I was originally a person who was least willing to spend time on cooking, but now I suddenly became interested in cooking and no longer thought that staying in the kitchen was a waste of time.

When I was young, I traveled a lot for work, and even ate out more often than at home. When I came home, I would always eat ready-made food. I never bothered with cooking, and gradually developed a food habit. I have the habit of opening my mouth, so I can’t understand the effort behind three meals a day.

Fortunately, I don’t have high requirements for food. It’s not too unpalatable. As long as I can eat enough, I can usually handle it.

The situation has not changed much since I got older. When I am alone, the simpler is always better. I only cook a few things from time to time. I just go with my feelings and don’t want to cook. Use your brain when cooking, let alone actively look for information to learn.

The change of concept was mainly due to my daughter’s request for a sense of festival ritual. After being assigned a task, she had to start carefully preparing and learning from ingredients to cooking methods, starting with roast duck, salted duck, roast chicken, and roast meat. , grilled lamb, stir-fried lamb with green onions, etc. Start with meat dishes, and then try some vegetarian dishes.

Nowadays, there are many sources of recipes on the Internet, including YouTube and Douyin. If you want to eat something, you can go there to find the recipe, or you can follow some good recipes and follow them, and slowly discover The taste of the same ingredients can vary greatly depending on the method. In the past, it was a waste of ingredients to just follow the feeling for the purpose of cooking.

The key is to be able to make things that are both delicious and delicious. It is indeed a technical activity that requires both hands and brains. Tasty food is the basic requirement, and delicious food and good-looking are the goals. Being able to cook a dish well not only gives your family a new experience, but also gives you psychological satisfaction. It is a very worthwhile effort and reward.

Even the simple stir-fried mushrooms with rapeseed can be made in several ways. In the past, the onion and ginger were stir-fried and then simply stir-fried and added some seasoning. After learning, I blanch the washed rapeseed and mushrooms in boiling water with a small amount of salt and oil, stir-fry them and then thicken them. This significantly reduces the problem of excess water after being stir-fried directly in the pot. There is also an introduction in the Douyin video. Cut a small section of the rapeseed root and place it in the middle of the plate. Make a circle of rapeseed leaves with open petals. Then stir-fry the diced mushrooms separately and pour them into the middle of the vegetable root. It enhances the taste of this dish.

I also learned a dish of stir-fried vermicelli with bean sprouts made by veteran cadres online. The ordinary bean sprouts, eggs and vermicelli gave my daughter the taste of Thai food, and a large plate was wiped out.

Now that the epidemic has affected us and we spend more and more time at home, cooking has become a pleasure.