It has been a while since I have been able to get on but them again it has been a while since I have been in the Kitchen. I remember tyring to get into my mother-in-law's kitchen to learn how to make certain Chilean dishes I couldn't get right from a recipe. Rosa was one of those cooks who could make something out of anything and it was delicious. It seems as if everyone has a mother, grandmother or aunt who is the Kitchen Guru. You ask them how to make something, they have no idea of how much, why or even what. They have been doing it for so long it is like breathing to them. Simply automatic. You can learn from them, but really it will require time, because you will have to hang out in their kitchen and watch, taste, talk and hopefully be allowed to help. Just make sure you schedule ahead of time, because there is nothing a Guru hates more than letting people in to their kingdom without permission.
A couple of quick tips I picked up from watching my lovingly remembered Rosa.
1 - To get onion smell off of your hands use lemon juice.
2 - Coffee is a great flavor to add to dishes with sugar or acid (orange flavor)
3 - If you don't have ice cream to make a milk shake or your are lactose intolerant use thick Greek yogurt and gelatin
4 - You can make butter milk by adding lemon to milk
5 - You should always add sugar to spicy foods to enhance flavors
6 - Cooking is easy, getting people to eat what you make is the hard part
7 - Love really does make food taste better
8 - If you burn it, bread and butter is always a good alternative
9 - You can feed more people by adding potatoes to whatever you have made
10 - You can use Diet Dr. Pepper in brownies to replace the wet ingredients and Sprite to cake to make it moist.. Applesauce is also pretty good. :)
So make an appointment, stalk a Guru and find your own tips as you learn to love even more that important person in your life you stand of awe in every time you enter the kitchen.
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