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What are your cooking skills?
I can't prepare any food 1%  1%  [ 2 ]
I can't prepare any food 1%  1%  [ 2 ]
Sandwich (a simple one) 1%  1%  [ 3 ]
Sandwich (a simple one) 1%  1%  [ 3 ]
Premade food (frozen pizza, canned soup etc.) 6%  6%  [ 14 ]
Premade food (frozen pizza, canned soup etc.) 6%  6%  [ 14 ]
Scrambled eggs or omelette 1%  1%  [ 3 ]
Scrambled eggs or omelette 1%  1%  [ 3 ]
One-course meal made from ready-to-cook ingredients 8%  8%  [ 19 ]
One-course meal made from ready-to-cook ingredients 8%  8%  [ 19 ]
Full meal made from fresh ingredients 17%  17%  [ 37 ]
Full meal made from fresh ingredients 17%  17%  [ 37 ]
I love cooking and I can cook anything 12%  12%  [ 26 ]
I love cooking and I can cook anything 12%  12%  [ 26 ]
I am a professional chef 2%  2%  [ 4 ]
I am a professional chef 2%  2%  [ 4 ]
Just for men: no cooking skills, but can grill a steak 2%  2%  [ 4 ]
Just for men: no cooking skills, but can grill a steak 2%  2%  [ 4 ]
Total votes : 224

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02 Aug 2011, 11:05 pm

When it comes to most breakfast foods (pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, etc.) and Foods like Hamburger Helper and Ramen noodles, I'm your guy :wink:


As for everything else :scratch:, that's a work in progress....


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03 Aug 2011, 12:18 am

I'm only 15, and I can make a mean roast. 8)


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03 Aug 2011, 12:19 am

Does anyone know why people with autism generally have problems cooking? I rarely follow a recipe, and I don't usually cook for myself but I CAN if I have to. My food doesn't turn out as good as my parents', but it is still edible.


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03 Aug 2011, 2:41 am

I can cook meals from scratch but it takes a lot of ingredients and that means buying more stuff. I heat frozen food for the sake of convenience. Tonight I microwaved rice and shrimp in garlic butter sauce. It was pretty good.

I cook a lot of spaghetti because it doesn't cost much. I buy Hunts sauce in a can. The spaghetti and sauce costs $2.00 and it makes enough to fill a dutch oven half way.

I like to make Smores with marshmallows I roast over my stove's gas burner and chocolate from Aldi.



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03 Aug 2011, 2:46 am

wtf... I am a man and I love to cook, but not grill steaks :wink: veggies please 8)
I have always loved the pseudo-chemistry of cooking.
I love to break down the mixtures and proportions into mathematical pictures.
Great fun.


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03 Aug 2011, 3:44 am

I am a master chef! I have many secret strategies of putting soup in the microwave. :D



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03 Aug 2011, 4:14 am

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I have always loved the pseudo-chemistry of cooking.

Pseudo-chemistry? It's real chemistry. ;)

I can make a frozen pizza, but anything where I have to put ingredients together I can't: like cookies or macaroni and cheese.



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03 Aug 2011, 4:21 am

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Whaddya want? :D

My salads are exquisitely beautiful; I'm told that my steaks surpass the best available in any restaurant in New York; my lamb kabobs impress native Lebanese; I've had Italian-Americans swear that my Manicotti and Lasagne KILL their grand mama's; my hash browns are better than the Waffle House's. I've had professional chefs beg me for my recipes.

Chicken Cordon Bleu; spicy-sweet honey glazed shrimp skewers; seafood bisque; gazpatcho; veal, lamb and ricotta meatballs and Balsamic-glazed Salmon make regular appearances on our table.

That's too "grand" for your taste? How about bourbon peach cobbler, cheesecake, biscuits and sausage gravy, fried chicken, shrimp or fish, twice-baked potatoes, tomato pie, or country fried steak (and gravy - can't forget the gravy! :wink: )?

Not impressive enough? OK - death by Lobster! Lobster bisque, lobster mashed potatoes and lobster stuffed beef tenderloin, with a side of Lobster Thermidor.

Yeah, if I've never made it, I'm gonna find a recipe first - but that doesn't mean I won't modify it. Even the first time I make it. I have been described as "fearless" in the kitchen.

So . . . Whaddya want?



I'll give you three guesses what my current, primary special interest is! :lol:


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03 Aug 2011, 4:31 am

I selected "Full meal made from fresh ingredients". I can follow almost any recipe, if I have the right ingredients and equipment. The trouble is that most recipes seem to call for obscure ingredients, or are too time- or labor-intensive to put together in less than an hour. Most people that I've cooked for seem to like what I've cooked, anyway.

I selected "Full meal made from fresh ingredients". I can follow almost any recipe, if I have the right ingredients and equipment. The trouble is that most recipes seem to call for obscure ingredients, or are too time- or labor-intensive to put together in less than an hour. Most people that I've cooked for seem to like what I've cooked, anyway.



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03 Aug 2011, 4:42 am

YourMother wrote:
another_1 wrote:
Whaddya want? :D

My salads are exquisitely beautiful; I'm told that my steaks surpass the best available in any restaurant in New York; my lamb kabobs impress native Lebanese; I've had Italian-Americans swear that my Manicotti and Lasagne KILL their grand mama's; my hash browns are better than the Waffle House's. I've had professional chefs beg me for my recipes.

Chicken Cordon Bleu; spicy-sweet honey glazed shrimp skewers; seafood bisque; gazpatcho; veal, lamb and ricotta meatballs and Balsamic-glazed Salmon make regular appearances on our table.

That's too "grand" for your taste? How about bourbon peach cobbler, cheesecake, biscuits and sausage gravy, fried chicken, shrimp or fish, twice-baked potatoes, tomato pie, or country fried steak (and gravy - can't forget the gravy! :wink: )?

Not impressive enough? OK - death by Lobster! Lobster bisque, lobster mashed potatoes and lobster stuffed beef tenderloin, with a side of Lobster Thermidor.

Yeah, if I've never made it, I'm gonna find a recipe first - but that doesn't mean I won't modify it. Even the first time I make it. I have been described as "fearless" in the kitchen.

So . . . Whaddya want?



I'll give you three guesses what my current, primary special interest is! :lol:


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No need to insult him just because he's a lot better than you at something. :P There's no crime in being proud of your skills and talents.



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03 Aug 2011, 4:52 am

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No need to insult him just because he's a lot better than you at something. :P There's no crime in being proud of your skills and talents.


No, I just find talking oneself up like that abhorrent. Nothing wrong with being proud, but there is something wrong dancing around and telling everyone how wonderful you are.



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03 Aug 2011, 5:08 am

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Nothing wrong with being proud, but there is something wrong dancing around and telling everyone how wonderful you are.

No, not really, and there's nothing wrong with his post, as long as he's telling the truth.



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03 Aug 2011, 5:11 am

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Nothing wrong with being proud, but there is something wrong dancing around and telling everyone how wonderful you are.

No, not really, and there's nothing wrong with his post, as long as he's telling the truth.


I disagree. I think that it's important that everyone practices modesty.



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03 Aug 2011, 5:14 am

YourMother wrote:
dunbots wrote:
YourMother wrote:
Nothing wrong with being proud, but there is something wrong dancing around and telling everyone how wonderful you are.

No, not really, and there's nothing wrong with his post, as long as he's telling the truth.


I disagree. I think that it's important that everyone practices modesty.

Well then obviously you're not narcissistic. :P



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03 Aug 2011, 5:46 am

YourMother wrote:
dunbots wrote:
No need to insult him just because he's a lot better than you at something. :P There's no crime in being proud of your skills and talents.


No, I just find talking oneself up like that abhorrent. Nothing wrong with being proud, but there is something wrong dancing around and telling everyone how wonderful you are.


OK, I may have gone a bit over the top - but, it IS a thread asking how well we cook! I can't honestly say that there are many things I do well, so when someone directly asks about one of those few, I can get carried away. Let me try again, with a dose of humility included:

I can cook anything, and very much enjoy it. I've had people assume that I must be a professional chef - but my executive function issues would make it impossible for me to keep up in a commercial kitchen. My results are wonderful, but it takes me forever and a day to get it on the table.



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03 Aug 2011, 6:04 am

dunbots wrote:
YourMother wrote:
Nothing wrong with being proud, but there is something wrong dancing around and telling everyone how wonderful you are.

No, not really, and there's nothing wrong with his post, as long as he's telling the truth.


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