#like i dont even cook that much anymore but i still know what 'deglazing' and 'jullienning' and the 'hard crack stage' means

[wildstorkmel]

I say this because when I was like 6 or 7 I had a great big collection of cookbooks I used to bring to school and read in bed. I didn't do it when I was bored and there was nothing better to do, I did it recreationally and of my own free will.

I always appreciated looking at the interesting graphic design and colorful food photography within, but I even read ones without pictures, mostly just cooking the food step by step in my head, and imagining serving and eating it. And even though I cooked SOMETIMES, I probably spent more time THINKING about cooking than ACTUALLY cooking. Anyway I want to know if someone's had similar childhood experiences because everyone so far thinks I'm weird for this lol