Pure Carrot Soup Warmth

As I prepare the pure, fresh carrot soup, the method of cutting and placing the ingredients in the cooking pot reminds me of my own parents' cooking as I was growing up in their house. My parents met in cooking school; throughout my life, I often found one of them or both in the kitchen. My writing will contain explorations on the physical aspects, emotions, and memory of being a carrot soup.

Today, I diced shallots for a nice flavoring. But I did shed a few tears. How does an onion or shallot makes us cry? When we cut into the onion, enzymes are released into the air. The enyzmes have a sulfur content in form of an invisible gas when combined with moisture; sulfuric acid is created. When the acid comes close to our eyes, we have a defense mechanism with the tear ducts to keep it out. There are recommendations to reduce the effects of the onion. Some say to chill the onion. I learned from a friend to turn on the burner and cut the onions near it. Some say to wear googles. I keep still and just cut and dream.

As I make the preparations of soup and placing them in the pot, I smile about the memories of my parents. I have emotional attachments to my upbringing. In the field of psychology, experts state that we have a certain memory which contains long-term and short-term episodes. We are able to retrieve some facts or past memories. The ones that we can recall are the ones filled with full engagement of all senses and emotions. I believe that listening to my parents in the kitchen as they prepare a meal or my father in a restaurant kitchen had an emotional effect on me. They were engaged in what they were doing. When I placed one ingredient at a time, I could hear my father or mother talking about the dish that he or she was making for dinner. They really loved to cook. I find this in all fields. When someone are fully engaged in activity, you can hear them talk things out and are in the zone.

Psychologists pinpointed as people are being in flow if they love what they do. I really believe that people should take moments out of their lives and be fully engaged in a hobby. On my standpoint, one can cook homemade, fresh meals instead of opening a can or reheat a frozen meal. There is a lasting, well-fulfilled experience to engage with every ingredient that you put into a frying pan, ramkins, food processor, a cooking pot and best of all sharing food and knowledge with others.

As I go through the stages of being a carrot soup, I'm self to which I love the memories from my parents' cooking, my closeness to my ingredients, and my closeness of sharing my love on cooking with you. Be a soup for the day.

Here are my celebrated steps of being soup: