Sometime back in my high school days there was a cooking show entitled “How To Boil Water.” This show featured some guy learning how to cook extremely simple dishes. I would occassionally watch this program, but now that I’m living in Korea, I wish I had paid closer attention. Mainly because most of the foodstuffs they showed oh that show were cooked in a microwave or in a pan, which aside from my rice cooker and a two burner gas range, are the only cooking supplies I have.
Anyhow one cold winter Sunday, instead of traveling to 오리, to meet U-rim, I was told to stay home (”It’s damn cold my honey, I will come here.”) So I did just that. I stayed home, and cooked a dinner. U-rim with quite pleased with the outcome. Since that day she has told me to stay home and cook. Therefore, I have recently been cooking a lot more. Since starting, I have been longing for the days when I had an oven. The average household in Korea does not have an oven, which really limits the kinds of food one can prepare.
I can’t make bread. I can’t do roasts. I can’t bake. In addition, since I live in a major metropolis I can’t barbeque. This leaves me, boiling, steaming, pan and deep frying as a means for preparing food.
Well, it’s getting close to dinner time, so I should go wash my frying pan…again.
