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Rainy weather lends to cooking
The food I cook is always based off of the weather or sometimes the weather I would like to be seeing. This means in winter I grill a lot more, wishing for summer and I cook brightly colored foods to bring on spring. On hot days, I often have soups, chili, and casseroles, wishing for cooler weather.
But on rainy days, oh rainy days, lend to cooking feasts! Cookbooks strewn across the kitchen, vegetables waiting attention, cookies in the oven and I’m only half way through my goals of the day. What fun I have on these days. I often, could feed an army and look for guinea pigs to take on my experimentations. Dishes are piled up, cleaned, reused- often it’s a vicious cycle, especially with a lack of a dishwasher.
These are the only days that my hands turn rough. Too much dish soap and hot water. Miles Davis melodies and rhythms in the background, breaking the silence. These days have been fleeting since entering the real world. More often I’d rather sleep than cook.
But this gray weather makes me crave these days of experimentation in the kitchen because it lends itself to a good meal and a kitchen disaster. My dad has the catch that got away, I have my kitchen disasters-trust me there are several. So maybe at lunch today, I’ll hunch over a cookbook and wish for more time in the day for kitchen experimentation.
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