The Expert

This is in response to Rochelle’s Weekly Photo Prompt for the Friday Fictioneers.

Word Count : 100

My mother was an expert cook. But she was never complacent or boastful. In fact, she was always  doubting her own expertise.

According to her, the lavish meals she served, were never up to the mark. However, every single time they turned out to be grand gastronomic experiences.

I am just her opposite. Temperamental in the kitchen and airy about my culinary disasters. 

However the dish may turn out, my standing instruction is to “relish it and heap praises on the ‘cooker’, sorry, cook.”

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