Again, a communist propaganda organ of the White House attacks another American family value!
To them, I say, CHUCK FOO! (It’s harder to write it in anglicized Russian.)
I COOK!
Yea, sure, I could go out and get something, but my DAD (G-d bless him), taught me how to cook as a kid in my own cast iron pan. (Among things, he was in one of many lifestyles, a short order cook. “My boy ain’t gonna grow up and waste money in no greasy spoon, when he can do it himself!”)
I watched a whole generation become nothing than slaves to the golden arches, the red haired girl, the false faced king, or a ‘hardy’ sandwich, or any chain chicken place (before the days of the cows protesting to eat chicken).
I have my own pans, stainless and iron. I do use a stovetop more, and proved, to myself, that baking is not a niche for me to conquer. I do ‘have some books’, and ‘my pen and ink books’, but once I got ‘the method’ down. I’m ok throwing something together. (And no, I don’t burn water, either!)
Lastly, cooks, whether home or business, just might a hidden geek, whether it is gadgetry, cutlery - European or Asian, or machinery.
Me? I can say that a dollar paid for a kitchen knife had better be of value, and worthiness. I own both European and Asian designs. No ‘gyutos’, or ‘pettys’, yet. Too many dollars, for right now.
In all, home cooking can bring a sense of accomplishment, that getting in a car or bus to go to a restaurant, just does not bring. Mind you, it was a Korean G.I. wife home cook, that in a food show competition, won her place as chef in one of the many casino restaurants in Las Vegas, last year! (Her secret was that she learned English, and American cooking, watching that cable food thing!)
I love cooking, too! The only downside, which may or may not be, is that for two hours prep, if it can be devoured in 20-30 minutes, and then cleanup. Growing up on the farm, it was even worse for Mom; she worked hard prepping the meal, we moved in, devoured, and were gone! I understood her feelings about that. But that’s the way it was. And her cooking was outstanding!