I love cooking, but because my mom is too much of a bimbo and my dad too much of a “manly man” to ever step into the kitchen, I never had the chance to learn from them. I grew up on delivery, takeout, eating out, and the incredible food made by the amazing woman who cooks for our family. I became deeply interested in cooking at the start of my teenage years and taught myself through the internet, books, that same woman, and other relatives.
At first my dad showed me how to grill a chicken in our oven and how to make mashed potatoes from powder and open a can of sauerkraut. Our mom was in the hospital for several months and our dad had to work shift so he sometimes wasn’t at home and at about 13 it was ut to me to Make lunch for me and My 11 years old sister when we came home from school.
After mastering that I did a lot of trail and error. I still for the love of god can’t cook a rabbit, it’t always terrible dry and chewie.
But other things like beef, vegetable soup, chicken, barszcz etc. I am now cooking consistently as they should taste.
But the most fun I have cooking with stuff which randomly is in the refrigerator, sometimes it’s a miss, but most of the time I have a feeling what will work well together.