I tried them out.  Guess what?  It was surprisingly compatible with the snow fungas!  In fact, this is an easier way to prepare this salad than using Chinese sauce which needs various ingredients to mix up. 

 

Cooking isn't very difficult but it requires trial and error practice in order to do well.  We also need some creativity and most often common sense as well.  Blindly follow instructions of recipes doesn't work most of the time.  From my perspective, a good cook not only can make delicious dishes but can also reflect a one's unique style from taste to presentation.  I remember many years ago, I watched a TV show called "Yan Can Cook," in which the slogan is "if Yan can cook, so can you!"  I totally agree!