everybody has the gift of appetite but not everybody is gifted or talented to cook a decent meal. sometimes we don't have time, sometimes, like in the case of the philippines, maids are inexpensive and they do the cooking.

in places where it is prohibitive to have house help, you have to do chores on your own. you become a professional DIYer.

today, i am cooking ham hocks with fermented black beans and frying grey pompano fish for dinner.