thank god for dogs

daring to break away from my usual choice of food on those rare occasions when i do have to cook, i temporarily said goodblye to fried chicken, canned sardines and instant noodles yesterday. for my culinary debut, i tried doing sauteed ground beef with potato ala jeanie.just this one more domestic task to master and i can claim to be a price catch, the perfect little housewife who can cook, wash and clean the house.
empowered by some misguided and delusional confidence and some vague recollections of my mom in the kitchen, i took to the task without even as much as a recipe or a call to any of my relative who can cook for some consulation.first, i crushed the garlic and chopped the onion which i had to rush out the house for and buy from a store because my aunt and i didn't buy any more when we went to the market. then i dropped them in oil that was slowly heating up. i just love the smell of garlic and onion, it always reminds me of my mom.
then, i dropped the ground beef first which cost me a fork that got bent out of shape when i tried to scrape a handful of frozen beef. then i dropped the cubed potatoes, which was not uniformly cut as some were bigger and longer than the others. the beef ended up burnt and crisp but the potatoes remained hard and raw.and despite adding a few pinches of salt, several dashes of soy sauce and knorr and shaking the msg bottle a couple of times, the food still ended up tasting bland.then of course, i placed too few water and even fewer cooking oil so the food was dry, bland, raw and burnt.
it was almost 10, i haven't had breakfast, any sleep or a bath yet.i had to have at least one.so i turned on the fire once more and reheat the chicken adobo i've had for breakfast, lunch and dinner the previous day.and my culinary masterpiece?gone to the dog(s).literally.