Take a surprise breakfast in bed for your parents. Then burn it. First experience, age 7. Since then I have burned many a meal and food but have definitely made and served more.
Oh, and you'll need Band-Aids. For the knife mistakes. And the burns. And don't worry about your eyebrows, the stove will sear them to a well done roast in no time at all.
"Dude, I like it, but it's spicy!" The usual response from my brother about my homemade dinners. He was referring to the salad. But I stick with my taste buds. Find your palette and stick with it. No, don't change it. Why ever would you do that? It's the most valuable thing you have. The blades, stoves, ovens, all are useless and irrelevant without your precious palette. Everyone has their own. Be proud of yours. Hold on to it for dear life, it will get you through. Remember the sweetness of every spice, their unique composure. The building blocks.
The feeling of accomplishment. The satisfaction of showing them up. The pleasure of proving yourself to yourself. And of course putting yourself completely, heart, soul and emotion into it. This is how it's done.
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ReplyDeleteI really like the flow to this piece. If flows were icebergs, this would be the one that sunk the Titanic. I would like to be a cook, but I am not very good at cooking at all.
This piece seems to accurately reflect the piece we read in class. It seems to be legitimate advice at first, or presents itself to be real advice. But, as you read on, you fill the post with funny anecdotes, such as "I like it, but its spicy, (in regard to the salad). This sentence really made me lol.
Also, you talk about being safe from knives, saying "you will need band-aids". It sounds like you've cut many times in the past.
Overall, I felt that this piece had some funny bits, and sad bits, just like the piece we read in class.
Did you really try to make a surprise breakfast for you parents at 7? That's pretty good because you learned to cook at an early age. I bet they were surprised anyway. It's a good thing to learn how to cook, but I can't cook very well. I'll have to find some way to learn.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading this piece. I especially enjoyed the second paragraph because of its casual and humorous tone. Even though I am not sure if this is written from your own experiences, I feel as if this could be a true story.
ReplyDelete"And don't worry about your eyebrows, the stove will sear them to a well done roast in no time at all." this line just stuck out to me. I love how you really personalized it. I never knew you liked to cook and I think you would be really great at it. I think its great that you are saying you can get hurt from cooking but you have to keep trying to be good.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this piece was very well written. It is impressive that your bagan to cook at such an early age. I found it humerous how you descrived all of the injuries one gets when cooking. This is a real activity where you learn from your mistakes. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI like this post because it show's you how to do something and also how to accomplish your goal and how it is a good feeling.
ReplyDelete"The pleasure of proving yourself to yourself. And of course putting yourself completely, heart, soul and emotion into it." I totally agree with this line. You have tried your best to do it. Even though it is not what you expect, but at least you have tried. When you finally accomplish what you want to do, there will be a great satisfaction in you.
ReplyDeleteI think it's really cool that you know how to cook. I like cooking and baking too. I like the line, "Be proud of yours." I think it's important to be proud of what you made no matter what other people say about the taste of the dish you made.
ReplyDeleteWOW! great writing amol! I like this piece a lot on how to become a chef. I like how you use experience such as bringing breakfast to parents as an example. My favorite line is No, don't change it. Why ever would you do that? This captures the point perfectly. Like everything fell together there with being your own unique self!
ReplyDeleteI wish you had included more foods in this piece. You talk about blades and stoves, but I can't taste any of the things you made and I can't see them. What did you burn? Toast? Eggs? Moore's piece was so engaging because of her specific details. Also, I feel like you broke with the models by using I. The idea behind this piece is that it is supposed to be advice that skirts the line between fiction and non fiction. I feel like this is quite clearly you although the details don't alays pprove it.
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