Cooking
Why I love it
So obviously I’m no photographer, but I am a good cook. One of my favorite things to do is cooking. What I love about cooking is the fact that there are so many different techniques that can be done to the same ingredient that can create vastly different products. Take an egg for example. You can fry it, you can scramble it, you can make an omlette, but you can also create eggs benedict by poaching an egg and making hollandaise sauce by emulsifying the yolk with butter, or make mayonnaise with yolks and an oil. Techniques and food science in general is a fascinating study when looking into what sort of things go together to produce what sort of outcome. The trial and error of having to go through different ingredients to test what tastes good together, although not as impressive as inventing new technology, is about as rewarding.
Wood Working
Woodworking
Woodworking is one of my favorite hands on activity. It combines wood into usable items, and makes things really cost efficient. There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a completely handmade product. It’s also enjoyable putting it all together. I generally use Autocad to model the pieces before I cut them out, so there aren’t too many.