I was used at cooking since I was 8 and I can say that i can already cook almost all of "Lutong BAhay " food without a sweat. But the my only frustration amongst all dishes was the Pig blood's soup or the Dinuguan. Bakit?? one time, I was asked by my mom to cook it for our canteen. The recipe was quite simple. Gisa, Iga, halo,,, yan lang daw yung kelangan para makapagluto ka ng dinuguan, given the right amount of spices, oks na.
I tried it for the first time, it looks ok but my mom said, " MALansa,," Try again...
The 2nd time, the comment was "BAKIT masyadong malapot???" mali na naman...
3rd time, naiga daw masyado, maasim, maalat, malabnaw....
Andami na atang nasayang na dinuguan sa ref namin everytime na ako yung nagluluto...
"NAKAKAINIS.. AYOKO NANG ILUTO YAN!!!! MALANSA,MAASIM,MALAPOT!!!"
Then came a Sunday afternoon.. ako ulit yung nagluto..
"SINO nagluto ng dinuguan?" tanong ng isang costumer.. Goodness, IWasnt to tell a lie but my mom was to quick to answer.. " ANak ko po.."
The answer was the least that I expected.." Wow ineng.. PERPEK!!!!"
I was so happy that time I almost forgot to ask the old man's payment... Kaso I suddenly saw something on his plate.. my mom laughed when she saw my face..
"PERPEK DAW????? Bakit me asin sya sa tabi ng plato nya????"
Moral lesson..
Perfect things are made out of practice.. Perfect sounds real nice.. but few people deserve it.. only if they make themselves deserving for it..
