I’ve been getting the question a lot, “what made you want to make your own apple crisp salad with homemade dressing and nuts?” It takes so much time, and so much effort, with very little return comparatively. But the answer isn’t very simple, I don’t think.
There are a lot of reasons, but one of the main ones is that I think I just wanted to do something that “only I can do.” That doesn’t mean there aren’t other people in cooking or even in Holo who can’t create their own salads, but I do it in a very specific way that is very unique to me.
In this world full of ideas and unique and interesting recipes, I guess I just wanted to share one of the things I have full certainty is something special to me and my abilities. And cooking is fun, and my main goal, but making dressings and creating unique flavor combinations will always have a very strong place in my heart. It takes me back to what made me even want to be a cook in the first place. And being able to combine flavors and textures I love so much into something on its own that is even more of “my own vision” than it would be otherwise (say, if I used someone else’s recipe) is something that really makes me feel like becoming a cook had a purpose after all.
So even as tastes change, I still hold onto this part of me that I’m confident is my own. And man it felt so good to make this salad again, in my own way, with my own thoughts and my own vision. I’m really grateful I got the chance to try it again.
