I started learning to cook a few years back with boiled potatoes.
(Kononnya 'budding chef' la I ni, time tu.)
At the time I thought my potatoes were pretty good.
...They weren't. My early potatoes were terrible. Bland, mushy. I had no concept of heat control, fat, salt, acid.
These days, my potatoes are 'fancier'. Yet, when I think of The First Potatoes, I always do so fondly.
Core memories really embed themselves in you. I find it odd how we remain nostalgic over objectively bad things.
At the time I thought my potatoes were pretty good.
...They weren't. My early potatoes were terrible. Bland, mushy. I had no concept of heat control, fat, salt, acid.
These days, my potatoes are 'fancier'. Yet, when I think of The First Potatoes, I always do so fondly.
Core memories really embed themselves in you. I find it odd how we remain nostalgic over objectively bad things.