Cooking and Cleaning

There always a policy in my family about cooking and cleaning. My dad cooks most of the time and he spends like 2-3 hours cooking for us and his dishes would be excellent. I really miss eating his steam fish or his curry fish head. Since my dad cooks, he expects either my sister or me to clean up the dishes afterwards. It is just the way it is in my family. We know our roles pretty well. I think my dad cooks a lot just to relax himself from a day's work. Maybe that is where he finds his comfort. In the kitchen. Me and my sister would usually wash the dishes after he cooks. Yes, sometimes we argue on washing the dishes but we normally do it either way.

I think I inherit this gene from my dad where I would volunteer to cook for my group of friends. I really do not mind cooking for anybody that is close to me if I have the extra time. I have to admit, I like people to try my cooking especially if I am making Malaysian cuisine. Whenever I cook, I try to stay on the safe side and stick with the cooking that I am good at. That just the way it is. After I finished cooking, I expect people that eat the food to clean up. I spend almost an hour in the kitchen, cutting, cooking, washing, tasting and the least that you could do is spend 7 minutes washing the plates. Adding to the fact that I spend $20 on food without even asking a penny from you annoys me a lot. That all I asked from you. So right now, I am $20 dollars poorer, less food in the house and pots/dishes lying in the kitchen waiting to be washed. How thoughtful of you.