Keira (She/Her)<p>If you love to cook, what's your origin story?</p><p>I love to hear how people came to love the things they love.</p><p>I grew up always knowing how to cook, especially things like soup, quiche, and scones, having sat on the bench while my Mum and Grandmother's did it, my whole life. </p><p>I initially fell in love with baking aged about 10, because it meant more treats over the school holidays. I remember learning to make chocolate chip biscuits (still a favourite) from the Women's Weekly Biscuits and Slices cookbook. </p><p>I liked home economics, and took classes in the school holidays in primary school, but I think the true love affair came when I took an apprenticeship-style course as part of the HSC, and learned to make pasta. </p><p>Pasta, like all wheat-based simple foods, is magic. </p><p>! Warning, not vegan ahead !</p><p>We also learned a lot of French classics too, like consomme, bisque and all the sauces, and old school club luncheon things like club sandwiches, eggs Benedict, and schnitzel. </p><p>Most of the skills I still use, like dicing veg small, making a roux etc. But I never did have cause to bone a chicken at home, and being vegan, I don't imagine I ever will.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/baking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baking</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/origins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>origins</span></a></p>