Do you cook?

Discussion in 'Random Thoughts' started by Sylph ish, Jun 24, 2009.

  1. Sylph ish

    Sylph ish Member

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    I recently got into cooking. and I happen to be very good at baking. I really enjoy both, they're kind of therapeutic.

    Is there a particular dish you make really well?
    Anything you absolutely hate to cook?

    I just made some really sexcellent artichokes in the oven.
     
  2. BraveSirRubin

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    I cook daily.

    At least lunch and dinner. Sometimes I get lazy and only cook lunch though.

    I make really good steak and a huge variety of chicken. I've been experimenting with wings lately and I've had pretty good success.

    I love to make lamb. It's amazing on the grill. By far my favorite meat. I'm gonna grill some kebabs tomorrow. Got the meat marinating right now.
     
  3. Dave_techie

    Dave_techie I call Sheniangans

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    I've been cooking since I was six.

    the first thing I cooked was a pizza. it was terrible

    then I learned to make stir fry, which was actually good, and I made it once a month for probably four years, it was a family favorite.

    now I can cook anything I taste.
     
  4. Kinky Ramona

    Kinky Ramona Back by popular demand!

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    I like to consider myself an intermediate cook, but I will NOT be a good cook until I learn how to make a decent roux. I make some bitchin' spaghetti, but it's sort of cheating, lol. I can cook baked potato soup (well, I call it that, though I don't bake the potatoes first, I still put bacon, sour cream, and cheese in it), and I am QUEEN of a damn good pot roast. I learn how to cook the meals I like and learn how to do that damn good, lol. I also make the best chocolate chip cookies ever, but I'm lazy and cheap, so lately I just buy the ready made mix, you just add butter and eggs, lol. I can cook veggies really well, too. I learned how to cook originally when I was a vegetarian, because I was the only one in my family, so I had to cook for myself. I just recently learned how to cook meat. :eek:
     
  5. whimbrel

    whimbrel Wasteland Soldier

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    i consider myself a good cook. my food is really spicey. a lot of people cant handle it
     
  6. Kinky Ramona

    Kinky Ramona Back by popular demand!

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    That's how Daniel cooks. I'm still not brave enough to try to make very spicy food. Spiciest it gets is when I add pepperjack to it, lol.
     
  7. Sylph ish

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    i like spicy food too. I put peperoncino (red chili flakes) on everything
     
  8. daisymae

    daisymae Senior Member

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    I cook every day for four people.
    I'm pretty good at it. I bake as well.

    I don't like making complicated recipes with too many ingredients, it's time consuming and not usually worth it.
    I do like making things that give me a lot of leftovers.
     
  9. whimbrel

    whimbrel Wasteland Soldier

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    let me know when youre feeling brave;)
     
  10. bird_migration

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    Mostly I'm too lazy too cook and mostly I'm in countries where it's cheaper to go to a restaurant anyway.
    But.... today I made my famous spaghetti for me and my chica. It contains: onion, paprika, garlic, tomato, chili powder and a bolognese sauce to complement the spaghetti. And ofcourse I topped it off with some delicious Parmazan cheese.
    I mean Vaca Azul.
     
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    how did you survive this long not knowing how to cook?
     
  12. Sylph ish

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    I could prepare simple things, like boiling pasta and stirfrying veggies, but I wasnt interested in learning to make more complex meals or cooking new dishes until recently. I find experimenting fun now
     
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    crock pot is your friend...:D
     
  14. Sylph ish

    Sylph ish Member

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    I never used one of those, but they sound kinda lame.
     
  15. Dave_techie

    Dave_techie I call Sheniangans

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    WONDERFUL pot roast tool

    and baked beans

    correct tool for certain jobs. edit: also more energy efficient than using a gas oven on 225 degrees
     
  16. Kinky Ramona

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    They are SO far from lame when you live in an ultra-hot house and you can fire one of those babies up in the morning and have a hot, slow-cooked meal waiting on you when you get home. It doesn't put off near the heat an oven would. And they're not too expensive, either. My crock pot is about my favorite appliance, besides my toaster.
     
  17. Deranged

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    i can make an omelet and french toast. other than that, i'm pretty pro with the microwave
     
  18. Steele

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    i could be a world reknowned omelet chef, no joke im an egg master
     
  19. indian~summer

    indian~summer yo ho & a bottle of yum

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    i'm pretty good at cooking but am not too willing to cook for people
    i cook for myself, things i like to the way i like it <in my opinion the way that tastes good>
    usually the food i like is too healthy for my family
    in high school i used to bake all the time but got more and more lazy
    in high school i took a cooking class and shit like that but am mostly self taught

    i was raised in a family that is sort of old fashioned
    cooking/cleaning/laundry is the woman's job type thing

    i like to cook for myself and totally see myself having a kickass kitchen later in life and hosting dinner parties

    there's things i'm awesome at cooking like rice and asian foods and salads or pastas
    but i absolutely suck at making omelets, i can't flip them..same with pancakes, takes me a few tries before they'll be good
     
  20. Face Eater

    Face Eater Banned

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    I used to be a really proficient cook. Butter Chicken, Morrocan Seafood soup with white wine and cream, calzones, home made sauces and chutneys sticky date pudding, Pork roast with crackling, Italian style grilled vegetables (eggplant, fennel, assorted gourmet mushrooms..yeah)...bla bla bla, you get the picture. I used to cook all the food for my parents' dinner parties and I also cooked all the food for my 21st birthday. For a while I was even an apprentice chef.

    Then I found I am intolerant to almost every food imaginable except for most fresh meat, grains, dairy and a bunch of vegetables (mostly root vegetables, and pears. I can't cook with wine, herbs, spices or sauces or anything tasty now. So yeah, I still cook, but with half the passion and with pretty poor results.

    I do make a stunning creamy swede soup though, and I can eat that. My chicken schnitzel is ok too, and my plain cheesecake.
     

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