Learning To Cook
In 10 Words Or Less.
Hang out with someone who can and loves to cook.
There you have it. Ten words that tell you how to learn to cook. Seems pretty straightforward, right? However, if you’re an introvert or you’re just too damn busy or you live in a yurt in the middle of Norway, finding a person matching this description could seem a bit daunting. Fear not as there is a foolproof method for finding such a person. To begin with, they already have a name. They’re called Foodies.
Step One — Find A Foodie
Foodies are not hard to spot. Even though they come in various shapes and sizes, they have very identifiable character traits. The most noticeable of them is that they like to smell food before they eat it. The reason they do this is that smelling is a key sensory input to the eating process. Don’t believe me? Put any flavored jellybean in your mouth and plug your nose before you start to chew it. Still cynical? My very well-written and popular “Learning To Taste” article can also help. (Shameless plug)
Step Two — Keep An Open Mind
Foodies tend to eat things that you may find repulsive. However, do not be fooled. If a person tells you to try some high-scale Scoville Heat Unit, burn your mouth, make your ass bleed, Ghost Pepper, then that person isn’t a foodie. They’re an asshole. Foodies have taken the time to develop their palate which also teaches them how to put food together to make something really tasty.
Step Three — Listen, Watch and Learn
Foodies love to talk about food. Even the introverted, busy, living-in-a-Norwegian-yurt ones will regale you with stories of how they came across the [insert name of any food here] and how they never seemed to like it until they [insert any one of a hundred reasons here] and how easy it is to make on your own. Then they’ll talk more about how to do that.
There You Have It
The truth is, this plan doesn’t happen overnight. It’s what is called the long game. For me, I was lucky to have married a foodie who came with her very own Foodie hoard. (Hmmm, I should trademark that). But cheer up, the fact is you probably already know a few foodies. You have just most likely been (yeah, you guessed it) too introverted, too busy, or too living in a yurt to realize it.
