Chillin ’Ekhishini

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Njengabesifazane abaningi, noma nini lapho ngizizwa ngicindezelekile, ngikhungathekile, ngihlanya, noma ngingaphumuli, ngiqonde ekhishini. Ngiphenya ifriji namakhabethe, nginento eyodwa nje engqondweni yami: Yini ebukeka iyinhle? Kepha angifunisi engingakudla. Ngifuna engizokupheka.

Kimina, ukupheka akuyona into esetshenziswayo kodwa kuwukukhipha imizwa. Lapho ngineminyaka engu-8, ngathola ukuthi kwakuyikhambi eliphelele lesithukuthezi. Ngingene ngaphakathi endlini isonto lonke nomkhuhlane wenkukhu, bengishayela amantongomane kamama. Ephelelwe yithemba wakhipha iOven-Bake Oven ayekade eyigcinela usuku lwami lokuzalwa wangitshela ukuthi ngenze okuthile. Nganquma ngekhekhe likashokoledi. Ungakhathaleli ukuthi ngithole usawoti noshukela ngixubene futhi ngafutha umzamo wami wokuqala wokupheka - bekumnandi futhi kumunca ngokuphelele. Ngokushesha ngaphothula izindlela zokupheka zabantu abadala njenge-piecrust nama-meatballs.

Ukupheka kwaba yinto yami yokuzilibazisa, yebo, kepha eminyakeni edlule ngithembele kuyo ukuze isize ukuletha ukuthula empilweni yami engasile. Ngiphelelwe yisineke kakhulu ukuzindla, futhi ngisebenzisa isikhathi sami sokunyathela ukwenza uhlu lwami lwezinto okufanele zenziwe, ngakho-ke labo banciphisi bendabuko abangisebenzeli. Kepha njengokusebenza ingadi, ukupheka kungakunika ukugxila okufana neZen. Ihlanganisa zonke izinzwa: ukunambitha, ngokusobala, kodwa futhi ukubona, ukuhogela, ukuthinta, ngisho nokuzwa. (Empeleni ungalalela isikhathi esifanele ukuze uphendule i-chop yengulube--ulinda ukuthi isibhobho sehle.) Ngingase ngingene ekhishini lami ngizizwa ngicindezelekile ngenxa yohambo lwami lokuya emsebenzini oluthatha ihora lonke noma ngikhathazekile ngokuvakasha kukaMama kadokotela. Kodwa njengoba ngiqala ukuqoba, ukunyakazisa, nokuphequlula, ukushaya kwenhliziyo yami kuyehla nekhanda lami liyaxega. Ngisesikhathini ngokuphelele, futhi emizuzwini engama-30 anginayo nje isidlo sakusihlwa esinempilo nesimnandi kodwa umbono omusha.

Okuzuzisa ngokulinganayo ukupheka kobuciko kungaqubuka. Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule ngangisemzini womngani wami nge-Thanksgiving, futhi wakhonza lawa ma-semolina roll amnandi ngezithelo zomvini kanye nembewu yefennel ayithenge ebhikawozi. Ngakusasa ngithole iresiphi yesinkwa se-semolina, ngasilungisa kancane, ngazenzela eyami iresiphi yama-raisin-fennel rolls. Bengiziqhenya kakhulu ngami, futhi sengibasebenzise njalo ngamaholide kusukela lapho.

Vele akuzona zonke izivivinyo zami ezibe yimpumelelo - ikhekhe le-Easy-Bake lalikude nokuhlukumezeka kwami ​​kokugcina. Kepha ngilokhu ngizama. Ukupheka kungisizile ukuthi ngiwathathe kalula amaphutha esikhundleni sokuphazanyiswa yiwo. Ngemuva kwakho konke, ngisho nabaphathi sebenze iphutha. Ngisanda kuqeda ukufunda imemori kaJulia Child, Impilo yami eFrance. Ulandisa ukuthi lapho efunda ukupheka, wayephakela umngane wakhe “amaqanda amabi kakhulu uFlorentine” ukuze adle ukudla kwasemini. Nokho usaphetha incwadi yakhe ngalesi seluleko: "Funda emaphutheni akho, ungesabi, futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ujabule!" Manje leso seyisiqubulo sempilo ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwekhishi.

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