I Can't Stop Cooking

Nowadays, I cannot stop cooking! I realised that cooking makes me feel good. I mean, I would love to shop for clothes, but without money coming in, I can only deal with the current situation lor.

I think shopping in general is therapeutic, regardless it being fashion, food, gadgets, whatnots. And since my budget is tight, grocery shopping seems to be my only viable way out.

I fucking enjoy going to supermarkets. I know I get better deals and better quality at the wet market 5 minutes away from home, but somehow, I can't find the courage to rub shoulders with fishy-smelling aunties and sweaty uncles. In my head, I always have the scene of me grocery shopping at the wet market, being all friendly and casual with the uncle at the vegetable store, the auntie at the poultry store and the lovely couple at the seafood store. I get courage through that, but when it comes down to the actual thing, I chicken out and retreat to shopping at the supermarket instead.

Okay, and with the new kitchen utensils I got from Ikea, I'm simply enthused and revved up to cook up a storm over and over again! I've never really been happy with my kitchen, main peeve being the lack of counter space, but we deal, we deal, right? My mother says I complain too much. Some things I can't help lah, huh. Just have to make do with.

I made especially good friends with the S$3.90 frying pan. DIRT CHEAP SIAH! $3.90 for a frying pan leh! And since I finally got a frying pan, I instinctively wanted to make pancakes. I'm not too sure if I were that big on EATING it, but I knew for sure I was damned into MAKING it.

Therefore, for a week, I flipped and flipped and flipped pancakes day and night! Damn, it was fun. Just the frying pan, butter, pancake mix and me. No spatula or other hand-held utensils. I remember watching Surreal Gourmet and Yan Can Cook flipping stuff in a pan and they provided tips and all, so I was dying to try flipping pancakes myself.

The first couple of times were pretty bad, but nothing like having pancakes stuck to the ceiling or pancakes all over the kitchen tiles lah! Just pancakes with anomalies. I learnt that you should just be gung ho and toss lor. And I have to say, for a person like me with exceptionally trashy aiming skills, I did exceedingly well having the pancake land in the middle of the pan. Most times, at least.

The first few batches I had my pancakes with bananas. Then I had them with strawberries. It's fun having to slice things up too. And with the new knife set from Ikea, I just try and find any possible excuse to use the knives. I've never had a bread knife at home ever, so when preparing for Kalis' bday brunch picnic, I derived so much joy from cutting up 2 loaves of bread into small squares! Hahaha!...

I was basically living my kitchen fantasies lah, huh.