Eating Part 12 Right & Wrong

In this blog, i am looking at culinary education and my incorrect beliefs, desires etc. - forgiving myself for them and opening the door for correction.

FORGIVING MYSELF

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to desire to copy how chefs cook a dish  - having a belief that the way chefs do it is the right way to do it, so i should do the dishes as per how it is being made or taught by them

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to judge myself as wrong when the food i make does not taste good - believing that it has to taste good otherwise, i am not good enough as a cook

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to fear breaking the culinary rules - because my dish has to taste the way it should and if not, i will be judged as wrong 

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to believe that i am wrong if i make one pot meals everyday rather than different types of meals with more variety 

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to cook as defined by the current culinary education system rules - where everything revolves around the pleasure i get in my taste buds

I forgive myself that i have accepted and allowed myself to have a backchat of

"Why do i always have to make it the way my mom said i should?"

"I am a cook in the kitchen so i should know the signature taste of these dishes and should know how to make them the way people make them around the world"

"I like my mom to cook sweet and sour pork the way she did when i was in high school and she should not change its taste"

"I like to cook something delicious for him"

COMMITMENTS

When and as i see myself copying how chefs cook a dish, i stop - i breathe. I realize my body has its own nutrient needs so customizing the food i take in is commonsensical

I commit myself to learn more about my body - its nutrient needs etc.

I commit myself to see chefs as equals