My husband's favorite story to tell people is how clean our stove is..."It's so clean that it still has the tape wrapped around it." He laughs at this and I roll my eyes.
Yes, at the beginning of our marriage I must admit that I didn't know a hole lot about cooking. But after having six kids, there was no way that we financially could order out so I had no choice but to "ripe off the tape" of the oven and live and learn.
The reason this comes to mind is in the midst of summer holidays there is something that I have learned from visiting family and friends; something that I never would have imagined...inspiration! To cook that is.
Yes, the company and conversations are great with stomach aching laughter, but it is the food that is served and how it is served that always inspires me.
From our week long visits to my in-laws cabin - I've learned how to make three meals out of one kind of meat (lunch, dinner and mid-day snack), how putting out a plate of pickles and hot peppers can change the look of a dish and that left over hotdog buns make great garlic toast for a pasta dinner.
My youngest sister-in-law showed me how to make the most delicious cheese, pizza, and apple pie desserts over an open camp-fire with a cool devise called a Camp Cooker (for various breads). YUM! To quickly feed twelve people a fabulous egg breakfast with a muffin tin, sliced ham and cheese.
I honestly can't write how many cooking ideas I have taken away from all the visiting we have done throughout our 18 years of marriage. Enough, I guess to enable me to have an eighteen year marriage without my family starving and living on pre-made meals.
So to all those who are taunted through early relationships thinking that they have to read recipe book after book - all you have to do is visit and learn...then go home and RIPE THAT TAPE OFF and start cooking!
CHEERS!
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