Cooking

I'm beginning to really enjoy cooking for others. Made beef burgers the other day, and invited Divyanshu, Tay, and Zakil over for dinner.

Not very many pictures of the food. I was too busy to do anything other than move things on and off the pan.

"Maybe I should cook for linuxNUS," I said, absentmindedly, as I mixed flour into the bowl of minced beef. I had to mince the beef myself, earlier in the afternoon, since that was the only way to make halal patties in Singapore. (It is, by the way, really hard to be a Muslim - and/or a vegetarian - in the city state).

"Not a good idea," Div said, sitting by the table with Tay's iPad cradled in his arms, "You'll probably never be free again."

I took a lump of minced meat, shaped it into a patty, and dumped it onto the pan, now simmering in low heat. I had miscalculated the amount of egg I put in earlier and was testing to see if the patty was still okay.

A couple minutes later I took it off, put it on a bun, spread chili, mayo, placed a lettuce leaf and a couple of cucumbers and tomatoes, and sliced it into quarters. Div and Tay took a piece each. "Oh," Div said, eyes wide. "Mmmmh." Tay mumbled, from the other end of the room.

"Maybe you should cook for linuxNUS."

There is a simple joy to cooking and sharing food with others. Burgers: done. Now on to other recipes.

Photolog: Kuching on Film

Shot on Fujifilm Pro 400, Olympus 35RC. Here are things I saw during the holidays.