#MarchWritingChallenge – Day 17 – What are you an expert on? Is it because of training, lived experience, or both?
~~~This March Writing Challenge of thirty-one questions is hosted by Marquessa, with questions from Alexandra Franzen‘s “100 questions to spark conversation and connect.
All are welcome to join in and a list of the questions can be found here.
~~~Cooking!
I scrambled my first egg when I was four years old and have been hooked on cooking ever since.
By the time I was thirteen, I was preparing the family evening meal (for nine), and when I was fourteen, my eighteen-year-old sister and I cooked the entire Christmas dinner, desserts included. (There may have been a bit too much rum in the rum cake that year!) 
All my siblings also cook but I didn’t realize I had a knack for it until I was responsible for making a Shepherd’s pie, Macaroni and Cheese, and a Chocolate Layer cake for our family’s contribution to the neighborhood friendship dinner. Everyone complimented my Mom on the dishes, but they were stunned when she told them I’d made them. I was sixteen and have been experimenting with different herbs, seasonings, and cuisines ever since. I also enjoy taking recipes, deconstructing them then recreating something new using the same ingredients.
Many have suggested that I become a caterer, but after making roast beef salad for a family reunion of three hundred, I knew that was never going to happen. Coming from a big family, making large meals isn’t a problem. Making sixty pounds of salad IS a problem and too much like work! For me, cooking is fun, and if you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve seen the results of some of my playtime.
My sister bought a leg of lamb for Easter dinner and asked ME to cook it. I said sure and that I’d come of with a flavorful blend of herbs and maybe even encrust it.
She said, “Don’t you just put it in a roaster and cook it?”
That’s one way, but where’s the fun and flavor in that?
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