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I think I want to learn to cook better. Well, I'd like to do a lot of things, most of which will never happen, so I guess maybe this just might be added to that list.
Lately I've been craving Asian food, and it would be great if I didn't have to spend so much money eating out all of the time. Especially because the foods I really want to eat aren't necessarily on any menu in the restaurants around here.
Unfortunately, these cravings and yearnings have their downsides as my mother feels inadequate because she can't make any of my favorite foods. I completely understand, as a homemaker one of her key points of pride is hearing that her food is better than anyone else could make. My dad constantly compliments her on the fact that you can't get a meal as good her home-cooked ones, even spending $100 in a upscale restaurant downtown. I would be the last to dispute this fact, but the problem is she is brilliant only at what she likes herself-- which excludes any Asian food that isn't completely (white) Americanized to the point of being unrecognizable. I only wish she didn't see it as such a threat to her own abilities that I want to eat other things.
Lately I've been craving Asian food, and it would be great if I didn't have to spend so much money eating out all of the time. Especially because the foods I really want to eat aren't necessarily on any menu in the restaurants around here.
Unfortunately, these cravings and yearnings have their downsides as my mother feels inadequate because she can't make any of my favorite foods. I completely understand, as a homemaker one of her key points of pride is hearing that her food is better than anyone else could make. My dad constantly compliments her on the fact that you can't get a meal as good her home-cooked ones, even spending $100 in a upscale restaurant downtown. I would be the last to dispute this fact, but the problem is she is brilliant only at what she likes herself-- which excludes any Asian food that isn't completely (white) Americanized to the point of being unrecognizable. I only wish she didn't see it as such a threat to her own abilities that I want to eat other things.