Sheet Music Mother
It’s The Little Things That Count
Each person has their own way of coping with the everyday problems and stresses that life is inclined to throw in front of them. ‘The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’, as Shakespeare said. Some people find that music relaxes them best of all. Others play a sport or go to the gym.
In some cultures relaxing techniques involve the use of gadgets, such as beads. Some years ago many people used a very popular gadget, or was it a game? It was called The Rubik’s Cube. It may seem a little bizarre, but my grandmother had her own gadget. In fact she had two. What took the stress of her life, she said, where her two knife sets.
How could two sets of knives relieve stress? Well, it’s quite simple really. You see, my grandmother, Grandma Ellen, spend most of each day in the kitchen. When I was young, I assumed that was where all grandmothers spent their days.
I have no idea if all the other grandmothers of that era were similarly attached to their kitchen knives. But she was adamant about their calming effect for her. She had another de-stressing solution also. Almost an entire wall of her large kitchen was completely covered with books – cookbooks, to be precise . Not only did they deal with every conceivable kind of cookery, but they also covered trends in cooking that stretched back at least a century.
Again, I took it for granted that all this was normal. I had no idea how lucky I was to have a resident excellent chef permanently in my house. Not only that, but this was a chef who produced new and exciting haute cuisine dishes virtually every day. I often wonder now, because of the importance she seems to attach to them, would she have done is it all without a knife set nearby.
Only years later when I became interested in culinary matters myself, did I appreciate what she was getting at. I am not as dedicated to, or maybe the word is fixated with knives. I do agree that having the right one at hand when you are preparing a complicated meal is pretty important. But I am not as driven by that subject as she was.
I’m very proud of my kitchen and it’s appliances. Indeed I love to show off to my friends my new Induction Hob. They are quite fascinated when I place a sheet of kitchen paper on one of the rings, then a saucepan of water on top of it. When I switch on the power, they expect the paper to go up in flames. I feel chuffed when it is not even scorched. But I must admit that it is the countertop microwave that has really made my life easy in the kitchen. Not for producing culinary marvels, but for relieving my own little personal stresses . I use it for quickly making coffee, sometimes tea and to cook one of the instant frozen meals I secretly eat, when I’m on my own and too tired to prepare a proper meal. For one .
Yann Tiersen – Mother’s Journey (Goodbye Lenin) (+ Sheet music)
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