Over the past year or so, I have taken cooking in general on as a hobby. At the time, I needed things to fill my time with, and so I found myself searching for recipes that would produce simple but tasty food. I started with small side dishes and whatnot, but overtime began to work with more complex ingredients. Some of the things that I made were total flops that I threw out after taking a few bites. Other foods I have made several times since then and have enjoyed them thoroughly.
In the past month or two, I have started experimenting with recipes that call for alchohol. I was hesitant to do this at first because there has never really been alcohol in my household and was not sure how my parents would react to my requests for various wines and hard liquors, but none of us have been dissapointed. So far, I have been pleased by a tomato-cream pasta sauce made with vodka, filet mignon made with a cabernet sauce (very decent wine for only 2 bucks thanks to Trader Joe’s!), and tenderloin steaks made with the same cabernet as well as brandy. These have all come out so delicious, and have become some of the best dishes I have ever cooked. It has been fun pairing the meats with good side dishes, and… I don’t know, I just like this new aspect of cooking a lot.
I know it sounds silly, but it makes me feel a lot more sophisticated to be cooking like this. I even got to hold a burning match up to my steaks tonight and catch them on fire, and it was all pretty exciting.
What of my old hobbies, you ask? Interior design is another hobby that I have dedicated a lot of time to over the past few days. Though it can definitely tire me out, it is very soothing for me to rearrange furniture, put together new items, and just change up the way that things look.
Reading is another thing that I have been able to do a lot of recently. Being a lit major definitely means reading a whole lot, but I am still certain that this is what I want to do. It is pretty fun to know that the bulk of my assignments involve reading a good story, play, essay, or poem, and that the discussions are not a bore like the ones in high school were.
As you might be able to tell by my involvment in favorite activities… I am on spring break right now. My school’s break was scheduled more than two months after the first breaks were starting up, which is insane. It sucks because not that many people have their break at the same time as me, but… it has been nice because I have been able to do things that I enjoy a lot, but normally do not have time for.
That is all for now.
whoa! this cooking thing is exciting! i’d like to see this!
i’m glad you’re getting to do all the things you want to do but don’t have the time to do. haha