Learning to Cook.

I know how to cook sort of. I had to learn to cook a lot of things with my job when I was working on the weekends, for I had to cook two meals a day. I am still learning. Les is slowly teaching me how to cook. I know how to make BBQ pork and can even make BBQ from scratch. I can even use the grill. I made cornbread the other night. I didn't let it get as brown as I like it, but it was fine cause all I made it for was for cornbread and milk.

One thing that I haven't gotten the hang of is making gravy. For some reason I cannot get it to turn out. I don't know what I am doing. The only way I can describe it taking like dirt when I am finished with it. It's not suppose to taste like that. I haven't even started to tackle biscuits yet either.

When I was younger, I use to burn everything, which according to my family my mom did the same thing. Apparently when I was younger I manage to burn Austyn's birthday cake, but I don't remember doing that. The worst was burning a hot pocket in the microwave. How can someone do that. I have manage to not burn anything in a while. I may have overcook chicken but it wasn't burnt. That changed last night. I managed to burn potatoes that was going to be mashed potatoes. Really, how can I burn potatoes that were boiling in water? Let's just say we didn't have mash potatoes last night. Then when we went to cut the ham it was burnt as well, but in my defense I was told if I put it on low in the crock pot that it would be fine. I wouldn't consider the ham really burnt. Unlike the potatoes the ham was still edible. Actually it was pretty good. Not the best ham that I have had, but it was still good. I guess when still learning that you will still burn things.

--Rue.