Questions 41 - 42 are based on the following text. (1) At first, I couldn’t cook at all, but after I tried to cook for the first time, I want to learn more about cooking. (3) That day, my parents went out of town for two days. Usually, they told me to buy nasi goreng, nasi padang, or pecel ayam for dinner. However, that night I wanted to try to cook. (6) I started to seek some simple recipes which don’t need much effort. After about a minute of googling, I chose fried tofu and tempe, omelet, soy sauce sambal, and boiled spinach as my dinner. (9) I didn’t put much spices or herbs to my dishes. I wanted to keep them simple so I just added salt and pepper in everything. (11) The tempe and tofu went well. Although the taste was not better than any of my mom’s, they were still tasty. I had troubles when I made omelet because it was pretty messy and my spinach was overcooked. (14) Nevertheless, there was no reason not to feel satisfied. The dinner was still pretty good. I felt proud of myself for the experience. Why did the writer only add salt and pepper to the dishes?

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Questions 41 - 42 are based on the following text.

(1) At first, I couldn’t cook at all, but after I tried to cook for the first time, I want to learn more about cooking.

(3) That day, my parents went out of town for two days. Usually, they told me to buy nasi goreng, nasi padang, or pecel ayam for dinner. However, that night I wanted to try to cook.

(6) I started to seek some simple recipes which don’t need much effort. After about a minute of googling, I chose fried tofu and tempe, omelet, soy sauce sambal, and boiled spinach as my dinner.

(9) I didn’t put much spices or herbs to my dishes. I wanted to keep them simple so I just added salt and pepper in everything.

(11) The tempe and tofu went well. Although the taste was not better than any of my mom’s, they were still tasty. I had troubles when I made omelet because it was pretty messy and my spinach was overcooked.

(14) Nevertheless, there was no reason not to feel satisfied. The dinner was still pretty good. I felt proud of myself for the experience.

Why did the writer only add salt and pepper to the dishes?