The joy of food!

I watched a documentary on CBCs Doc Zone, Eat, Cook, Love, September 20th. It made valid points about the way we now consume food and the way it was in the past, obesity and the loss of tradition. One point made, was that we really don’t take the time to cook any more. I mean really cook. Not the frozen, out of the freezer meal or out of a package or can or done in the microwave food. No, I mean real cooking, from scratch food. Real quality food the way it was before the fast food frenzy started. Not many people really take the time to cook from scratch anymore. Lets face it, who has time? Picking out the ingredients at the market, chopping, preparing and loving what you are doing. Simmering soups or stews so the flavors meld together into an enormous burst of flavor when it hits your taste buds. Cooking with love and passion. Nor do we sit down together, enjoy a meal and conversation any more. Now it’s easier to hit the fast food restaurants where we grab, eat and run. Fast food, can you really call it food? Even some restaurant food, some of which is questionable, where if you take any longer than a hour you start getting the evil eye of the servers. It’s all about turn around. Eat fast and get out. There are a few restaurants that do serve quality food but they are very few and far between.

Me, I love to cook! Really simple basic food or more complex meals. Doesn’t matter. Make it from scratch with fresh ingredients, taking the time to let it all fuse their flavors together and fill the air with an aroma that makes your mouth water. Then sit down and enjoy the flavors of the meal, not wolf it down. Whether alone or with a friend or more and to really taste and savor each little flavorful portion slowly, which means chewing it thoroughly! The hell with fast food, give me home cooking any time. The way my grandma use to do. And there is the crunch. Time and the lose of tradition! In the world today, we are so busy trying to keep up that we have lost the art of cooking and eating well. No junk food or fast food. Making meals from scratch and passing that knowledge onto the next generation and who will pass it onto the next generation. The trick is to take the time, put in the effort. Get rid of the tech stuff, TV and the games and spend quality time with each other.

Eat, Cook, Love

. . . well that takes care of the Eat, Cook part . . . the Love part I’ll leave to your imagination!