Are you a kitchen pest?
September 14, 2019 by DarcieWhen you are invited to someone’s house to enjoy a home-cooked meal, do you end up helping in the kitchen? Even when that ‘help’ is not solicited? When you notice something that you believe is wrong, do you try to correct the cook? If so, you are in good company. Jay Rayner confesses to being this type of kitchen pest. He says:
I want to be a relaxed, genial soul who knows that other people can cook and that I should just let them just get on with roasting the chicken or making the gravy and be thoroughly appreciative. But if I just happen to be walking through the kitchen and just happen to pass the stove and just happen to notice something isn’t quite as it should be – that, say, the gravy is a thin, translucent outrage – I can’t stop myself.
I can understand both sides of this situation. If you are an accomplished cook, it can be torture to sit back and say nothing when you notice a serious kitchen transgression. I admit to sneaking additional seasoning into a soup when the cook’s back was turned. On the other hand, when I’m helming the stove, the last thing I want is assistance. It is difficult for me to cede control to anyone, even (or perhaps especially) my husband. Are you a kitchen pest? Or are you content to let the disaster unfold and eat the results?
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