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The Friday Five
Jan. 26th, 2024 03:49 pm1. Do you cook regularly or does someone else cook for you?
C and I trade off. We get Gousto meal boxes for four lunch/dinners, usually have one takeaway of sorts a week, then the other two main meals will be produce we grow, or light meals like soup. During the pandemic and constant working at home we'd have our main meal at lunch and eat together, which I really miss. We try to do this when our WFH days coincide (not so often now).
Generally I am the breakfast person because my need for coffee is stronger than any desire to sleep.
2. Which are you better at making: sweet or savory foods?
Probably savory but that's just practice. I prefer to cook a meal rather than to bake something these days (used to be the other way around).
3. If you had to work as a chef in a restaurant of your choice, which restaurant would best complement your current culinary skills?
I'm quite an efficient cook, so maybe something quite casual like a lunch place where there's quick turnover. I don't have a particular type of food I'm best at making, though I do enjoy Persian flavours a lot.
4. What is a cooking tip that you know, but other people generally aren’t aware of?
Hmmm I don't know what other people know! Maybe that using two processes on something (esp veges) - steam and then fry; bake and then add to stews/curries - produces tastier flavours even though it might be more of a faff than a single approach. And good pumpkin is an amazing base for lots of baked goods (cake, muffins, pancakes...)
5. Do you have a recipe you would like to share?
Classic Kiwi Ginger Crunch
C and I trade off. We get Gousto meal boxes for four lunch/dinners, usually have one takeaway of sorts a week, then the other two main meals will be produce we grow, or light meals like soup. During the pandemic and constant working at home we'd have our main meal at lunch and eat together, which I really miss. We try to do this when our WFH days coincide (not so often now).
Generally I am the breakfast person because my need for coffee is stronger than any desire to sleep.
2. Which are you better at making: sweet or savory foods?
Probably savory but that's just practice. I prefer to cook a meal rather than to bake something these days (used to be the other way around).
3. If you had to work as a chef in a restaurant of your choice, which restaurant would best complement your current culinary skills?
I'm quite an efficient cook, so maybe something quite casual like a lunch place where there's quick turnover. I don't have a particular type of food I'm best at making, though I do enjoy Persian flavours a lot.
4. What is a cooking tip that you know, but other people generally aren’t aware of?
Hmmm I don't know what other people know! Maybe that using two processes on something (esp veges) - steam and then fry; bake and then add to stews/curries - produces tastier flavours even though it might be more of a faff than a single approach. And good pumpkin is an amazing base for lots of baked goods (cake, muffins, pancakes...)
5. Do you have a recipe you would like to share?
Classic Kiwi Ginger Crunch
