Poll: Cooking, can you do it?

[Conqueror Kenny]

Well i have been wondering can any of you cook? I was amazed when i found out how few of my friends couldn't cook at all. So can you cook?
I can cook but not much im no gourmet chef but i know what im doing 80%of the time.

 

[Yargh]

I can prepare myself a meal. I'm not that good but i can do alright.

 

[Anarchemitis]

I can make spagetti with white sauce, but nothing too elaborate.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

i can cook but i'm just lazy about it, make good bbq tho

 

[Apone]

I make an alright roast. I love roast potatoes so was a must to learn first. And I can make a pretty good Chicken, Leek and Mushroom pie. That obviously goes well with roast potatoes!

 

[Lukeje]

Hmm... cooking is a lot like organic chemistry practicals; I can usually scrape through well enough to get something vaguely resembling what I was supposed to be making...

 

[Xocrates]

I had to start cooking for myself a few months ago (at my own request. If it depended on my mother I would carry a truckload of food and heat it up in the microwave).

However since I never really learned how to cook I don't really know how to do a lot of stuff. For the most part, and since I'm a scientist at heart, I make it up as I go along and try to get something resembling what I want. It works well enough.

 

[sammyfreak]

My tacos are stuff of legend.

 

[Iceman23]

I don't burn my house down when I use my stove, does that count?

 

[mshcherbatskaya]

I can throw a great dinner party, and I did cook in a restaurant for a little bit, and I can tell you, they are no more alike than figure skating and hockey. I think this is one reason why so many restaurants fail - some hobby cook decides they want to try going pro without any understanding of the difference. They come out ready to pull a triple lutz and then get body-checked into the wall.

 

[Jenkins]

well im actually aspiring to become a top level chief in the future. so i practice alot

 

[Quistnix]

Yes, I love to cook. Just a shame I mostly live on my own, because when I cook just for my self I really can't be bothered with it. However, when my girl or someone else comes over for dinner I really love to make them a meal.

Going vegetarian actually improved my cooking skills. Because my choices got more limited, I got forced to be more creative. My favorite ingredient is garlic. Almost anything can be made taste better with some garlic.

 

[Larenxis]

No obligatory joke answer? Madness. Point is, I'm a horrid at preparing food. It does help that my toaster oven has it in for me though. How does 'low' mean blackened?

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Yes, and I am freaking brilliant! My mates used to give me crap in High School for being a wizard in the kitchen; but the women who have been in my life love it, so who's laughing now bitches!

 

[errorfied]

Yes, I love to cook. Just a shame I mostly live on my own, because when I cook just for my self I really can't be bothered with it. However, when my girl or someone else comes over for dinner I really love to make them a meal.

Going vegetarian actually improved my cooking skills. Because my choices got more limited, I got forced to be more creative. My favourite ingredient is garlic. Almost anything can be made taste better with some garlic.

Fellow vegetarian here, and I have to say I agree. Before I made the switch I was a capable cook. After making the switch and then being thrown into University I've found my friends popping over rather too regularly to have dinner with me.

It's so easy to murder flavour with garlic though (as awesome as it is), the biggest shift I have found is taking my time. Anybody can fry an onion, but it takes more skill to get it perfectly caramelised in balsamic vinegar.

 

[Anarchemitis]

I make a mean scrambled egg.

 

[Rockasaurus9]

No obligatory joke answer? Madness. Point is, I'm a horrid at preparing food. It does help that my toaster oven has it in for me though. How does 'low' mean blackened?

Toasters are peculiar lil demons. Low-High/Light-Dark is influenced by its mood, the weather, and the positions of Beavis or Butthead around Uranus. I find it easier to cook toast with a lighter than to trust in one of those damn things.

I'm so glad to know that my toaster isn't the only possessed one out there. I can cook pretty well, but that stupid toaster's just a toss up. I have a hard time believing I can prepare a complete meal from salad to entree to dessert yet fail at toast.

 

[EnzoHonda]

I want to add myself to the list of people whose skills improved when they went vegetarian. I was a decent cook before, but since becoming a vegetarian I've become a maestro in the kitchen. I think a lot of it has to do with meat being easy to prepare. Steak, burgers, and chicken are tasty even if all you add is heat. Tofu, aubergine, and even the best imitation meat products all take some effort and imagination to get good results.

I love baking too. Breads, pastries, and an assortment of cakes and cookies.

My greatest creation of all time was a green tea, maple-glazed creme brulee. Man was it good.

 

[Jenkins]

well seeing that im only 15...

i practice every chance i get, and i love to volunteer to cook stuff. i always tinker with food, sometimes for better or worse, i have a friend whos a chief in a really nice italian resturant who was a sous chief. hes going to teach me and improve me after he gets back from a huge cooking compitition in vegas

YES i do watch the cooking channel alot >.0

as of right now i am kinda being pulled into mediterranian style of cooking. mostly greek and italian? hmm so many choices

 

[kitkatalice]

Chef in training at a pretty prestigious school...but it gets tiring sometimes. I'd rather someone else cook for me once in a while. Not to mention I am extremely critical of my own meals.