As a lover of food, you will always find us in the kitchen, even if everybody decides not to cook in the house, not me. I love homemade meals a lot, so I would rather eat inside than outside.
If it has to be outside, maybe it is a date or a hang-out with friends and family. Apart from that eating outside is hard for me, once I had food poisoning from the food I bought on the roadside and my friend told me it was because it wasn't an eatery, yet I still bought food from an eatery and as I just dig my spoon inside, I saw that big toilet fly inside.
So, I started staying away from eating out; I just cut it low. I love trying new things in the kitchen.
My cooking habit, this habit has helped me in the sense that you can never meet my kitchen dirt before I start cooking, let's assume, I want to cook ogbono soup
First, I make sure that I have grind my ogbono, crayfish, and pepper, whether fresh or dry, in the market before returning home. If I was going to add a leaf, maybe a bitter leaf or pumpkin, once I get home, I cut my vegetable while steaming the proteins I want to use.
If it's a bitter leaf, the day I have strength, I will wash it at home, but if that strength is not there, I will just buy an already-washed one. I actually like washing it myself to get that fresh taste. After I must have prepared all the things needed for cooking. I don't like my kitchen looking messed up just because am cooking, no way. As soon as I finish, I will set my pot on fire and start my cooking.
I don't like frying ogbono or pouring it directly into the pot. I just put my ogbono on a plate, pour oil inside, mix it well, then put it inside the boiling pot and cover it for some minutes. After I had added the ingredients to the pot, I poured the ogbono mixture without turning it. Allow it to boil before adding before turning and adding my leaf.
As I finish I will make sure to wash everything in the sink. Although everywhere will be clean even without waiting to finish cooking.
As for my grocery style.
While growing up, we always bought things in bulk, especially those foodstuffs that don't perish quick. Like rice, beans, crayfish, which we grind some and leave some, egusi unpeeled ones, ogbono, and even meat we buy from slaughter and stuck it in the fridge.
As I grow old, I love buying all my foodstuff in bulk, so I will know the small things that can easily perish that I need to buy; some days when I don't have any ey to buy foodstuff, I don't bother much as I have some foodstuffs at home.
When I went for Nysc, as soon as I was paid allawe, I entered the market with my list,, and got all the foodstuff needed, which would last me for a month and some weeks. That way, even if the government doesn't pay allawe (allawe, stipends given to graduated students serving their country)on time, it doesn't disturb me.
As for kitchen accidents, I am extra careful because my house is tiled, and I don't want to slip and hit my head on the hard tile. That is why for every little drop of oil, water, and detergent, I mop the floor, and I make sure that there is a foot mat in the kitchen and a rag close by, too.
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