When Cooking and Baking learned

[Guest guest]

My mom was sickly and I remembered cooking as a chore rotated among the siblings

and myself. I learned cooking rice (a staple and essential for every meal) and

simple dishes at a young age. I don't remember hand-me-down direct recipes from

my mother.

In college I decided to be vegetarian. My university had many university

professors who were truth-seekers and some in Theosophical Society and Esoterics

and I had exposure to Yoga disciplines. Our canteen had vegemeats, gluten,

tokwa, etc. everything possible as meat substitutes for those who wanted them. A

doctor-professor encouraged me to turn vegetarian for meditations.

My decision to be vegetarian forced me to learn how to cook and regularly be

engaged in cooking. I was strict from the start, so the recipes revolved around

those I could eat. Even if I used books or recipes from others I adjusted them

to what I could eat.

When I had my kitchen space, I liked to experiment cooking and eating

vegetarian food with friends. This was good when I had my own clinic space

because my vegetarian get-togethers were always appreciated. Eating together

fostered deeper friendship.

I baked the first time for my Yogi friends... a simple layered cake which used

the recipe as written on the flour pack. I innovated, took out what wasn't

allowed for the strict Yogi fare (no eggs, which I replaced with more butter and

milk, experimenting on consistency). Everyone enjoyed the cake and some even

asked me to teach them how to bake. Ha!Ha! I told them that was just my first

try. That was fun and funny at the same time.

To all of you experts in cooking I salute you coz you can whip up magical

dishes whenever you want to whenever you have to. I believe the secret

ingredients are love and focus at the time cooking is done. Am sure great cooks

have much of both.

OFEL

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Ofel, what is tokwa?

 

, ofelia santos <ofelia_santos326

wrote:

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> My mom was sickly and I remembered cooking as a chore rotated among the

siblings

and myself. I learned cooking rice (a staple and essential for every meal) and

simple dishes

at a young age. I don't remember hand-me-down direct recipes from my mother.

> In college I decided to be vegetarian. My university had many university

professors who

were truth-seekers and some in Theosophical Society and Esoterics and I had

exposure to

Yoga disciplines. Our canteen had vegemeats, gluten, tokwa, etc. everything

possible as

meat substitutes for those who wanted them. A doctor-professor encouraged me to

turn

vegetarian for meditations.

> My decision to be vegetarian forced me to learn how to cook and regularly be

engaged

in cooking. I was strict from the start, so the recipes revolved around those I

could eat.

Even if I used books or recipes from others I adjusted them to what I could eat.

> When I had my kitchen space, I liked to experiment cooking and eating

vegetarian

food with friends. This was good when I had my own clinic space because my

vegetarian

get-togethers were always appreciated. Eating together fostered deeper

friendship.

> I baked the first time for my Yogi friends... a simple layered cake which

used the recipe

as written on the flour pack. I innovated, took out what wasn't allowed for the

strict Yogi

fare (no eggs, which I replaced with more butter and milk, experimenting on

consistency).

Everyone enjoyed the cake and some even asked me to teach them how to bake.

Ha!Ha! I

told them that was just my first try. That was fun and funny at the same time.

> To all of you experts in cooking I salute you coz you can whip up magical

dishes

whenever you want to whenever you have to. I believe the secret ingredients are

love and

focus at the time cooking is done. Am sure great cooks have much of both.

> OFEL

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> Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it

now.

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