Sunday, 14 August 2011

A cooking experience

  I have a wonderful experience when I was in Primary School doing a project.
  Last year,when I was in my Primary School days,I had an Art project and I grouped with my friends,Joy and Tricia.We were first instructed to do a research on spices.We found out an interesting fact that even spices,can be very useful as it can be used as medicines,cosmetics,perfumery or eaten as vegetables!;)
  Secondly,we plan out a recipe.We chose a dish called Tom Yam Seafood Soup.The reason for our choice is because many of our friends cooked curry and we wanted to outstand them by cooking another dish and thought that this dish was rather appetizing.
  Next,we went to a FairPrice supermarket near Joy's house.We used our shopping list and bought ingredients.We walked around the supermarket,bought fresh abalone mushrooms,straw mushrooms,baby corn and prawns.As the supermarket did not have some of the ingredients we have planned to buy,we went to a nearby wet market.It is within a stone's throw and we reached the wet market in no time and bought lime,lemon grass and The ONE and ONLY,CHILLI PADI!(I need WATER!~its real hot!~)
  Then,we cooked the dish using spices of all sorts,like curry leaves,lemon grass,pepper and many more!Joy's Mum(A Great Cook) helped us with it and I am really grateful for her kindness for inviting us to their house.We sliced the vegetables and mushrooms,processed the prawns and cooked the dish according to the recipe.An aroma of spices was distinctly smelt when the dish was cooked.Sounds delicious?Talking about the dish makes my mouth WAter~~~~~.
  Finally,we gave the Art teacher and our friends to taste it!When I tasted another friend's dish,I was bewildered by her culinary skills as her French Bread with basil cream was a real hit!SO DELICIOUS!SO YUMMY!I felt proud of my dish too as some of my friends and the teacher commented that it was nice and had a good mixture of spices.
  This experience had not only taught me on some cooking,it also helped me in realising that in order to do a group project well we also need Peseverance,Patience and most importantly Teamwork!:)

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