Little Disasters.

So the one thing you can be sure about when cooking is that you are going to have little fuck ups every now and then. For Example, tonight I am making Cream of Mushroom for my roommate to use in her little Tater-Tot casserole concoction. I find a decent recipe, decide I really don't need the splash of Sherry it calls for, because really, why would I have sherry sitting around. I bike over to the store, buy more mushrooms and thyme and bike back. Once I get started I realize that I bought WAY too many mushrooms, the onion I thought we had is in the process of creating new life, and all the Half and Half is gone.

Ok, so this stuff happens. Cooking, and I mean really cooking is about being flexible. I nix the onion and add a little garlic powder instead and I bike over to the liqueur store for the creamer. I start the mushrooms cooking to soften them and eventually use 2 different pots to cook it, trying to get the right size one for the job. Then I proceed to puree them in the cook processor, at which point the liquid content overflows and mushroom water flies everywhere.

My point is, life is not a cooking show. This are not placed nicely before you. It's messy and sometimes chaotic. A lot of times you have to improvise with the ingredients and the tools. That being said, once you have the basic fundamentals down, making substitutions and jury-rigging is all part of the fun. It all becomes the little challenges that you have the power to overcome.