Cooking is a science...

I use to really hate cooking. Probably because I was not very good at it. A home cooked meal was a tasty box of Hamburger Helper or, on a really good night, I might get lucky and pull off a crock pot roast. Over the past few years I have become somewhat more domesticated and my cooking has greatly improved (which occasionally is still not saying much!). Tonight I attempted a new recipe and, unfortunately, it did not work out so well. It became one of those dishes that ends up being sprinkled with some salt, pepper and, in this case, creole seasoning just to have some recognition of flavor. It was during that desperation to create something edible that I realized how much of a science cooking really is. For example, in a chemistry lab you can mix together a handful of different chemicals, but if you do not know how they interact it can be a disaster. It is no different in the kitchen. Certain things work together and others do not. Yet, now I can think back on all of those organic chemistry experiments that did not go well either, so maybe I just cannot follow a recipe.........