COOKING WITH YOUR SENSES

In this age of technology, where they are so many things like video games, movies, phones and easy access to emails from work, the temptation to continue work at home is very tempting. Aside that, there is also the demands from family and friends wanting our attention in the middle of cooking.

Never has cooking being a challenge. The tendency to forget that one  has something on fire is more, because of numerous distractions that comes with living in this day and time.

This could translate to food getting burnt, vegetables  loosing their nutrients because they are over cooked, oil getting to hot on fire and basically loosing a lot of gas.

One of the many arts of cooking, is cooking with your senses. The ability to cook with not just the eyes, but with the ears, tongue and mind.

Interestingly, as you practice cooking more often, your mind and senses begin to master the sounds of food. It is also the same way you look at the color of something you fry, and just know when it is cooked by merely looking at the color.

And when someone asks you how you know it is cooked, your reply is often "you just know"
Therefore, if you consciously listen to the sounds around you when you are cooking, you will soon be able to tell ; when the water is boiling, when the water is drying up, the sound for a perfectly sautéd vegetable, the sound of a well fried fish e.t
.c.

It is an art that may not be taught, but it can be surely learned. With conscious effort and a deliberate decision to awaken your senses when it is time to cook.

                                                                                                                             Written by Mary Jane.