Growing Old Is Mandatory

 Actually when I'm in the mood to cook I will cook the whole day as if there's a special feast and as if there is a competition to complete the day. Thus, only if I am in the best of mood and the special ingredients for such menu is available. Always take note of the availability of raw materials, the special ingredients to make and create special dishes, otherwise cooking and baking is just not a glamorous task at all. You get tired, frustrated, sweaty and greasy being the cook at the kitchen. 

Then the house smells food! It is what it is...You wished your home smells like fragrant of scented ylang-ylang or sweet jazmine but once all the spices of curry, onions and garlic blend it with the natural air  inside the home then the food smells also blends in with your body, clothes and everything inside the house even if there is exhaust fan or the doors and windows are open for ventilation. What more in an open  living room-kitchen style setting... 

Then you thought a backdoor barbecue grill would be appropriate at summer time only then to realize that you can no longer do that nor have a picnic bbq, camp fire nor an open bbq grill outside of your comfort zone because of the fire ban or the hazards of such due to many uncontrollable wildfires happening in BC, Alberta, and NS. 

So, cooking inside the house is safer of course. You can't go wrong with stove & oven inside your own home.

Deep frying  egg-rolls too easy on hot boiling cooking oil after all the chopping and slicing of the most important ingredients as stuffing for this very unique Eastern snack food. Too many stuffing: garlic, onions, spring onions cilantro, shrimps, cabbage, carrots, beansprout, ground pork. Chili sauce for dipping. Good enough.

Then we also have congee or lugaw. It would be so good if there's sprinkle of saffron but saffron is very expensive. Slices of ginger is a good alternative though for saffron.

Butternut squash? Looks like they are...

I was thinking of having them cooked with crabs and or shrimps with coconut milk.

However, seafoods are really very costly here in Canada.

I decided that it's better to just bake the butternut squash and this is the result: Cake

Not bad. It's really delicious according to my husband it's great with cinnamon and vanilla in it.

I don't know what to cook or bake next or whatever mood I will be happy, sad or just feeling mellow.

In a time period of neighbors who are experiencing uncertainty and discomfort and all the annoying bad news, the wrath of wildfires, and global boiling (not warming anymore) it's hard to concentrate on blogging. I first thought wont blog for a week because there are so many things that upset me. At least the husband's personal health problem (cardiac cathetherization procedure) already done and he's feeling better with the result but still has to take meds. I think that's a normal phase of life for the olds, just like you and me...old people! lol

Take care everybody.🙏