Why Cooking?

I cook because I love to eat. I love to eat almost everything.

But because I'm a Muslim living in Germany, It's pretty difficult to buy food outside and eat it. They might contain trace of pork or alcohol or maybe the way they slaughter the cow and chicken is not the same with the way of slaughtering animal in my religion. In this case, we can use the term Halal. Halal is not only contain no pork and alcohol, but also the way the cows and the chicken slaughtered. So, let's keep it simple, cook it myself!

Besides the halal term, It's quite important in my family that woman can cook. My grandma used to live abroad as well, she cooked a lot of Indonesian food and invited friends to eat together. She always says that husband is proud when the wife can cook. So I always being told about this proverbs, "the best way to a man's heart, is through his stomach". My mom not only can cook, but she can bake and make finger foods. I learn a lot from her. So, my grandma can cook, my mom can cook, and since I'm the only daughter, I should learn how to cook!

It's not only about religion and family tradition, Cooking for me is like an  Art. I'm pretty bad at music and visual art. That's why I want to go to the kitchen and create some art, not only you can see it,but you can taste it as well. With cooking I can create beautiful object as beautiful as painting. Decorating a cake is like painting as well, it's even harder than painting in a canvas. So, I'm planning to learn culinary art :)

The most important point why I cook is because, homemade is mostly healthier than the one you bought in shop. We can control all the ingredients. And if you don't like too sweet you can adjust depends on your taste. That's why cook it yourself is the best way to fulfill your craving stomach without to worry getting sick or getting hit with the allergies.

So, that is why you have to cook!