Are there people still unable to cook?

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118068899#Comment_118068899

I know women and if they hear about a man making a cup of tea it totally blows their mind and think it's awful.

whomadewho

I love cooking, and shopping for food as well for that matter. The missus can't cook, maybe it's because I have done the cooking from day one and she has never needed to. She did cook once or twice before though and it was spuds turnips and rashers, never again.

Feisar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118069002#Comment_118069002

See my Dad can make a cuppa but that's about it, however:

Who cleans out the grease trap?

Who gets up on the ladder and cuts the hedge?

Who cleans the gutters?

Who's job is it to go down the stairs when something goes bump in the night?

Horses for courses.

Muahahaha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118052943#Comment_118052943

Yeah people not cooking seems to have exploded since Deliveroo and Just Eat came along. Thinking back to my house sharing days there was always someone n the house who was a complete take away fiend and would get it most nights of the week. If/when they cooked it was a frozen pizza or microwave ready meal. I remember one lad spending over 100 quid every week on takeaways which adds up to 5k a year, it becomes an expensive habit but lots keep doing it.

I used to do the frozen pizza/ready meal thing until my mid 20s when I started going to restaurants more and got more interested in food and wanted to re-create restaurant quality dishes at home. With Youtube and the likes you can cook anything, its just following instructions at the end of the day.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118068567#Comment_118068567

I cook General Tsos chicken about once a month, I love it but as you say its hard to find in Ireland. You dont need hoisin sauce though and rice wine vinegar lasts indefinitely, it doesnt go off as such and Ive used the same bottle for around 2 years before its empty. You are not going to lose much flavour by using white sugar over brown sugar either, its mainly there for its sweetness to balance the acidity of the rice wine vinegar. The shelf life of cornstarch is indefinite as well so long as its covered in a tub or tupperware and stored in a dry place. With ginger the thing to do is peel and chop the entire packet then store the excess in oil portioned up in those tiny Sistema pots and then into the freezer to be used the next time you need it.

This is the General Tsos chicken recipe I use, its by Jamie Oliver but its actually the original recipe that he got from the chef who created it in New York. Oliver cooked it for Saorise Ronan on a program becasue she lived in New York for a few years as a kid and loved it growing up. I dont bother with the cabbage side dish, too much extra hassle.

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chicken-thighs-recipes/saoirse-ronans-general-tsos-chicken/

blueser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118052851#Comment_118052851

I do a dynamite beans on toast. Does that count?