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Band 5+: Do you like to cook? Why or why not?

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I don't like to cook because when I'm cooking, I feel like a house-made person who is always making dishes for others. I don't hate cooking; I just don't like it because I don't want to feel judged. Maybe it's too salty or something like that. I just prefer not to deal with those kinds of comments.

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I don’t like to cook because when I’m cooking, when I’m cooking I feel myself kind of, you know, house-made person. So who is always making the dishes for people. So, uh, also I hate, no, I don’t hate the cooking. Just, I don’t like cooking because I, like, I just don’t want to listen kind of judge or something. Maybe that’s salty, maybe that’s, or kind of,

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