Chillin 'Mukicheni

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Kufanana nevakadzi vazhinji, pese pandinonzwa kushushikana, kushushikana, cranky, kana kusagadzikana, ndinonanga ndakananga kukicheni. Ndichitsvaga mukati mefiriji nemakabati, ndine chinhu chimwe chete mupfungwa dzangu: Chii chinotaridzika zvakanaka? Asi handisi kutsvaga chekudya. Ndiri kutsvaga chekubika.

Kwandiri, kubika hausi basa asi chinhu chinoburitsa pfungwa. Pandaive nemakore masere, ndakaona kuti ndiwo mushonga wakakwana wekusurukirwa. Ndakarambira mumba kwesvondo rese neshungu, ndairovera amai vangu nzungu. Neshungu akaburitsa Easy-Bake Oven yaange achichengetera zuva rangu rekuzvarwa akati ndigadzire chimwe chinhu. Ndakasarudza chocolate cake. Usatombo funga kuti ndakasanganisa munyu neshuga uye ndikanyura kuyedza kwangu kwekutanga kwekudya-zvainakidza uye zvichitora moyo. Pasina nguva ndakapedza kudzidza kune vakuru-vakuru mabikirwo senge piecrust uye nyama dzekudya.

Kubika kwakava kufarira kwangu, hongu, asi pamusoro pemakore ndauya kuvimba nazvo kuti ndibatsire kuunza kugadzikana kuhupenyu hwangu hwekupenga. Ini handina moyo murefu pakufungisisa, uye ndinoshandisa nguva yangu yekutsika kuita zvinyorwa zvangu, saka izvo zvechinyakare zvinoderedza kusagadzikana hazvindishandire. Asi sekurima gadheni, kubika kunogona kukupa iwe kutarisisa kweZen. Inobata pfungwa dzese: kuravira, zviri pachena, asiwo kuona, kunhuwidza, kubata, kunyangwe kunzwa. (Unogona kunyatsoteerera panguva chaiyo yekutendeudzira nyama yenguruve--unomirira kuti sizzle iderere.) Ndinogona kupinda mukicheni mangu ndichinzwa kushushikana kubva pakufamba kwangu kweawa yakareba kana kunetseka nekushanya kwaAmai kwachiremba. Asi pandinotanga kucheka, kubvongodza, uye kuvhitavhita, kurova kwangu kunononoka uye musoro wangu unobuda. Ini ndiri mukati menguva, uye mukati memaminitsi makumi matatu handina chete kudya kwakanaka uye kunonaka asi nemaonero matsva.

Zvakaenzana nemubairo ndeyekugadzira yekubika kunogona kubuda. Makore mashoma apfuura ndakanga ndiri kumba kweshamwari yangu kuKutenda, uye akagovera semolina rolls inonaka iyi nemhodzi dzakaomeswa nefennel dzaakanga atenga kubheka. Zuva rakatevera ini ndakawana kamukira yechingwa che semolina, ndakaigadzirisa zvishoma, ndikagadzira karesipi kangu kemazambiringa akaomeswa-fennel. Ndaidada nezvangu, uye ndakavapa zororo rega rega kubva ipapo.

Ehezve hadzisi dzese ongororo dzangu dzakabudirira - iro Rake-Bheka keke raive kure nekutadza kwangu kwekupedzisira. Asi ndinoramba ndichiedza. Kubika kwakandibatsira kutora zvikanganiso zvishoma nezvishoma pane kudzivirirwa nazvo. Mushure mezvose, kunyange masters akavhiringidza. Ndichangopedza kuverenga Julia Mwana memoir, Hupenyu Hwangu muFrance. Anotaura kuti paakanga achidzidzira kubika, akashandira shamwari yake "mazai akaipa kwazvo Florentine" pakudya kwemasikati. Asi achiri kupedzisa bhuku rake nezano iri: "Dzidza kubva pane zvawakakanganisa, usatya, uye, pamusoro pezvose, fara!" Ikozvino ndiyo motto yehupenyu mukati nekubuda mukicheni.

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