Food
I love to cook. This is not a revelation to my family and friends but I often wonder if they truly appreciate they joy this gives me. It is not only the joy of cooking something yummy, this is always important, it is the associated joy of providing something wonderful for my family and friends.
Over the years I have really enjoyed feeding my boys mates. They have been many and varied and the menus have ranged from the traditional baked dinner to asian and moroccan cuisine. Courtesy of one of my boys I have fed young men from America, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and many parts of Australia. The one thing they have all had in common is they are young, a long way from home and hungry. I loved feeding thse young men as they enjoyed the food and gave us all so much by sharing their lives with us. I will never forget "young Geelong" who made balloon animals with such dexterity and only two fingers on one hand, and the young Maori man who sang and played the guitar so beautifully...and there were so many more.
Friends come to dinner and say" I can't invite you to dinner, I coudn't cook like this". My friends don't realise that I will enjoy a vegemite sandwich if they prepare it for me. My cooking is not about showing off, it is about giving something good to my family and friends. I am a little of the cartoon version of the "Jewish Mother", if can make it all better by feeding you, I will be content.
The other thing that people don't realise is that cooking is one of my favourite stress management measures so by eating my food you are helping me stay sane!!
Over the years I have really enjoyed feeding my boys mates. They have been many and varied and the menus have ranged from the traditional baked dinner to asian and moroccan cuisine. Courtesy of one of my boys I have fed young men from America, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and many parts of Australia. The one thing they have all had in common is they are young, a long way from home and hungry. I loved feeding thse young men as they enjoyed the food and gave us all so much by sharing their lives with us. I will never forget "young Geelong" who made balloon animals with such dexterity and only two fingers on one hand, and the young Maori man who sang and played the guitar so beautifully...and there were so many more.
Friends come to dinner and say" I can't invite you to dinner, I coudn't cook like this". My friends don't realise that I will enjoy a vegemite sandwich if they prepare it for me. My cooking is not about showing off, it is about giving something good to my family and friends. I am a little of the cartoon version of the "Jewish Mother", if can make it all better by feeding you, I will be content.
The other thing that people don't realise is that cooking is one of my favourite stress management measures so by eating my food you are helping me stay sane!!
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