It's All About The Kitchen.

 Our favourite place.

When you think about it, there is no place like a kitchen. Your kitchen. A place of comfort, a place to cook and a place to hang out. Isn't it always that little table in the kitchen which we all tend to hang out on? Be it to eat, do our homework or share all the important or not so important moments of our lives.

A moment ago I was remembering all the various people I used to visit in our village and almost most of the time we would sit and chat in a kitchen. Especially the older folks made sure that there was a comfortable table in it, large enough for all the family to sit around it although sadly that didn't happen often.

Winters made it rather cozy when an Aga-stove would merrily spew forth its incredible warmth, almost enveloping you in a hug of nostalgia. 

Cooking is soothing yet also exciting as it is almost miraculous how a handful of ingredients can morph into scrumptious meals. In a way the simpler kitchens are  best because all that fancy equipment isn't really  necessary. A knife works just as well and doesn't take forever to clean.

A lot of the younger crowd never actually use their kitchens apart from heating up bits and pieces  in their mircowave or putting  take-outs onto a plate. Rather sad to see kitchens wasted but due to our fiend covid, many are starting to learn how to cook and actually develope a liking for it and more importantly, hanging out in their kitchen.

A kitchen is where we dock ourselves to not get pulled under by all the trials and tribulations that live tends to put in our way and helps us recharge our batteries if not our souls...they don't call it soul food for nothing!

Biggi