There are many skills that I really learned during my childhood. But today I’m going to describe um, important skill which is cooking. Um. First of all I started to observe my mother while cook, while she was cooking, preparing different dishes and meals and um. Ah, side dishes, pickles, desserts, peking and so on. All these stuff. Uh. After a while I started to make different meals myself. Started with simple dishes like uh. Fried potato and so on. And moved to more um, I can say heavy dishes like in Arabia, in jordanian kuine we have mansaf. After that I started to cook from um. All over the world. Pasta, be uh burgers, um and so on. I feel like that cooking is one of the most important skills that I already learned. Now I can do whatever I want. Every time I would like to eat something like for example chinese food, pizza or something, I can cookc it myself. In addition, this skill helped me to bond with my family. Because when I share something special with uh, my family and my friends like for example cake during their births or something like that, this is uh, also um. Make me more connected to them. Furthermore they’complement. On my uh, dishes as they are delicious and the presentation is really beautiful and so on. All these type of things um, also encourage me to do more and learn more. In addition um, I read a lot of cooking books and uh, watch a lot of uh YouTube video about different dishes. And I think it’just. It’s not uh, just a hopy or uh. As sc skill, it’s uh, become integral part of my life to cook.
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There are many skills I learned during my childhood, but today I'll describe one that's particularly important: cooking. I first started by observing my mother while she cooked, preparing various dishes, meals, side dishes, pickles, desserts, and so on. After a while, I began making different meals myself, starting with simple dishes like fried potatoes and gradually moving on to more complex ones. In Jordanian cuisine, for example, we have mansaf, which I learned to prepare. Eventually, I started cooking dishes from all over the world, including pasta, burgers, and more. I believe cooking is one of the most important skills I've learned because it gives me the freedom to create whatever I want. If I crave Chinese food, pizza, or anything else, I can cook it myself. This skill has also helped me bond with my family. Sharing special dishes with them, like a cake for a birthday, strengthens our connection. They often compliment my dishes, praising their deliciousness and beautiful presentation, which encourages me to learn and improve. I also read a lot of cookbooks and watch many YouTube videos about different dishes. Cooking isn't just a hobby or a skill for me; it's become an integral part of my life.
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