Can You Cook...

fakearms123

I'm pretty kickass, I even used to make donuts, does anyone want to guess the secret ingredient in donuts?

Ash_M

Not a bad cook as long as it's not a long process... Tend to get distracted and muck up the timing if it's a complicated one :P Well able to feed myself and the housemates though.

FatherLen

i make a mean rasher pizza

Real Life

i rarely cook anymore but i can cook pretty much anything.

nbar12

there's a lad in work who gave me a bit of stick a few months ago when I told them I had burnt my steak the previous night because I'm a big eejit. Last week we found out that this chap has never cooked in his life and doesn't even know how to boil an egg! The cheek of him to even give me a tiny bit of stick! He relies too much on his mammy to do the cooking for him and when I asked him what he'll do when he plans to move out..."oh my girlfriend will do that for me!". None of us could believe it, he's 22 year old and has literally never made anything for himself! He plans on marrying this girl etc etc so I asked what will he do when his girlfriend is sick or heavily pregnant and can't cook for him, he just shrugs his shoulders and says "I'm sure she'll be fine!" :eek:

Valentina

My b/f is the cook in our house. I'd live on cereal and toast if I was left to my own devices. I do love to bake cakes though.

nbar12

nbar12 wrote: »

there's a lad in work who gave me a bit of stick a few months ago when I told them I had burnt my steak the previous night because I'm a big eejit. Last week we found out that this chap has never cooked in his life and doesn't even know how to boil an egg! The cheek of him to even give me a tiny bit of stick! He relies too much on his mammy to do the cooking for him and when I asked him what he'll do when he plans to move out..."oh my girlfriend will do that for me!". None of us could believe it, he's 22 year old and has literally never made anything for himself! He plans on marrying this girl etc etc so I asked what will he do when his girlfriend is sick or heavily pregnant and can't cook for him, he just shrugs his shoulders and says "I'm sure she'll be fine!" :eek:

My sister can't cook and she has been living away from home for a few years. She just buys cooked food, eats stuff that doesn't have to be cooked etc. Boiling some broccoli is about all she does cooking wise and she is happy enough so I'm sure he will survive.

FizzleSticks

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The Cool

Yep, I can cook pretty well but still loads that I want to be able to do, not that long since I stopped cooking with jars and started using my own ingredients. I make a pretty feckin good lasagne, though I haven't figured out how to make the creamy sauce myself yet. I also until lately just could not make a pancake to save my life but I've mastered it just in the past fortnight!
I think I'd be a better cook if I had more money to buy all the raw ingredients tbh. Looking forward to starting getting paid and spending it on getting fat. Yay!

AnonoBoy

I can cook all sorts of things.

I haven't tried Meth yet but I might give it a go if I lose my job again.

Kintarō Hattori

As Robert Rodriguez famously once said:

Eating and sex are two things you're going to do for the rest of your life. You might as well get good at both.

While I can't vouch for the latter I'm certainly not too shabby a cook. I love to eat good food so once I moved out of the family home I set about learning to make myself some tasty meals.
These days I don't get as much time in the kitchen as I'd like but when I do have time, I like to make some tasty grub.

Holsten

Love cooking, do it every night!

Can cook a whole feast of food no problem, get very into it though! Has to be perfect.

While I'm a pretty damn good cook, I cannot bake at all. Always a massive fail.

Pride Fighter

nbar12 wrote: »

there's a lad in work who gave me a bit of stick a few months ago when I told them I had burnt my steak the previous night because I'm a big eejit. Last week we found out that this chap has never cooked in his life and doesn't even know how to boil an egg! The cheek of him to even give me a tiny bit of stick! He relies too much on his mammy to do the cooking for him and when I asked him what he'll do when he plans to move out..."oh my girlfriend will do that for me!". None of us could believe it, he's 22 year old and has literally never made anything for himself! He plans on marrying this girl etc etc so I asked what will he do when his girlfriend is sick or heavily pregnant and can't cook for him, he just shrugs his shoulders and says "I'm sure she'll be fine!" :eek:

I hate people like that. The cheek of him. Everyone should be able to cook to a certain degree.

starbelgrade

The Cool wrote: »

I make a pretty feckin good lasagne, though I haven't figured out how to make the creamy sauce myself yet.

Just Google "Bechamel Sauce". It's easy to make - basically flour, butter and milk.

For Lasagne, I'd always add a pinch of nutmeg to it.

It's a great sauce to know how to make as it goes with lots of things from vegetables to the likes of grilled pork. Add a bit of grated cheese to it & you have a cheese sauce - cheddar will give you Cheddar Sauce, a hard cheese like Gruyere will give you Mornay Sauce, mustard, a Mustard Sauce etc.

MusicalMelody

I'm a pretty good cook! Living out of home for college will do that to you. I make a mean lasagne and pasta carbonara.

Degag

Wibbs wrote: »

Degag wrote: »

See, that's my problem. People say its fuel for the body... but if we have yo do something, why not try to enjoy it?

What if you only enjoy the results of topping up the tank? For me, so long as it satisfies the need I'm generally meh about the process.

But wouldn't you rather eat good food than meh food?

Bigtoe107

I like to think I can cook pretty well, I do a mean Cajun pasta concoction anyway! I can't really understand people who don't cook, I know each to their own but I really couldn't live on ready meals. Although in saying that I am useless at baking; way to precise for my liking.

hardCopy

mauzo wrote: »

I don't give myself enough credit. I'm a great cook. Love changing up recipes.

Everything I cook gets an onion in it lol fooking love onions

I hate* onions. I started cooking because it meant I could make meals that normally contain onions and omit the onions from the recipe.

*Now that I can cook, I have learned that they are tolerable if caramelised.

NegativeCreep

Just made myself a delectable Pot Noodle.
So no, I can't cook.

kylith

I'm a pretty good cook. It's rare that I'd produce anything totally inedible.

saiint

cant cook to save me life
i even burnt cereal before and that was something that was not suppose to even be cooked

explains everything really

I love baking and I'm good at it, baking all sorts of things.
I can cook and I like making a curry or stir fry with various spices (no processed jar stuff) and can make a few other bits and pieces. Should try more recipes though really.

Novella

I'm really into food so I'm always messing around trying to make new things. Yeah, I can cook.

MaxSteele

I can fry and boil, have no idea how to use the oven though :cool: