Poll: Cooking, can you do it?

[Sixties Spidey]

My god, I can't cook for shit. i tried cooking an omelet. It had everything there. vegetables meat, eggs and all, it just looked disturbingly like a cross between

A: vomit in the gutter next to a pub.
b: Jabba the Hutt
c: Dog shit.

I have a feeling that what I have created is possibly illegal in some states and countries, so i have swallowed any evidence that this thing ever existed.

 

[bazookabob]

If I have to proper utensils and instructions I can make most dishes with relative ease. Living on your own teaches you how to cook, especially if you have an aversion to fast food.

 

[roblikestoskate]

For me, cooking is all about meat and vegetables; the main dishes, if you will. Starches and desserts are easier to buy since I'm not much of a baker.

pro tip #1: a cast-iron skillet is always preferable to aluminum non-stick cookware. it heats up more evenly and allows for consistent heating at lower temperatures, which translates to more tender meat.

pro tip #2: make sure you have a set of good knives. the right knife for the job will make mincing, chopping, paring, etc. easier. also, an easy way to cut chicken into cubes or strips is with a good pair of kitchen scissors.

favorite dishes:
steak fajitas
tilapia with angel hair fresca
pan-seared pork chops with sauteed squash
chapotle chicken stew (in the crock pot)

Inquire for these recipies and more.

http://www.publix.com/aprons/meals/AllRecipes/SimpleMeal.do?mealId=559&mealGroupId=1000

 

[illirica]

I had absolutely no talent or desire to cook in high school, but once I got into college and married and my first apartment (yes, all at the same time) I decided there was no way that we were going to be one of those families that eats TV dinners all the time. That, and I'm picky.

So, I learned to cook. A lot of people have mentioned being vegetarian made them learn to cook better; for me, it was being... well, broke. We were two college students with part-time jobs and tuition to pay, so I had to learn to make edible meals without much available.

I think it was good for me, though, because now I'm a much more confident cook. I've thought about culinary school from time to time, but I don't really have the time to go back to school, and I don't know if I'd like having to cook what other people want, rather than what I want.

 

[poleboy]

I'm decent. You have to be when you cook for yourself unless you want to get sick and/or fat. When I have the patience to spend enough time on it, I make marvellous Bolognese sauce.

Not much of a baker though. My baked goods are usually quite tasty, but very very ugly.

 

[Taizan]

I can manage simple stuff like pasta bolognese and chilli con carne, but anything more complicated than that, and i would probably be stumped

 

[kdragon1010]

Its funny I don't really follow any recipe's and I dont bake, I pretty much just put together stuff I think would be good together, and it usually is.

 

[Sgt. Dante]

I do alright for myself, can cook a nice few things and tend to only really make what i like to eat so it works out quite well.

 

[Combined]

I can cook anything that's edible. Most of the time, it will be "Good" or "Okay". It's a family trait. My mum, her mum and so on are/were great cooks.

 

[742]

i do not bake. i can not bake. i can however, perform magic with a frying pan. and yeah, im WAY too inconsistent and never use recipes. NOT pro material. i learned to cook because the rest of my family couldnt those whose cooking i never experienced firsthand, i heard horror stories about. (to my mother: arsenic is not an acceptable substitute for salt, just no. and if its cutting up someones mouth, you probably shouldnt serve it. to my father: maybe clean that first... and then, maybe try melting the cheese, or perhaps browning at LEAST the outside of the beef first?)

 

[meatloaf231]

I'm not terrible at food-building, but for some reason I cannot master pancakes. Every time I try to make them, something goes terribly wrong, and it usually ends in fire and pain.

 

[willard3]

I like to think that I'm pretty good at cooking...I just don't like the cleanup afterwards, or having to buy all the ingredients myself. But I've made some pretty fancy-esque things like steak Diane, beef bourguignon, and baked Alaska.

 

[scoHish]

I can make a damn good bowl of guacamole if I do say so myself.

 

[Splyth]

I'm no master at it. but anything that comes with instructions I can do. and I know a few things about making roast. I honstly don't see why it's so difficult

 

[USSR]

I fail at cooking with a toaster,

What do you think?

 

[SovietSecrets]

Can make a few things here and there, but always practicing to improve the dishes I can make rather then learning any other ones.

 

[Jark212]

I can cook, but like many others I'm just too lazy to do it.

 

[ender214]

Does popping something into the microwave count?