Can you cook??

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » October 18, 2005 4:38 pm

I'll admit it. I can't. Or I should say I can cook, but it will taste bad. I have mastered a few things that I can do very well. Right now Im making a pot of homemade chicken noodle soup from scratch. This always turns out well. I can make homemade pots of gravy and a mean apple pie. I also do chilli very well. But how many nights a week can you eat that. I also hate thinking about what to make, doing meal planning. If somebody says here peel these potatoes and put them in the pan with that roast I'm ok. But I really hate cooking.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » October 18, 2005 4:38 pm

not if you enjoy eating

thegoatgod · Post by **thegoatgod** » October 18, 2005 4:39 pm

get paid to do it

Jodibug · Post by **Jodibug** » October 18, 2005 4:41 pm

I don't like to cook and only have a few recipes that I am famous for - my idea of cooking is asking "where am I taking you for dinner tonight"?

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » October 18, 2005 4:41 pm

I can cook and I love to cook.

However living alone, its a rare time when I will prepare a full meal. Too much to clean up afterwards and then I have leftovers for about a week.

I used to host a dinner party every now and then, just to put a spread together. But its too expensive to do on a regular basis and the people who would come over were college students. They were just happy it wasn't McDonalds.

On The Edge · Post by **On The Edge** » October 18, 2005 4:42 pm

I am a trained chef. Worked my way through college as a chef, was trained in Santa Barbara Culinary Academy. I was 6 months away from opening the doors to my own Brew Pub Restaurant before I took ill. 14 years and six surgeries later, spent the time in the classroom teaching middle school kids, the reality of opening my restaurant gets closer with each day.

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » October 18, 2005 4:42 pm

get paid to do it

Now you are my god.
My SO comes from a family of cooks/chefs and was a restaurant manager for alot of years. So he does alot of the cooking when he's free. But he cooks like he's got a staff of 20 under him cleaning up after him.

phjrsaunt · Post by **phjrsaunt** » October 18, 2005 4:43 pm

Can, and love to.

thegoatgod · Post by **thegoatgod** » October 18, 2005 4:45 pm

OceanCityGirl wrote:
get paid to do it
Now you are my god.
My SO comes from a family of cooks/chefs and was a restaurant manager for alot of years. So he does alot of the cooking when he's free. But he cooks like he's got a staff of 20 under him cleaning up after him.

im not that high up yet, i still havta clean up after myself

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » October 18, 2005 4:48 pm

am a trained chef. Worked my way through college as a chef, was trained in Santa Barbara Culinary Academy. I was 6 months away from opening the doors to my own Brew Pub Restaurant before I took ill. 14 years and six surgeries later, spent the time in the classroom teaching middle school kids, the reality of opening my restaurant gets closer with each day

Keep me posted. It's great that you've kept your eyes on your goals. I love brew pubs too.

sy · Post by sy » October 18, 2005 4:53 pm

I love to cook (as though anyone would have thought differently). Baking, cooking, whatever it is, I just love the process of cooking, and making people happy through whatever it is I make. Fortunately, too, from what I'm told, I'm a very good cook, else that would be a problem

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » October 18, 2005 4:56 pm

the thing is I love the idea of cooking. I love watching the food network and cooking magazines. I buy cookbooks and look at the pictures. Sometimes I try things. I think I might some day invest in some cooking classes. I really would like to be good at it.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » October 18, 2005 4:58 pm

Can cook like a goddess. My former husband was a Cordon Bleu chef who now works at one of the best known hotels in Victoria, BC . . .

I can absolutely get transported in the art of food preparation when I have the time . . .

but not everyone has the time for full-out dinners with four course or more everyday . . . I don't!

Some quick fixers are quesadillas, pasta with assorted vegs, chicken and sauces, kebabs (oven or grill), stir-fries . . . less than 30 minutes prep.

rsgeist · Post by **rsgeist** » October 18, 2005 5:04 pm

I'm an adequate cook and frequently get pressed into service when the wife is gonna be late from work. Hate the clean up part, though.

If I had my druthers, being cooked for (and served) is as good as it gets. (and a full-time bar wench and masseuse would be nice too!)

sy · Post by sy » October 18, 2005 5:05 pm

I honestly think cooking is something you need to not be afraid to screw up with. It is trial and error and something you sort of grow into techniques with, at least for people who don't have formal training. I learned from family members and screwing up. It is something I love and over time, you find shortcuts to be able to make more elaborate meals quicker (else we'd be eating pasta every night). I screw things up, and then I figure out what it was that went wrong (my kitchen bears some scars of those mishaps) (always make sure your pressure cooker has a tight seal

).

Cooking is an art of patience and love, at least for me

Just my rambling thoughts...

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » October 18, 2005 5:07 pm

sy wrote:I honestly think cooking is something you need to not be afraid to screw up with. It is trial and error and something you sort of grow into techniques with, at least for people who don't have formal training. I learned from family members and screwing up. It is something I love and over time, you find shortcuts to be able to make more elaborate meals quicker (else we'd be eating pasta every night). I screw things up, and then I figure out what it was that went wrong (my kitchen bears some scars of those mishaps) (always make sure your pressure cooker has a tight seal ).

Cooking is an art of patience and love, at least for me

Just my rambling thoughts...

Well said, Jen, and I agree completely about the kitchen scars. Ever have a forgotten can of frozen juice begin to ferment and explode???

ToplessRideFL · Post by **ToplessRideFL** » October 18, 2005 5:09 pm

Yes I can cook.... however since I work full time I do many... many 30 minute meals....and slow cooker things.

Do I love it? No.... but I dont hate it and only once did I destroy a meal beyond eatable status.... (trying to cook homemade noodles too fast

)

However.... I prefer going out...and would be perfectly content if I went out every night....

sy · Post by sy » October 18, 2005 5:09 pm

tikitatas wrote: Well said, Jen and I agree completely about the kitchen scars. Ever have a can of frozen juice begin to ferment and explode???

That, no, but I did have four cans of soda explode when someone 'anonymously' put them in the freezer and I took them out. About 10 minutes later, I was in the other room and it sounded like someone shot up my kitchen. Apparently one exploded, smacked into the others and knocked them off the counter, eploding them

What a mess.

I had to repaint the ceiling from the pressure cooker mishap. I was cleaning pot roast gravy up for nearly a week

What happened with the frozen juice? How did it ferment?

rsgeist · Post by **rsgeist** » October 18, 2005 5:12 pm

sy wrote:I honestly think cooking is something you need to not be afraid to screw up with.

One cooks "screw up" is another cook's "I changed the recipe a little to make it special".

sy · Post by sy » October 18, 2005 5:13 pm

rsgeist wrote:
sy wrote:I honestly think cooking is something you need to not be afraid to screw up with.
One cooks "screw up" is another cook's "I changed the recipe a little to make it special".

Only if it's still edible. Mine weren't even remotely edible....if I remember right, even the dog turned his nose up at it