Hate to cook - and their different taste. Girls like jap he don’t like. He likes Chinese the girls don’t like. Sometimes I want to cook just one dish, he choose not to eat says he will pack food outside. Why can’t you just eat whatever is laid on the table?
With his health issues, he not scared meh? Got HBP, diabetes, liver and kidney not good etc.. why can’t he be more responsible for his own health? Gf W said it’s easy for her coz M will eat whatever she cooks. Even if she can say things like ai chiak mai chiak suat, he will eat. If I said the same thing, my family will end up “ok lor!” They will be happy coz they prefer outside food. My family is that jialat. I’ve seen friends cooking meals and posting on FB, all family members just eat.
Wanted to cook one day when hubby passed a heartbreaking remark “ the food you cook is not nice” I was so angry. Fine! Then you can go out and keep packing food for the family every meals coz I’m always lazy to leave the house.
I always wondered why they don’t like my food. Yes, I’m not a good cook. BUT even when I follow recipe to the tee, even if I follow recipe on THERMOMIX they don’t like it. They want to eat like rich people is it? Eat to live. Why can’t they be like other family who eats whatever the person cooks. If like that, I cook also 甘愿 开心.
Even the premix soup pack I buy hubby also comment dunno what soup I cook. I put less water (coz dowan wastage) and more pork bones - somemore choose the pork bones with some meat, it tastes better) he said “don’t cook soup anymore. Dunno what you’re cooking.” My goodness! All the rock sugar that is added in the soup outside made it nice. No wonder a lot of people with diabetes, kidney and HBP.
It’s not a self defence post. Oh ok I think it is since I took to write it out now.
And it’s not that I love cooking. I hate cooking BUT I wanted to do it for the family. AND THE NEGATIVE REACTION and feedback from the family only made me hate cooking for them more. Too used to outside food? MSG laden food.
Think think! Outside stalls will use cheap ingredients, if not they have to pass the cost to consumers and consumer will be unhappy to pay more for a plate of similar food.
Oil - I’ve always been using EVVO olive oil for my cooking. And since I did keto, I switched over to a better brand. I think the oil used affects the taste. Price too! EVVO is more expensive than vegetable oil, canola oil, peanut oil etc.. I even used EVVO for deep frying. I don’t cook everyday so I don’t keep any oil for second usage.
Soy sauce - low sodium. He was the one who bought it. Taste different coz when I eat food outside I like to dip the chilli padi or green chilli in their soy sauce. Lil’ one always asks us to bring home the chilli + soy sauce if we pack food from outside. Like one stall owner claimed to me “我们只用好的酱油、我们用老抽。” Initially I DIDNT UNDERSTAND him what is Lao Chou but checked mine also 老抽 but coz ours is low-sodium so tastes different.
Black soy sauce - I use premium black soy sauce which is a little sweeter than usual
Salt - not the cheap cheap table salt but I use Himalayan or seasalt
Oyster sauce - I use the premium one without all the enhancer or flavour enhancer shit. It is thicker, richer and less sodium.
Black vinegar - once mom told me the vinegar we used at home is not nice, suggested to use a dog brand. I bought that and hubby hated that. He bought back the previous vinegar, well maybe coz he was accustomed to the taste of the vinegar my MIL used?
Honey - if you are not aware, the honey sold off the shelf are laden with sugar! I go for those really UMF honey and the taste is totally different
Sugar - I omit. I used to use my lakanto but it does give an aftertaste coz of erythritol
So really home can use better quality, WHETHER MY FAMILY CAN ACCEPT THE LOUSY TASTING FOOD IS ANOTHER.
No MSG indicated in most recipes but eh…..there are MSG in sauces. So I make sure whatever sauces I buy do not have MSG inside, even the chicken stock cubes I buy those without MSG. Ideally should make my own since I have a Thermomis but I’m so lazy.
I asked lil’ one have she ever wondered why they only like my 3 dishes? - fried rice (Haochi), egg porridge and mee hoon kueh soup (chicken stock cube) . Such that when I cook cleanly they ALL refuse my food!
It really does take a whole load of EFFORT in re-educating the family. I mean I’m not an angel when it comes to eating healthily, but when I went into the keto route I realised how much of junk I put in my body. I want them to change coz when they’re eating outside during lunch; have gatherings with friends etc they already put in. BUT MY FAMILY IS EXTREMELY STUBBORN.
To make my point I chanced upon these info in Health Hub.
LOW - SODIUM
https://www.healthhub.sg/programmes/nutrition-hub/healthy-recipes?utm_source=mediacorp-brandstudio&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=fy24-salt&utm_content=fy24-salt_mediacorp-brandstudio_video_chefbob-tastetest#filter-lower-sodium-recipes
