A Tip

If someone FLAT OUT does NOT like to cook, do you think they might like to if they knew how? Or do you know fantastic cooks who say they hate it with every fiber of their all-bran? I ask because I didn't always know what I was doing. I still don't know how to do everything. And I didn't always really enjoy cooking this much. So? Point proven. And! Aaaaaaand! Any of you - and I mean ANY of you are perfectly capable of developing a real know-how in the ole popote. Look it up. Okay, just kidding because it means "tough grass used for making brooms" in Spanish. And in the right context in French, apparently it only means "prepared food". But I was going for KITCHEN! It does seem typical to be going for the kitchen and end up with a prepared tough grass broom. At least in my brain. Things get jumbled up in there sometimes.

Anyway, what was I saying? Oh. Cooking. And the idea that perhaps knowing how, and/or having adequate tools makes quite a bit of a difference. I'll start by suggesting we learn how to properly hold a knife - as I gave our friend, Mr Walken, props for doing relatively well - which I don't do perfectly anyway, but I've been cut-free on the digits for quite a while now. So, we might as well go over it. It is, admittedly, kind of a hard thing to master. However, do not guide the blade with your index finger pointing. That I can tell you. This is an unstable way to wobble and slice yo fanguh.

Out of all the youtubes I could find, this guy might do the best job. His voice is a tad creepy. The "mkay?" is a little... "I'm going to check how far your cervix is dilated now, mkay?" which I may have just associated with a man holding a knife, but didn't mean to. So... um. Sorry? Next time, we'll talk about actual knives you might find handy to have.