A Cooking Competition
hive-190212·@davidbright·
0.000 HBDA Cooking Competition
<div class="text-justify"> > ***So you think you can cook?*** This was the exact question Tracy asked me after I mocked her for adding too much salt in the food she prepared for me. In response to the question she asked, I told her she was no match for me when it comes to cooking. ***I was just so confident in myself to the extent I boasted and told everyone who cared to listen how great a cook I am.*** All these happened in the presence of our other friends. They got tired of the debate between Tracy and me on whom the better cook is, ***and they decided we should have a cooking competition so as to end the debate once and for all.***  <sub>[source](https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-and-woman-wearing-black-and-white-striped-aprons-cooking-2696064/)</sub>  Truth be told, I have never prepared any meal in my life 🙈, and did I just agree to a cooking competition🙆? **It dawned on me that moment that I was about to start my cooking experience with a competition. Who does that🤷??** Many things were just running through my mind. I have always had my mum, sisters or my female friends cook for me, ***and here I am, about starting my cooking experience with a cooking competition.*** I could not back out, and there was no going back because I had already boasted that I was a better cook. I wouldn't want to let myself down in the presence of my friends. **Little did I know I was in for the greatest embarrassment of my life😢.**  <sub>[source](https://www.pexels.com/photo/frustrated-ethnic-man-in-casual-wear-on-blue-background-in-studio-3965230/)</sub> While growing up, I see my mom whip up delicacies with a snap of a finger everyday. **I know she didn't have any professional expertise but not even the food prepared outside can compete with her meals in terms of taste😋.** I lived with my parents for some time before gaining admission into the university. I've never for once entered the kitchen to see how my mum prepares the meals we eat. ***It never occurred to me that one day I will be faced with the responsibility of preparing my own meal.*** Even though my mum called me severally into the kitchen to come and learn how she prepares these meals, ***I never gave heed to her calls because I was Inspired by Gustav's quote which says, “anyone can cook”*** and moreover, there are lots of cooking videos on the Internet that I can easily watch to know what to do. ***I had always thought that cooking was the simplest thing to do. I never knew it was actually one of the hardest things to do.*** I had always thought it was as easy as putting all the ingredients at your convenience, not minding if they were in the right proportion or not. **I never in my wildest imagination, thought I would have any issues with cooking.**  And so, a date was fixed for the competition. It was agreed that we would prepare Jollof Rice. **I was very much confident in myself after I watched several YouTube videos on how to prepare Jollof Rice💪.**  <sub>[source](https://giphy.com/gifs/make-chef-fries-102xzU5V7M1YOs)</sub> On that fateful day, I started so confidently, ***but the moment I poured the onion into the heated oil, the pot was on fire***... 😂 😂...I couldn't stop laughing at myself... Everyone tried running away, but I was bold enough to stop the fire. **They all laughed at me, and I was kind of embarrassed.** I had to explain to them that the pot was on fire because the oil poured on the flames. It wasn't funny at all as I cleaned everywhere and started all over again😢.  <sub>[source](https://giphy.com/gifs/UzbZwWLxU0HJpvSvp5)</sub> I really don't want to bore you with all that happened during the period of the competition, **and so the summary of everything was that my cooking was a disaster😭**. ***I ended up adding too much water and ingredients into the food just because I wanted to make it delicious🙈***. Unfortunately, instead of being delicious, the food was nothing to write home about🤦🏽♂️... ***I just can't explain.... There and then, I knew I could not cook.***  Tracy won the competition and I couldn't stand the embarrassment I was faced with that day. She and my friends laughed and laughed at me, **and I had to shamefully admit she was a better cook than I am.** That day, I regretted why I never listened to my mum every time she called me to come and stay with her in the kitchen. **Had it been I listened to her, I wouldn't have found myself in such a situation.** I vowed that day that I must learn how to cook and won't even ask any of my female friends to help me cook anymore. ***That day was the beginning of a new dawn for me when it comes to cooking***. ***Believe me when I tell you that am now one of the best cook you can ever see around. Trust me this time, am not boasting, am for real🤭 😜***...</div>
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