lets start at the very beginning

"Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A-B-C"
The sound of music the all time favorites of anyone who has ever lived in America or anywhere in the world in fact. The first lyrics are so to the point. "When you read you begin with A-B-C" and "when you sing you begin with Do-Re-Mi".  The essentials of all beginnings of learning.  For cooking the essential of all essentials is salt the grain that brings everything together. Without salt there is no essence; as if all the effort given into a dish was pointless, a life lived with no reason.  The most commonly used is table salt, which has an additive called iodine, helps it from clumpin up and can also help from getting thyroid disease. Apparently i didnt have enough of it in my lifetime.  There is the kosher salt, which a lot of chefs prefer that has absolutely no additives.  There is the dreaded sea salt which infact is not dreaded at all, its very good and great for adding on home made fries, nuts or whatever you want to fry. It is very light and soft in flavor. There is the black salt (kala namak) often used in India, very strong and well, black in color.  There is pickling salt, grey salt, and ofcourse rock salt, used to make ice cream.  How do i know all this info on salt? I read on the internet, believe it or not, if you look into the right websites you find good useful information.  I got this info from food.com. 
So, the reason for this blog is two things.  First reason, is to occupy my time with something productive and Second, Its a blog for my friends who are gastronomically challenged.  They cant seem to fathom that cooking is clearly not rocket science.  I mean rocket science is a whole profession it requires that you have some interest in rockets and the science that goes in it.  You need to have the intellectual capabilities of understanding the this and thats of all things rockets science. Cooking only requires  your tongue, your eyes, nose, well all your five senses.  I never believe in hiding recipes or keeping secrets recipes i mean seriously why would anyone do such a thing. Its quite silly really, in this day and age i can find a whole bunch of grandma and aunt whoevers recipes that are most often exactly the same.  I am going to be posting mostly my recipes that i have tried and created on my own plus some recipes that i have tried and tested and eaten and enjoyed. I have been cooking since i was 13 years old, actually really really started cooking when i  was 20 years old like you know not jello or hamburger helper stuff or tea. I noticed that through out my life that whenever i cooked sometihng even as simple as scrambled eggs; if done with enough love and happiness it becomes amazing.  Scrambled eggs without love is just eggs that look like ground turkey. So, start your day off with good intentions, do what you do eveyday with good intentions.  Start with pure sincerity and end with complete satisfaction. Say, whatever i will place on the table will be there to nourish the body and revive the soul.