Chapter 177
Cooking is an essential skill. Every single adult should know how to make at least five dishes in my opinion. Unfortunately, I only know how to make one proper meal: Okroshka. Pancakes don’t count.
Naturally, simple pasta doesn’t count either.
But then... what is a proper meal?
To answer that question, I first ask this: What is a balanced diet?
Pizza every day is not healthy. It’s okay once a month. Burgers, fried food, and oily food in general should be a treat, not a norm.
I have been called a no-fun-bitch because of this. Some would point out I died too young and should’ve enjoyed good food more often. I have no regrets about that, though.
A healthy lifestyle is crucial to achieve happiness, however small.
Dying at age forty due to a heart-attack is not something anyone should go through when it comes to diet and healthy habits. Food is medicine, after all.
A balanced diet is something a lot of people would argue is expensive. Fruits and vegetables got too expensive after 2025, almost quadrupling in price worldwide. The key is to research, however boring that sounds, and look for good substitutes.
So, a proper meal should contain at least five ingredients.
Fortunately... or unfortunately depending on how it’s viewed, I never had the need to tip my toes in the culinary world. It could be said I was a lazy adult... and I blame that on pandemics.