By spontaneous cooking, I mean I don’t necessarily follow a
recipe, I follow my gut. Rare are the days that measuring cups and spoons are
out when I cook. Baking I tend to be a little more stringent, but not much. I’ve
begun relaxing my exactness in baking over the last couple years, but will
probably continue to use the cups and spoons, just maybe not the knife to even
the top off. Anyway, when it comes to measuring, I approximate. This, I know,
comes with years of experience. There is a downside to this in that when people
ask for the recipe, I’ll give them what I think the measurements should be. The
problem with that is that since I don’t measure, the amount used will vary from
dish to dish and only an experienced cook can anticipate that.
Alas, with school out for summer, my husband has decided to
start doing the cooking. He is not a spontaneous cook. He is a measurements and
preciseness cook. It’s my fault, really. I never allow him in the kitchen. So I
will leave the cooking up to him for a couple months and see what happens. Who
knows, maybe I will be surprised.
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