Sunday, 11 April 2010

The proper way to do it

Being a grandma is, I think, a very special and responsible role. After all, when you get to my age and had all the experiences that life throws at you over the decades, then it is a duty to pass on the very best of your knowledge to the younger generations. Well, that's how I see it.
So with that in mind, when Eden comes over to stay, I try to teach her as much as possible while having fun at the same time. This weekend has been no exception. We made our own leek and potato soup and some cheese rolls to go with it and some for her to take home. Then we made some bread for grandma for this week and the project for last night's dinner was a proper curry.
Quite a long time ago, I had made pizza with Eden and we made the tomato topping too. We have also cooked chinese food as well as food from other countries. The main reason for this was to demonstrate that home made can taste much better than food that has come from fast food outlets and also that does not have unnecessary additives.
We looked through quite a lot of recipes and eventually decided on rogan josh to go with the pork. After assembling all the spices and ingredients for the paste we set about making the curry and the end result was delicious.
I did have a jar of cook-in sauce for rogan josh but I prefer to cook everything from scratch and besides, it's much more fun when we do things together. I explained to Eden that the jar was for a day when perhaps we're in a hurry and don't have enough time or all the right spices.

2 comments:

  1. Well today you taught me something too grandma and that was introducing me to rogan josh. I found a recipe online for it and it looks really good!

    I learned alot from my grandmother too. She was my best friend. I sure miss her. Can't begin to share what a treat it is to read of your adventures with Eden. Looking forward to many more.

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  2. Hi Robin!
    I'll put my recipe for rogan josh on Tuesday's blog.

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