Types of cooks

TYPES OF COOKS

 TYPES OF COOKS

Cooking food for oneself or for one's family is all about keeping it simple, nutritious & tasty. As for a cook time management in the kitchen is crucial to bringing food to the table.  People come with varied styles of kitchen management.  I have classified them as the following :

The multi-taskers : Multi-taskers are the types that are confident cooks who come with years of experience.  They are the ones who can easily start working on a soup, main dish & dessert all at one shot on 3 different burners & be out of the kitchen in an hour's time.  Their kitchen is often messy & they improvise on the ingredients used or the recipe itself.  Unless they have practiced a particular dish several times they cannot arrive at providing the right taste to the dish.  Meaning, if they cook, for example, a regular tomato soup thrice it would taste different every single time.  My mom is a multi-tasker & we, at times, enjoy the fact that it tastes different & on other occasions are unhappy that it was less good.

The meticulous cooks : Meticulous cooks are the types that pre-plan & chart out their meals.  It begins with checking if the required ingredients are stocked, are of good quality etc.  They tend to chop their veggies, have the utensils ready & then begin cooking.  They use specific vessels for every step of preparation (specific container to boil eggs, particular pan for meat, another for veggies etc)  They are able to recreate the same taste every time they cook & thanks to all the planning, their kitchen is prim & proper at all times.  Flip side of it : they are slow, cannot adapt to change (milk curdling, sudden malfunctioning of kitchen equipment) and are incapable of finding alternative solutions to problems.

The something-out-of-nothing cooks :  Some people are gifted with the natural sense of cooking.  They are the saviors who can open the fridge, pair the left overs & create tasty meals that have no names! Imagine that you've had a tiring day & your tummy is growling for some comfort food then having a something-out-of-nothing cook is a dream come true.  Since everything they make is new, experimental & unexpected the consumers are always in for a surprise.  Of course, there is a risk of the surprise being good or bad. Downside of this - they can go terribly wrong with the pairings & if left overs are not monitored you are never sure if what you ate was healthy.

The master chefs: This is the most superior class of cooks whose kitchen is spotless, the food excellent & absolute gourmands that can eat, sleep, talk, walk just food! This is exactly what makes them the true kitchen perfectionists.  Food is a very essential part of their lives & they enjoy every minute spent in the kitchen.  They rarely go wrong & whenever they do its a well kept secret that the person consuming that food would be clueless about! Negatives - they tend to go overboard with cleanliness & quantity.  Meals are often rich & not necessarily healthy.  Kitchen & food form an integral part of their lives which might not be the case of the person consuming their food.

I am a something-out-of-nothing cook & I enjoy being that type.  Life gets a little nasty when I have to cook a meal for several people but the confidence of being able to bring something tasty (if not presentable :P) keeps me going!  People recollect that weird left over combination I made & such happy memories remain etched in my mind and the people I have cooked for which makes "cooking" as such a great experience for me.

What type of a cook are you?  Do you know of other types of cook that I might have failed to mention?  Do let me know of what you think.  In the days to come I will share with you some tips for easy home cooking.

Cordially,
Anne