Anyway, I finally got my own place, so I have access to the kitchen!
Looking back, one of the reason why i enjoyed living in Moscow is the fact that I get to choose what I eat since I cooked myself. Some people said that cooking is an ancient alchemy to transform raw ingredient into delicious dishes, and it is all about science :)
Being a man of science, I reckon cooking is really a teaching of the precise methodology of preparing the ingredient of the correct portion, processing them in a series of sequence refined through ages. So, great wisdom of mankind are hidden in the meal they prepare. It is science and art, yet it fills up your tummy and put a smile on your face!
I returned home tonite after my shift in the greenzone. There were plenty of patients to be seen, so I was famished by the time I got home.
I opened my refrigerator to find some groceries I bought 2 days ago, with the plan to cook up a storm when I've got the time. I bought some cute mushrooms along with some fresh vegetables. Yet, they are sitting in the fridge staring back at me, as a scan through to find something for a quick bite.
In the end, I decided to go ahead and cook.
Funilly, I was eating Heinz bake beans when I read the printing on the tin can. There was this short recipe which is rather simple. Just the right thing for a desperate time like this! haha
So I extracted the selected raw ingredients, then put on my apron and start cutting away~
"a good chef always pick his own ingredient fresh"
chop...chop..chop
dice...dice...dice
pondering about life, looking at the mushroom :p
beware: man working in kitchen :p
As soon as the ingredients are prepared in "proper" manner, off they goes into the pre-heated pot with a small chunk of lightly salted butter from Australia
look at the lovely golden color of the caramelized mushrooms
fresh vegetable is added last so they will stay crunchy
and of course - the secret sauce (learned from the tin can of Heinz baked bean..hehes)
To serve, I toasted a slice of Pita bread. Lightly brown.
and voila! The finished Masterpiece :)
Did I make You feel hungry? Oh well, You can always bug my life for it. I'll probably dutifully obliged :p
