I find it's very relaxing to me, too - when I had family here over Christmas
(exceptionally stressful), the kitchen was my refuge every evening.

- C.

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"Amarantha" > wrote in message
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> That might sound odd, given the number of years I've lurked here, but I
> always took the view that I didn't much like cooking but I liked eating
> well, and cooking my favourite foods was the best way to achieve that. I
> also cooked to save money.
>
> Well, I got home the other night with a bag of ingredients, and spent a
> solid two anna half hours in the kitchen. These hours were necessary to
> get tea cooked by a reasonable hour and the next day's lunch prepared, but
> the point is that when I sat down at the end of it, I felt totally
> relaxed.
> As opposed to times when I've spent an evening exercising or socialising
> or
> doing laundry and then feel like I need to rest afterwards: The cooking
> *was* the resting.
>
> It was an epiphany.
>
> K