The chance to tell my scruffy, dish-designing boy that I appreciate his skills and thoughtfulness and that I’m so happy he’s back home with his ‘original family’ for as long as he decides to stay is intoxicating
Do most mothers entertain these questions from their 21-year-old sons?I’d already washed my hands. Of course, I had.After four years at university, my son returned home in April, rejoining the household while continuing his online studies. Having lived independently, he has developed a love for cooking, or, at least, a passion for his own, focusing on meals that involve meat, fat, starches, garlic, more garlic and torturously hot spices. His brother loves these dinners.
I decided to do things differently with my children, encouraging them to use our entire home, including the kitchen. Maybe they’d grow up to love meal-making instead of fearing it as I had. So, on a recent afternoon, to curb the chaos, I offered to act as sous-chef whilst my 21-year-old assiduously prepared “healthy” fried chicken thighs and white rice with sesame seeds and crushed seaweed. The truth was that I also offered to help because it gave me an increasingly rare opportunity to be with my kid at a stage in his life when hanging out with your parents is no longer favoured.
“Please wash this dish. The cutting board? The other cutting board? This knife – I need this knife again, but it’s covered in raw chicken.”The Bear
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