Today I read Atle’s blog post on food and the poor economy of students and how he would like to spend more money on food if it was available (both money and good food). This inspired me, or more triggered me, to write about my interest in food or more specific the creation of food.
The past years I’ve come to realize that I (reluctantly) can be put into the category of a hobby cook. I enjoy cooking, for several reasons, it is relaxing, it is fulfilling in the sense that you get the satisfaction of actually producing something physical and a sense of accomplishment, additionally it (sometimes) releases those gorgouse endorphines by tasting good:)
Okey, now I’m on a rambling streak.
Atle’s post indicated a notion that good food have a strong coherence with the amount of money you spend on it. I disagree in this coherence. One of my satisfactions in cooking is to produce good, primarily healthy, food, that do not cost that much. This can seem trivial, but as Atle pointed out, it isn’t that easy to find good ingredients in the local shops – at least with the limited mobility of a student eagering to get home quickly.
To constrain it even more – making dinner on a regular week day should consume a fairly limited amount of time.
Combined this makes cooking a challenge – but an interesting an fun challenge:)
To sum up. I strongly believe this is possible to achieve and in my quest for this I collect recipes in my wiki (norwegian). Prices are not included as this should not be the primary goal, but a guiding constraint.
Some ending tips. Fresh ingredients are preferred thereby gearing towards making food bottom-up (ie. traditional style). Combined this often leads to a limited price tag and certainly very good tasting. Try it! :)
As for the post’s title – it is misleading, but hopefully attracting – don’t blame the player, blame the game:)
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Thanks for the trackback ;) I see your point, and to a certain degree I agree that good food doesn’t necessarily have to be expensive, and there are indeed other obstacles than price.
However, I still find the price tag going up if I am to buy 4-5 different kinds of vegetables and some other ingredients, especially if I am trying to be a bit creative and trying out new stuff.
Therefore I think it would be easier to shop, try, and make good food if I had more money to spend on food. Maybe it just boils down to me being a bit lazy?
Anyways, I will browse through the recipes in your wiki, hopefully I find some recipes that proves your point? :)
Well, okey maybe I’m being a bit bold in the post to prove my point. I certainly agree with your thoughts, and I’m also lazy:) The local super-markets should emphasize fresh and cheap ingredients, ie. so called local produced food. However I think it’s a long journey for this to actually happen – for know I believe that creativity in selection of ingredients is probably the best way. But off course, the price tag will some times raise compared to fast-food, mass-produced food etc. But that’s just the sad fact of the state-of-the-food-world:)