Some Funny Ways To Relax
Different people have different ways of relaxing. Some people get all the need from sitting down with a good book. Some people find a class of good wine does the trick. Other though, require more active relaxation. Like some kind of physical activity or sport. Jogging is affirmed favorite especially with many business executives. Another favorite is tennis, or squash, or the ever popular game of golf.
In many, particularly eastern countries, meditation, in some of its many forms is very popular for relaxation. Often different kinds of beans are used to assist in relieving stress. Indeed, traditional Roman Catholics use rosary beads, though this is mainly about praying. No doubt it is also relaxing. My grandmother frequently told me, when I was a child, that her two knife sets were what relaxed her.
As a child I had not the slightest idea what she was talking about. Now as an adult, especially one with nearly as much interest in culinary matters as she, I fully understand her fixation with knives. I especially understand that she being a constant cook, she was constantly cutting. And having the right knife in size and shape and particularly sharpness, is mandatory.
Perhaps, many of them did. But mine was addicted to cooking and baking. In one corner of her kitchen, at the furthest end away from the cooker, she had a not insubstantial freestanding bookshelf. It was a considerable, personal, library for her alone. It was stuffed with every conceivable kind of cook book. Some where so old, that I imagine she got them when she was not much more than a teenager.
Every day she tried out new recipes. Of course this was greatly appreciated by all the other members of the family who happen to be in the house. She once told me that a knife set and a cookbook where heavenly creations. Again, when I was a kid, I had no idea what she was talking about.
Only years later when I became interested in culinary matters myself, did I appreciate what she was getting at. I am not as dedicated to, or maybe the word is fixated with knives. I do agree that having the right one at hand when you are preparing a complicated meal is pretty important. But I am not as driven by that subject as she was.
But I have a confession to make. I am not without my own little kitchen obsessions. One in particular. That obsession is my countertop microwave. I honestly don’t believe I would function properly in my kitchen without this device. Of course, I don’t use it for my haute cuisine cooking. For that, I use my fabulous Induction hob. No, my microwave is not really for serious cooking but for de-stressing. In other words I use it to prepare instant food for myself when I’m on my own. Crucially I’ve got into the habit now of making my coffee and tea with it too.
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