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by ip26 1634 days ago
You can’t explore food and cooking? What are you talking about? You have to eat. So If you want to cook, then cook! One year is more than a thousand meals to develop your skill. It’s a fantastic interest to piece into a life of other things.
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tayo42 1634 days ago
Heh yeah it sounds nonsensical like that. Ill explain! I mean going beyond average home cooking. Exploring cuisines and history of other cultures. Think more like tied to traveling. Like during the covid lock downs I spent a lot of time learning thai and sichuan cuisines as much as I could. I don't think without actually visiting those places, and spending time there to be immersed, talking to chefs I can never say I really know those cuisines. I cant even reliably get the ingredients in the US.

Also I cant really go train with top chefs in the world and get feedback and learn. Home cooking is a hard thing to share besides glamouring up things for like instagram. I can cook pretty well, probably put together a better meal then most local restaurants, but there's still a large gap between what I can cook and some of the places Ive eaten at just in technique and espcially creativity. I don't think I can close that gap.

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ip26 1634 days ago
I cant really go train with top chefs in the world and get feedback and learn.

Sabbatical + paid course

Home cooking is a hard thing to share

Invite friends over for dinner!

I don't think I can close that gap.

Those are people who dedicate their whole life to cooking & built a whole business, they are literally the pros. Don’t get down on yourself.

P.S. Thai basil grows great in hydroponics

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tayo42 1633 days ago
Yeah but there are trade offs to these, taking a sabbatical might mean pushing off owning a home or starting a family, or moving out of this apartment that I dont like living in. Or not travelling as much as i would like or advancing in other hobbies.

> they are literally the pros.

But the chances for me to pursue something like that is disappearing.

I need to be more selective about what is important, those other doors and paths in life are closing.

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