My Story
How I Got Into Cooking
In January 2015, I was a college graduate learning that was teaching myself to cook. One of the recipes I tried was meatloaf. I used a recipe I found on the Internet but I didn't have the rolled oats the recipe called for. Instead I only had Apples and Cranberries instant oatmeal packets, which I used instead. Surprisingly, the meatloaf turned out to be delicious and taste a little bit like apples and cranberries. So I thought to myself, "What if I put chocolate in my meatloaf? What else can I put in my meatloaf?" That let to other things beyond meatloaf, like stews and ice creams, among many other things. This is how my love of food and cooking was born.
Where do I find my inspiration for my crazy ideas? Various blogs on the Internet that involve oatmeal, local supermarkets with ethnic food products I have never heard of, and strangely enough, ice cream flavors.
My Biggest Pet Peeve: Food Waste
At some point, I got fed up with a certain family member throwing week-old bread and still-good veggies out. After that, I resolved myself not to be like them when I got my own place. For the record, freezing bread right after purchase preserves its flavor and integrity. You should never throw veggies(or anything else) out unless they taste bad, look rotten, or smell awful. Those dates on the food you buy don't mean s*** for the most part, as they are just the last days food will be at its peak quality. It's not like food goes rotten at the stroke of midnight the day after the expiration date.
I must've seen some documentaries along the way about the toil farmers go through to grow crops. The fact all their hard work can be all for naught in the one second it takes to throw food out just pisses me off. It's so disrespectful, you can at least honor their labor by consuming the fresh product. Also, you wouldn't throw cash in the trash, right? That's pretty much what you're doing when you throw something out that you never got the chance to eating.
How I Got Into Cooking
In January 2015, I was a college graduate learning that was teaching myself to cook. One of the recipes I tried was meatloaf. I used a recipe I found on the Internet but I didn't have the rolled oats the recipe called for. Instead I only had Apples and Cranberries instant oatmeal packets, which I used instead. Surprisingly, the meatloaf turned out to be delicious and taste a little bit like apples and cranberries. So I thought to myself, "What if I put chocolate in my meatloaf? What else can I put in my meatloaf?" That let to other things beyond meatloaf, like stews and ice creams, among many other things. This is how my love of food and cooking was born.
Where do I find my inspiration for my crazy ideas? Various blogs on the Internet that involve oatmeal, local supermarkets with ethnic food products I have never heard of, and strangely enough, ice cream flavors.
My Biggest Pet Peeve: Food Waste
At some point, I got fed up with a certain family member throwing week-old bread and still-good veggies out. After that, I resolved myself not to be like them when I got my own place. For the record, freezing bread right after purchase preserves its flavor and integrity. You should never throw veggies(or anything else) out unless they taste bad, look rotten, or smell awful. Those dates on the food you buy don't mean s*** for the most part, as they are just the last days food will be at its peak quality. It's not like food goes rotten at the stroke of midnight the day after the expiration date.
I must've seen some documentaries along the way about the toil farmers go through to grow crops. The fact all their hard work can be all for naught in the one second it takes to throw food out just pisses me off. It's so disrespectful, you can at least honor their labor by consuming the fresh product. Also, you wouldn't throw cash in the trash, right? That's pretty much what you're doing when you throw something out that you never got the chance to eating.