We’re approaching Peak Kitchen Rage – that occurs on Christmas Day – but it’s something many of us experience throughout the year and, as time goes on, increasingly acutely. By us, I mean of course midlifers, who like to think we’re pretty relaxed and easygoing apart from in one crucial respect: when it comes to all things kitchen-related.
For a while, we thought it was just us who had developed a problem with other people’s recipe choices, food combinations, cooking times and so forth - but then we started to notice friends wincing as we went about our business, in our own kitchen.
Then we checked in with a few people (”Have you noticed he puts a tablespoon of sugar in the salad dressing? Is it just me or is putting frozen mussels in soup revolting?”) and discovered that they, too, were gnawing their lips in relation to certain behaviour in the kitchen. Now, if any more proof were needed, First Date Fred has been kicked off I’m A Celebrity and claimed in his exit interview that the reason he fell out with a camp mate was a “culinary mistake” she kept on making. Kerching.
We Kitchen Ragers hear that. A few years ago we’d have thought anyone coming to blows about cooking priorities, techniques, waste (Fred’s issue), or seasoning was the sign of a very uptight individual, but not any more. Now, things that other people do around food are our top source of irritation. If you’re wondering what exactly Kitchen Rage is or, alternatively, this is ringing bells, here’s what we’re talking about:
