I don’t really know how to make myself clear. I can’t seem to relate to our cook.
I thought I’ve said it many times before not to cook dishes that are the same.
Examples of her pairing:
Sinigang na baboy – pritong baboy.
Steamed salmon – sinigang na tuna belly
Pansit bihon – pasta carbonara
Steamed tilapia – pritong tilapia
Sinigang sa miso – bulalo
Tonight, she cooked Beef Karekare and dinuguan.
I went to the kitchen and called her attention.
“Parehong masarap ang kare-kare at dinuguan, pero dapat hindi sila sabay. Hindi sila terno, pareho silang may sauce, parehong karne”
She reasoned out that kare-kare is “gulay”.
But there’s beef too.
She was frowning and she didn’t want to face me.
“Bakit ka nakasimangot? Bakit sumasama ang loob mo, wala naman akong sinasabing masama sayo. Pinapaliwanag ko lang na meron tayong problema sa mga pagpares-pares mo ng ulam.
Di ba maraming beses ko ng itinuro sa’yo?”
She got mad at me because a while ago, I asked her to peel one green mango.
She took one from the fruit tray. Then she told me “Ay, bulok na ito, kukuha ba ako ng isa pa?”
Nainis talaga ako. Alam na pala nya na bulok, bakit itatanong pa nya kung kukuha sya ng ibang mangga?”
I answered her “pati ba naman yan itatanong mo pa”.
Ayun, nagalit sa akin. Bakit ko daw sya sinabihan ng ganun. She cried.
Kasi that’s not the first time she got into my nerves.
This is a small problem which can be solved if I would take the time to make a list of what she’s going to cook morning, noon and night. But I hate doing that. I don’t want to know what I am going to eat 4 days from now. That’s so structured. Ayoko yung “ah sa myerkoles ang ulam namin ay sinigang na kangkong at escabecheng dilis”. Napaka-corny naman pag ganyan. Walang surprise.
I will not be surprised if tomorrow morning she would pack-up and leave. And she would bring all the other maids.
My only problem is that we are traveling tomorrow. No one would be taong-bahay.
