Little kitchen joys

[magid]

Other than taste.

the *ping* of jars as they each seal after canning
the satisfaction of hard-boiled eggs that peel easily
the *snap* when breaking off the end of asparagus
the way really fresh mushrooms slice, breaking after the knife is partway through
feeling bread dough come together as it's kneaded
the *thwok* when opening a jar for the first time
the almost-burn of hot vinegar smells in my nose while making chutney
the first smell of roasting vegetables, long before they're done
the the late-afternoon intensity sunlight in my kitchen, looking like it is almost manifest, dripping liquid sunshine

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Mmmm, kitchen.

[avivasedai.livejournal.com]

The scents! Crock-pot food coming together hours before I can eat it; nuts browning (but not burning); rum cake, honey cake, chocolate brownies; boiling water with a cinnamon stick just to make the whole apartment smell nice. Fitting tasks into the 10-15 minutes of baking required for the current batch of cookies (plate the next baking sheet, clean a few things, put away ingredients). Finding the recipe I'm looking for! (not something to be assumed).

Re: Mmmm, kitchen.

[magid.livejournal.com]

The scents of baking bread and browning onions are particular favorites of mine. And I admit, the smell when the neighbors cook bacon.

I love the feeling of efficiency that I get when I'm under deadline like that, so things just get done, without the laziness it's so easy for me to have at other times.