Mon 041119 Cooked potatoes/rice. ;-)

ATTEMPTED TO LEARN HOW TO DO SOME COOKING

This is my 2nd time attempting to go cook some potatoes/rice; for which I used 2 entirely separate cooking pots.

1> Cooking Pot 1

Potatoe pot ingredients...

- Potatoes (4 large/peeled them/then, washed them/then, placed them inside of the large cooking pot covering them with water on top)
- 1 x sweet potatoe (wasn't too sure, how that would work; so, I used only one; worked perfectly fine)
- Green peppers (large...cut the large pepper into 4 parts/small..diced the small green peppers)
- 1 diced tomato
- 4 carrots (medium sized/cut in half)
- 1/4 of diced onion (large)
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 1 heaped tablespoon of butter

...waited between 1/2 an hour to 1 hour for everything to cook. The potatoes tasted just 'perfect'; soft enough to eat(not too hard/not too soft). The side effect is there is also pot soup to drink.

2> Cooking Pot 2

Placed 2 cupfuls of rice...into an empty medium sized cooking pot...; then, poured water from the hot water tap on top of it...to wash it...stirring it with my fingers...; then, using a sieve to pour any dirt away; repeated washing and rising and sieving three times.

When done washing...I covered the rice over with cold water this time...just by around 1/4 inch on top...; and, brought the whole thing to a boil; once boiled I turned down the fire...to let it simmer for the next 1/2 an hour...up to...1 hour long.

I also placed inside of the rice...

- Chopped small peppers
- Diced onion
- Diced tomato
- 1 flat tablespoon of salt
- 2 eggs (I wanted to make: egg fried rice)

The rice turned out ok; that is edible...not quite as 'light and fluffy' as I would have preferred, though; just a little bit 'dry', instead. However, all of that said and done, I returned back to have, at least, 3 different helpings.

Alongside the rice, I also had...

- 1/4 chopped cucumber
- 1 chopped tomato
- Cheese Coleslaw (wanted to eat it...before it went off)

CONCLUSION

I enjoy eating food that tastes totally 'fresh'...as opposed to eating pre-manufactured supermarket food which tends to taste slightly 'stale'.

I think, that in order to learn how to cook really well...it takes a certain amount of time/effort/patient practice...; then, you learn how to 'adjust' stuff...so that the selected ingredients all work really well together; and, also, knowing how much to put in/leave out. Unfortunately, I'm still a mere beginner in this field...so, I'm bound to make a few errors here and there(putting too much of this/too little of that/-etc). The truth is, at the moment, all I'm really doing is just peeling/washing/and, hotting things up...which isn't really cooking; other than at a purely 'amateur' level.

For me, it is a huge leap...to know that I'm no longer dependent on others anymore to go make me some dinner; as I'm now able to prepare dinners for myself, instead. Some of the most basic dishes there are is: 'potato/rice'...; so, once you've mastered learning how to make those basics...it opens up a whole entire world of other possibilities...as there are many foods which go in conjunction with these(Chicken & rice/Fish & potatoes/-etc).

However, make no mistake about it...I wouldn't even dare call myself a 'cook', yet! I still don't know how to prepare food such as: fish/chicken...how to select what is 'the best' from the supermarket/or, grocers...nor how to prepare it...such as skin it/cut it/take out bones/waste parts/curry it all up/-etc. In fact, I'd be scared to have to cook either fish/chicken...as I think I'd make a right total mess! Still everybody has to learn by starting off somewhere...; so, maybe, one day I'll try.

Nevertheless, I feel a huge hurdle has been climbed...; as it's taken me, quite literally, 56 years long...just to learn how to cook basic: rice/potato. The good thing about it is...once the beginning point has been reached; then, there is never no turning back; instead, one will gradually go on to learn more and more about how to cook things more properly, in future.