I'm hungry for something new
I love to cook, and when I tell people I enjoy it alot of my female friends tell me most men don't like doing it. Which surprises me. Aren't the best chefs in the world men?
Growing up my father did most of the cooking, not that my mother couldn't cook. I loved the meals she prepared. I wish I was eating one of her dishes right now. My parents taught my brothers and I how to cook so we wouldn't depend on a woman to cook for us. I wonder if we would've been girls if we would've been out there changing oil in the car.
I like buying spices and marinades. I also like looking at pots and pans at stores. Deciding which one I would like best. I picture myself in front of the stove using it, looking cocky, feeling confident and staring all snobby at anyone who enters my kitchen. It may sound like I have a huge ego but I don't. It's big but definitely not huge. My personality is more Anthony Bourdain than Gordon Ramsay. BTW .. If you seen Gordon Ramsay on Fox's Hells Kitchen why hasn't anyone kicked his ass yet?
I'm no great cook myself, though I do have aspirations to become one. Not at a fancy restaurant but just at my little cramped not-quite-as-clean-as-it-should-be kitchen. Sometimes I do wonder if I could be a good chef. If I went to a culinary school I would probably be required to make some fancy dishes. I have never had the urge to eat them let alone cook them. But again, it may be different if you were the person preparing the meal. It might actually get you interested in foods you thought you would never be interested in eating.
Okay let me get back to why I'm writing this article. I'm asking all you bloggers here in JU Land to give me your favorite recipes. Again I'm not asking for anything fancy. I'm not a fan of snails, frog legs or caviar. It can be the simpliest of recipes. All I ask is they are affordable, makeable, and most importantly, delectable.
Do you know any good recipes? Give it to me. Do you have a special recipe you make for a love one? Give it to me. Do you have a secret family recipe? Give it to me.
If you have more than one please feel free to give them all to me. I know there are many good cooks who blog here so I'm excited about receiving many different ideas. Maybe even you will see a recipe from a fellow JU cook you'll want to try. I know I will try to make as many as I can (Not all at once. I'm a pig but not that big of a pig).
I want to make new meals for all my love ones. So please send all your favorites. I'll end this by borrowing a quote from George M. Cohan, " Ladies and Gentlemen, my GF thanks you, my parents thank you, my brothers thank you and I thank you."