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<h2>Cooking</h2>
<p>
    I love to cook.
    When I have the time for it.
    Cooking is one of those primal sensual things that should not be rushed.
    Like lovemaking, art, theater.
    It takes the time it takes and trying to force it to take less is a recipe for frustration and disaster.
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<p>
    There is little more vital that we do for ourselves and for those we care for then nourishment.
    Having someone else to cook for and share the results with makes the experience exponentially more enjoyable and fulfilling.
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<p>
    I still mostly follow recipes.
    I have not yet developed the imagination to blend ingredients and see what they would taste like together in my mind.
    I do make some small tweaks but the general idea is usually a recipe that I have found somewhere.
    The care comes in how each step is carried out.
    The chopping, making a sauce, getting just the right texture.
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    It is an activity that I find forces presence like few others.
    Some can cook with the television on.
    I have tried that but it does not work.
    My attention can't be divided.
    Also being worried about chopping your finger off is a pretty good reason to focus.
    Have caught a piece of finger only once in my years in the kitchen and learned that lesson well.
    At most some music, and even then best not with lyrics.
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<p>
    As most recipe sites are pretty terrible I plan to add some of my favourites here in an easily consumable format.
    No long story, just ingredients and instructions as I would like to see them with no extraneous stuff.
    Next step for this page.
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