i'm sure a lot of people would be asking that question,why adobo fantasy? simple lang, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COOK ADOBO. yep, you read it right. ahem, you can move on now. you don't have to read it twice. i know a lot of people would be saying, pagsama-samahin mo lang 'ung ingredients sa kaldero, isalang mo and voila! adobo in 30 minutes or less. but apparently, it's not as easy as it seems. it seems to me that cooking adobo is like creating a symphony of ingredients. you have to have the right amount of vinegar, soy sauce and garlic (and even pepper if you like it spicy). there's a certain timing as to when you're supposed to mix it with a ladle. even the elders would insist that you can't just mix the ingredients, you have to let is set for a couple of minutes under low fire, you need to wait for a while before adding this or adding that. i even read in a cookbook that you have to use a clay pot or palayok to come up with a perfect adobo. i'm not that picky with my adobo naman but for me, a perfect adobo has the right sour and salty taste, with a gravy type consistency for the sauce, a little oily, a little spicy. haay!
so what's the connection of the adobo with my blog? well, for those who know me, i've been in an on and off relationship with my husband,james, of hmmm 9 years. as james would put it, so far our relationship is improving. hehe. anyway, despite all efforts, we still couldn't put things the way they used to be. so i told myself, i'm gonna use my adobo as a sign. once i've perfected the recipe, then that's the time i'm gonna put my 101% efforts in fixing our marriage. not that i'm not doing anything to make it work, i am but i'm taking my sweet time right now. i don't want to preempt or spoil anything. so ngayon, let's just leave it that way ... improving.
