Supercook Dad

Came across this blog written by a father who loves to cook. I am very impressed by his culinary ability and I think his family is so blessed to be able enjoy all the goodness from his start-from-scratch dishes everyday. I mean, I don't even know where to get some of the ingredients he listed, not to even mention preparing them. Sigh! How I wish husband can cook like him! But alas, husband is only good at cooking instant noodles with egg. To give him some credit, he can whip up a simple meal consisting of plain porridge accompanied with our favourite canned braised peanuts, canned spicy pork and maybe canned luncheon meat. So unhealthy right? :p

Anyway, I told husband about this supercook dad, hoping it would somewhat inspire him to pick up some cooking (so that I can take a rest heheh). But his reaction is - "Wah, this man so free ah." -_-

I guess men are generally not very interested in home cooking for their family. But cooking as a career is a different matter altogether. I think the minority of men who chose the culinary as a profession usually excel at it. Just look at those chefs and hawker cooks featured in the papers or media - most of them are men right? Women? Perhaps we are just more concerned about serving tasty and nutritious dishes to our loved ones rather than earning big bucks.

When I was young, my father rarely cooked but he was good at cleaning up. So he mostly did the dishes after my mother completed the cooking. The only dish my father can cook really well was the tway teow mee-yong tau fu soup. He used to cook a big wok of it for our lunch every Sunday so that my mother could sleep in late. That was a long time back when I was in primary school. Later, as I got older, I insisted on taking over the duty of Sunday lunch cooking so that my father could rest too. Needless to say, my enthusiasm didn't last beyond a few months and soon we all took to tau-powing hawker food for Sunday brunch. Why go through all the hassle of cooking and cleaning when the hawker centre is just a stone's throw right?

Anyway, back to the topic - I feel quite ashamed of myself for not serving up more wholesome dishes to Ying Ying. I am quite a picky eater myself especially when it comes to eating meat and seafood. So naturally, I am not very keen to cook stuff involving raw meat and seafood. In fact, much of the meat and fish Ying Ying eats come from my in-law's place or eateries outside . At home, I only serve her dishes cooked with ingredients like taukwa, ikan bilis and eggs at home. You know, the not so fishy and meaty stuff. The supercook dad would definitely shake his head in disapproval and think I am a terrible mom!