Steemit Engagement Challenge (week 4): Share your Original Talent : I am A Story Writing Cook

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So when I say I am a story writing cook, I know it will get people thinking what I mean. Maybe some people might think that I tell stories though cooking but that's not the case. The reason why I said I am a story writing cook is because I think or maybe I know I have two talents which is cooking and writing stories.

For the story writing part, it just hit me recently because anytime I sit by myself doing nothing, my mind just starts creating scenarios and creating stories right till the end. Then when I pen them down, they look great. I have always been good at reading so I thought to myself maybe I should add writing to the mix because I always just discarded my writings. But now I'm kind of confident so I'll be sharing this with y'all.

For the cooking part, I discovered cooking was a talent for me because anytime I see a new recipe, it just sticks at the first time of watching even without practicing. Then I noticed amongst all things food recipes are the things I remember most. Also what boosts my confidence is when people give me reviews anytime they taste my cooking. Well my sister is a chef so maybe cooking runs in the family. This other talent I will also be sharing with you guys.

I am going to start with my cooking talent by sharing a simple recipe and cooking procedure with you guys then I am going to write you guys a short story. So sit tight and let's start.

How to I Make Platains and Huckleberry

I chose this recipe to share with you guys because because;

• It is fast
• It is nutritious
• It is affordable

Before anything else, we are going to need a market list of the items to buy.

Image	Item	Price (FCFA)	Steem Price
	Plantains	1000frs	6 steem
	tomatoes	300frs	1.8 steem
	onion	50frs	0.3 steem
	Pepper	50frs	0.3 steem
	Crayfish	250frs	1.5 steem
	Fish	1000frs	6 steem
	Groundnut Oil	650frs	4 steem
	Huckleberry vegetable	500frs	3 steem
-	Total	3800frs	22.9 steem

• To start the cooking procedure, the first thing I do is, I wash the plantains, I peel them and I put them them in a pot with the water above the plantain level then set it on heat. When I do that the only thing I have to do once in a while till it gets ready is check the water level so that it shouldn't dry out and then I have to check if the Platains is soft enough for my liking.
  Some people boil their plantains with salt, but I don't.

• After doing that I start to remove the fins of fresh fish, then I remove the gut, wash it and season it with maggi salt. When that is done, I just leave it to sit for a while so that the fish can absorb the seasoning.

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  Next on the list, I ground the pepper on the pepper stone since I don't own a blender. For the pepper you just have to ground what will suffice for the food.

This is because the food can be too hot for your liking or it can give chest burn to others. But if you have guests its better to make pepper by the side so that everyone can add the amount they like.

• When i feel like my fish has absorbed enough, I can start frying it. While frying, I can engage in slicing the tomatoes and onions.

• For the vegetables, anytime I have plans of cooking it I always arrange them the previous day and put in a freezer because it takes alot of time. But if I was to do it on the same day, I would pluck the vegetables from the stalk. While doing that you can also add the soft stalk since they are juicy.
  After that you wash them and put in a pot then set low heat for them to wither. When it's done, you then wash and squeeze them.

After preparing everything, you put a good amount of oil
which is able to cook the food in a dry pot which is already on heat. I do this because I avoid putting water in the tomatoes when it's cooking so the oil will serve as lubricant Incase the tomatoes start burning.

When the oil is heated, add the pepper, onion and tomatoes in the oil. Then let it cook. Later on add the fish and also let it cook with the source for some time.
Then later you add the vegetables and also some seasoning of salt and maggi to taste. Leave it to coo for some time and that's the end of the process. Personally I have a thing for breaking the fish and scattering it inside the food, but putting it whole is okay.

_{end results}

	me eating the food.

_{Your humble chef}

Let's move down to a little story I have to share with you guys.

CHEATER!!! LIAR!!!

pim pim biped the phone multiple times. The phone keeps sending notifications of incoming messages. Ring Ring, now the phone starts ringing. Emma's boyfriend was asleep and she didn't want to bother him. But the notifications kept coming in and the phone kept ringing. She tried to wake Jim up but he wouldn't budge.

"Your phone is ringing" she said to him. "Ignore it" Jim replied. Jim went back to sleep. Emma struggled to ignore the phone but she couldn't. It was late and notifications kept coming in. Maybe it's important or maybe someone is in trouble and needs Jim's help she said to herself. So at that moment Emma decided to check the phone to see what was up.

Babe I'm still waiting for you, you said you'll come tonight right

Babe I made dinner for you, hope you are still coming

Babe please reply me I am still waiting for you

On reading those messages Emma was mortified. She didn't understand what was going on. Then she made the mistake of reading up. Her boyfriend was in a relationship with another person. Emma read those messages with tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe it. She checked the dates and saw that the messages go way back to when she didn't even know the guy. Meaning her boyfriend had been seeing this girl before her.

So Emma walked up to the bed and shook her boyfriend vigorously. He woke up and with an angry voice he asked what is it.

Emma screamed LIAR!!! CHEATER!!!

Sorry to end the story in suspense but come to think of it what's a good story without suspense right? Well those are my two talents guys and of course I'm still developing them. I enjoy both cooking and story writing as well as telling hence my title the I am a story writing cook.

Thanks for reading!!!

I invite @chiabertrand @mile16 @yrmaleza @maylinch and @cindycam to join this contest