An odd conversation the other evening with my wife made me feel like I could be the next Masterchef. She was telling me about a friend that actually followed the recipe for Kraft Dinner. Now if it wasn’t for KD and Doritos, I would have likely perished in college. I think when I was first learning to cook as a kid, I might have actually measured things out when cooking this cheesy dish, but not as an “adult”. If you are wondering, we are the biggest KD consumers in the world.
Then I got thinking, there are a lot of things that I cook without a recipe. Now that is good and bad. Things go a bit quicker without reading directions and it does make substituting ingredients easier with a lot less worry. But, on the other hand, I am not a good baker as a result because I am not fussy enough. Do you follow a recipe when cooking? Some do always and others never do. I would be middle of the road, it depends on what I am cooking but no recipe is ever followed well.
During the pandemic it seems there was some learning in the kitchen. Not as much as most predicted, but some.
35% of Canadians learned a new recipe during the pandemic: survey
Just in case you are thinking of getting adventurous in the kitchen tonight, here is a ‘professional’ to show you the art of cooking popcorn shrimp. Notice even a pro reads the popcorn instructions, haha.
