Category 7 - Find a new recipe and voluntarily cook a meal for your family
Yesterday I decided that I should do something special for my parents’ birthday since I have no money to buy anything for them. After some consideration, I settled on making them a nice breakfast. I bookmarked a recipe for Japanese souffle pancakes (something I’ve been wanting to try for a very long time and finally had an excuse to make) and set my alarm for 5:50. I knew that my dad normally gets up around 7:00, and I wanted to make sure I had enough time to get everything done that I needed. Usually I wouldn’t think about willingly getting myself out of bed before 9:00 if I didn’t absolutely have to, but I knew it was a sacrifice I needed to make for the sake of my parents.
When the day of reckoning came (this morning), I pulled myself out of the comfort of my bed and made my way downstairs and into my kitchen. The burning sensation in my eyelids quickly lifted as my natural excitement for cooking took control of me. I took out all of the ingredients and utensils I needed and got to work. Slowly leaving a trail of each process that I completed on my counter, I successfully produced a beautiful, fragrant bowl of pancake batter. My favorite part was whisking a bowl of egg whites and folding it into the rest of the mixture, something I’ve seen done countless times on Food Network and finally had the chance to apply what I’ve learned. However, cooking the pancakes was a different story. The particular style of pancakes I attempted required stacking layers of batter in increments and flipping those tall stacks after around 6 minutes. I found that I was too ambitious and tried to fit 3 into my modest pan, which made it hard for me to flip the pancakes and resulted in lopsided, awkward versions of the pancakes pictured on the website (that I ended up eating for myself).
Eventually, I grew used to the process. My end product was two plates of perfectly average pancakes topped with powdered sugar and syrup with cream and banana slices on the side. I had a lot of fun making them, and it gave me time to relax and just enjoy doing something I love. It all especially became worth the work once I saw how happy my parents were with my surprise and watched them enjoy something that I made. Being stuck in the house with my parents has raised a lot of fights and arguments between us, and I figured it was the least I could do to make it up to them. After all, I am really grateful for all that they do for me, especially on a day like their birthday.
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