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Last night my kids asked why I was so good at cooking. I really didn't have an answer beyond "I've done it for so long", so we decided to work out how many hours I'd actually cooked.

I did a rough, conservative, sum of 5 meals a week, 1.5hrs a meal, for 29 years (yeh, I moved out of home at 16) and I've got around 11 000 hours of cooking experience.

With the old 10 000 hours makes a mastery, it kind of became clear why I have so few struggles in the kitchen these days.

Honestly, it pays to suck for ages in the kitchen, just keep at it, and you will master cooking without even realising it