Can you cook?
I started cooking after coming to United States. To be honest, I didn't wanted to cook, but I had to.
Do you guys cook?
As an international student, food can be a big problem. You might even say that ‘Oh I love steaks, pizza, hamburger, cheese and all those western foods so the food will not be any problem for me’, but… let’s see how long your word goes. �
I never cooked before coming to the United States. To tell the truth, I did cook… but I couldn’t eat the thing that I have made. So, after coming to the United States, I had to eat pizza, hamburger, salad, sandwich and some other similar stuff, as I couldn’t cook. I ate those foods for 1 and a half year. Yeah, I got quite worried that I might get some kind of illness or something by those foods. I am not saying that the foods that I had mentioned are bad, but as an international student, those diets may be bad for your health if your body is not adjusted to the western foods.
Although I had those worries, I didn’t change my diet until last December. I thought cooking would be more time consuming and challenging than eating meals outside. However, after staying in the Minnesota for 1.5 year, I got a chance to go back to Korea for two weeks. During those two weeks, I ate Korean foods for all the meals. I didn’t realize until coming back to the Minnesota that I missed those foods so much. When I came back to the Minnesota, I suddenly felt that I can’t eat those western foods anymore. I missed my country’s traditional food so much. Then I started to cook…
Still my cooking skill is very poor. And I am never proud enough to show my food to other people. But I love my dinner which is made by my own hand. ï?Š
Above story can sound quite personal, but actually international students usually get to learn cook their own foods. If you decide to buy your meals, there are many things to consider such as cost of a meal (usually quite expensive), health, and so on. I think it is pretty good idea to be able to cook their own food. ï?Š