While my hands are busy cooking, I let my mind wander and think of other things. (A multi-tasker like me is good at that.) For instance, I review my sermon notes mentally while cooking. I even pray while cooking. It is also when I’m cooking that blog ideas cross my mind.
So after cooking those delicacies. My short rest time is dedicated to writing my blog. I’d lay aside those pots and pans. I’d take off that apron and I’d go to the computer and put all those thoughts into writing. That helped in relieving the stress from my kitchen toils.
The following random thoughts were cooking in my brain while my hands were busy in the kitchen. These original quotes (epigrams) are on the subject of food. I “plated” them for you in an artistic presentation and I’d like to serve them to you as “Food for your Thoughts”. Hopefully you will find them appealing, intriguing and most of all satisfying.
You can agree or argue with me, discuss with me or respond to me. Happy reading.
Eating requires a healthy attitude.
If you appreciate my cooking. Here’s what you can do.
Here’s a cooking tip you must remember.
Cooking is a laborious job, but there’s a reward for the toil!
For me, nothing is lonelier than sitting by the dining table alone!
Food has a special bonding ability. It unites people.
You must agree with me on this one. When friends and family gather, food…lots of it are present.
This one is contributed by my wife. Whenever she tasted food she grew up eating, she would tell stories associated with that taste. For instance, when I brought home guava juice from a Mexican store. She cried after tasting it. She remembered her father preparing “postre”-boiled guava made into a drink. She remembered a guava tree teeming with fruits at their backyard, and the joy and laughter she shared with her siblings climbing that tree. When I cooked beef liver steak, she remembered her mother who always cooked that delicacy. And mother would always say: “Eat this, for this us good for your blood.”
Do you have the same experience? What are your memories of childhood triggered by taste? Could you share it with me and my readers? Email your story to: gilvalenzuela@icloud.com If I receive at least 5 stories I will feature them as special edition in my blog site.
Food is a gift from God. Always Dine GRATEFULLY and GRACEFULLY this 2018.
May your dining tables be filled with good and satisfying food all year round. Happy New Year everyone!!!!!
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