Who can cook?

[Brighteye]

Cooking is easy, but boring. I don't have any extra special recipes, but I can make cheap meat taste good, make a reasonable pasta sauce based on extra cheap tinned tomatoes and so on.
Not surprising, since that's what I've had a lot of practice at. It's not gourmet or restaurant standard, but I can make cheap ingredients into an edible meal.

 

[REDY]

I am not so good in cooking and dont like it. But I have about 20 foods in which I have practice. I am still young so I am living with parents. I am cooking only 2 foods per week

 

[GinandTonic]

Defrosted the freezer today and had to cook up ancient pork-chops. The shallot/ red wine sauce was a winner, and the vegies were good but the meat was tired. Glad I knew the meat was going to mediocre so I made the sauce stronger.

Tomorrow Im sending my younger coz to the nice Butcher next to his school to get "interesting" meat. Im really hoping to do stuffed Lamb brest slow-roasted, but as he's 16 it's something of a lottery. I fear he will catch some stray cat on the way home and pocket the cash...

 

[Ramius75]

Im not a bad cook myself, but i usually do oriental dishes since im a Chinese.

i took photos of the food i cook too and pasted them on another forum with recipe.

My signature dish should be my chilli crab

 

[b etor]

i'm an awesome cook. i cook a lot. i have a large family, so they eat it all. my favorite thing to bake is blueberry banana bread. i made up the recipe. obviously i took the ingredients used in regular banana bread, but i added and changed the amount of stuff. cooking is fun when i have nothing else to do.

 

[Speedo]

I can cook pretty well when I put my mind to it, but the only cooking I really enjoy is grilling. Definetly need to marry a girl who likes to cook.

You wouldn't happen to be single would ya Lucy?

 

[CaptainF]

I can make rice.

That's about it, but I can throw a lot of mean stuff together with leftovers in the fridge!

 

[LucyDuke]

Im not a bad cook myself, but i usually do oriental dishes since im a Chinese.

i took photos of the food i cook too and pasted them on another forum with recipe.

Wow, those dishes are pretty! The majority of what I make isn't so easy to spice up, so to speak, in terms of presentation. Really, what can you do with a stew, or a stir-fry? My cakes, on the other hand, are something to behold, to the point that people accuse me of taking credit for a bakery's work.

i'm an awesome cook. i cook a lot. i have a large family, so they eat it all. my favorite thing to bake is blueberry banana bread. i made up the recipe. obviously i took the ingredients used in regular banana bread, but i added and changed the amount of stuff. cooking is fun when i have nothing else to do.

You're lucky! I don't have enough people around to justify lots of cooking, and I really don't like seeing food go to waste so I can't do it as much as I'd like. Do you do a lot of baking specifically?

I can cook pretty well when I put my mind to it, but the only cooking I really enjoy is grilling. Definetly need to marry a girl who likes to cook.

You wouldn't happen to be single would ya Lucy?

There's always the satisfaction of a job well done, no? I bet you enjoy it when it's time to eat.

FTR, we're at that "is this really going to work out?" stage (I don't think it will), but I assure you, cooking well definitely doesn't make up for the rest of my faults. (I hate that smilie!)

I can make rice.

That is something to be proud of. I've never been able to quite get the hang of it, embarrasingly enough. The majority of the time it's too hard or too gruelly. It sucks when everything comes into place except the rice.

 

[Grisu]

Cooking's easy. It's just time consuming and not much fun.

Nah, cooking is a lot of fun and really relaxing to me it's just the cleaning up afterwards that's not much fun

I'd say that I'm a fair cook, I'll never be listed in the guide michelin but usually what I prepare tastes good

Can't really say about my speciality, maybe Gratin Dauphinois or Spätzli

My salad dressing usually gets some compliments, though I don't know if fixing a salad dressing can be considered 'cooking'.

 

[TheBladeRoden]

I can make a mean pizza burrito

 

[Prince_Imrahil]

It sucks when everything comes into place except the rice.

I cheat and use a ricecooker... I use to be proud of myself for knowing 'how to cook' but really all I do is spice and sauce up chicken, minimal (read budget) veggie stir-fry or stew or curry, which is, um, cut up veggies in sauce I didn't make, and well other basic things. For those who can cook, if you've answered or have yet to, care to throw in a fav recipe or two, spice up the spicy thread?

Nah, cooking is a lot of fun and really relaxing to me it's just the cleaning up afterwards that's not much fun

Agreed! Dishes and mess, tedious.

FTR, we're at that "is this really going to work out?" stage (I don't think it will), but I assure you, cooking well definitely doesn't make up for the rest of my faults.

Cooking well, civ gamer, interesting cfc poster... you go wrong where?

Cooking is easy, but boring. I don't have any extra special recipes, but I can make cheap meat taste good, make a reasonable pasta sauce based on extra cheap tinned tomatoes and so on.
Not surprising, since that's what I've had a lot of practice at. It's not gourmet or restaurant standard, but I can make cheap ingredients into an edible meal.

Any non-extra special ones to share?

 

[Swedishguy]

I can make macaronies and meatballs. Add ketchup and you'll find it delicious!

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

I can only boil some eggs, or fry them

 

[Bartleby]

I don't starve to death.
I enjoy cooking, but it can be a drag having to do it after a long day, so it tends to be formulaic; curry, chilli, pasta, chinese, indonesian.
At weekends I like baking cakes (fruitcake is my speciality).
Tbh one of the reasons I like cooking is a fascination for kitchen knives. We had a power cut on sunday so I spent a couple of hours sitting by the window and sharpened all my knives.

 

[aaglo]

I excell in making:
- sushi
- coconut-curry wok
- tuna spaghetti

 

[Golden Touch]

i love to cook, but cooking for one seems kinda sad and all my housemates are veggies. when people come over i tend to cook more fancy stuff as its worth it.. coq au vin, lamb tagine. I make a MEAN banoffee pie.
I always get the main bulk right, but forget about the veggies and they're always too hard.

 

[b etor]

You're lucky! I don't have enough people around to justify lots of cooking, and I really don't like seeing food go to waste so I can't do it as much as I'd like. Do you do a lot of baking specifically?

aww that sucks.
i mostly do baking. i'm very good with cooking meats as well.

 

[Tee Kay]

I suck at cooking. (I'm an expert at eating though, for the record )

 

[Ramius75]

Wow, those dishes are pretty! The majority of what I make isn't so easy to spice up, so to speak, in terms of presentation. Really, what can you do with a stew, or a stir-fry? My cakes, on the other hand, are something to behold, to the point that people accuse me of taking credit for a bakery's work.

Thanks, usually for stew or stirfry, the thing is to garnish the plate with some decorative like chilli flower, slices of cucumbers etc etc.
The chinese have sort of perfected this art that the decoration required an additional chef and its a discipline all by itself.

im myself will not do such lavish stuff unless im commission to take some food photography.

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You're lucky! I don't have enough people around to justify lots of cooking, and I really don't like seeing food go to waste so I can't do it as much as I'd like. Do you do a lot of baking specifically?

likewise, i havent been cooking much since my brother moved out and my parents working on Sunday. Only cook once in a while now or usually some salad stuffs for myself and mom.

 

[azzaman333]

I cook if I have to, and since I'm lazy I prefer sticking something in the microwave to spending any real effort making something.