Warm meals

1. As Vietnamese people, to grow up, almost everyone depends on small grains of rice. From childhood, to adulthood, and even to old age, everyone needs meals. In a lifetime, how many people can count how many meals they have had?

For people in my hometown of Phan Thiet, enjoying meals with fresh seafood every day is a happiness. Because family meals made from fresh seafood will be very different from fermented seafood!

Meals, with food prepared from fresh seafood, through the skillful hands of capable women, will attract many people in the family. Pots of rustic braised fish, bowls of simple but very sweet soup. Pans of fried fish, hot and crispy. Along with many other ways of preparation. There are countless simple family meals that bring happiness to loved ones. There are also more sumptuous dishes on death anniversaries, when many children and grandchildren gather at the temple.

Just talking about daily meals in each family, cooking also requires the skill of the housewife. Most of the time, it is women who take care of this. However, nowadays, there are quite a few men who take care of cooking, and cook very well. Quite a few men also take on the part of going to the market!

To be able to prepare simple yet appealing dishes, the cook needs to learn from his mother, grandmother, and experienced predecessors, along with love and diligence in practice. Nowadays, people can also learn how to prepare dishes online.

Having a family is fortunate to have women - and even men - who cook well. Family members have the joy of having delicious meals every day under the skillful hands of the cook. Usually, when doing anything, if the recipient receives and praises it, the person doing it will be very happy. Cooking is probably no exception. When the person who eats compliments the food on being delicious, attractive, and truly enjoyed, the person who cooks it will feel very happy. This is a real psychological state for skilled chefs!

2. My husband and I received the house that my parents left us. On the anniversary of my death, the children and grandchildren gathered. One grandchild called me grandpa and honestly said: “Grandma Nam cooks very well! On the anniversary of my father’s death, I often took my grandmother to Grandma Nam’s house to eat the anniversary!” Another grandchild called me uncle said: “Aunt Nam, Uncle Nam cook very well, I like the duck noodle soup, ragu Aunt Nam, Uncle Nam cooks very well!” There are some colleagues who have eaten at my family’s anniversary, and they keep talking about the duck noodle soup they once enjoyed!

The compliments from my children, grandchildren, and friends about my wife's cooking skills are a source of happiness, not only for her but also for the whole family. Because my father and I feel it very clearly from the meals we eat every day. After work and school, my father and I have delicious meals cooked by my wife, although simple, but very suitable for the taste of all family members. Hot meals, whether lunch or dinner, are always an opportunity for loved ones to gather, exchange some news, some stories, so that family members can understand each other better and bond more closely.

A pot of hot rice, a plate of braised fish, a bowl of sweet soup, so simple, nothing fancy, yet still has such an attraction for our loved ones in our family! So when we are away from home, when my children go to advanced studies, when I go on business trips, our hearts still yearn for our old home with simple meals, but always so warm and full of love!

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