Whats your signature date dish? Whats your date dish disaster?

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Homecooking.. whats more romantic huh? .... I just thought id ask since ive been hearing all about Signature Date dishes from cooking shows lately.. whats that one dish you use to attract a potential love interest! and have you ever had a real cooking failure when it came to trying to impress that special someone!
 

Vern5

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Odd thread considering the game oriented site. Oh well.

Mine would probably be Salmon with tomato and lemon. Not sure what I would call that. I just marinate it for a little bit and slide it in the oven.

The only I problem I had with that plan a loooong time ago was that she was too hungry to wait for it to bake completely. So we ended up slicing off the pieces we could eat and letting the rest cook for later. Not exactly a failure but it wasn't according to plan, y'know?
 

Quaxar

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Signature date dish? Like something I could use in a legal contract?

When I cook I usually have to lock my whole appartment down to avoid being overrun by women. It's a curse but on the other hand I save a lot on heating costs due to being insulated by females all around my outer walls.
 

Vegosiux

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Well, there is some variety in my home cooking. The variety of the nature, either you eat pasta, or you don't eat pasta.

I do like messing about with sauces, though, and I have managed some sweet combos. Which I of course never write down, so it's always improvised. One of my ex-flatmates once said "You can't say you don't know how to cook, it's just that you haven't really tried yet". I agree with him, but I still prefer not to dedicate too much time to cooking...
 

Launcelot111

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The only thing I make well is pulled pork which takes six hours in a crockpot. The woman who thinks that pulled pork is an ideal first date food is the one that I will propose to on the spot.
 

Ryotknife

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hmm, ill probably go with my grilled salmon dish. Either lemon pepper seasoning or use a light teriyaki glaze and baste the salmon with it(granted this last one is more difficult and time consuming) complete with steamed brocoli and mashed potatoes. If I really wanted to be decadent, green beans cooked in bacon fat.

I do wish I could learn some more exotic dishes. Some Vietnese food or an italian dish with a light garlic based sauce.

Or cajun style gumbo...hmmmm. Scallops would be nice too, but they are a bit too expensive to trial and error with.
 

Little Woodsman

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Lasagna. I worked in an Italian restaurant for almost three years and I can still make a pretty decent one.
I can't eat it myself any more, but my last two gf's really liked it, and really hated making it.
Also since both of those lovely ladies also had kids of their own, my meatballs were a big hit as well.
 

Yopaz

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This is a tough one. It all depends on the person.

Given a person who enjoys spicy food I would make my personal chilli con carne. I have received compliments from pretty much everyone on that dish. Then there's some variation of pasta, I am quite good at that too. I can marinate some chicken and either use that in a wok or serve whole chicken breasts with fried rice and some sauce, there's tandoori chicken with naan bread if I want something exotic. Pork chops work great for a Sunday dinner and salmon works great almost anytime.

I don't have one signature dish, I impress by knowing how to cook a variety of things.
 

Eleuthera

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The food I cook is just barely edible. So for my ideal date we'd go somewhere (anywhere) else. Luckily(?) I've never been in the position to have to cook for a date.
 

Baron von Blitztank

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Why obvious you want to eat the manliest of foods in order to prove your worth. STEAK!

 

Erja_Perttu

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I'm a terrible cook, so sadly my signature dish and my worst dish are one and the same. I have called it:

Disaster Omelette
 

Angie7F

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I would plan carefully depending on the guy I was dating.
However, I once read a book (yeah, one of those lame dating how-to books. Go ahead. Judge me), that said microwave popcorn should be a girl's date dish.
Meaning that if you cook an elaborate meal in the beginning when you first start dating, you end up raising the bar too high for yourself.
However, if you dont cook in the beginning but cook for them later when the relationship is more developed, it carries more weight.

Well, whatever. ..

but I can see the logic that if you know a guy better, it is harder to have a date dish disaster.
 

Sacman

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I dunno... out of all one of my dates ive ever been on we didn't eat anything, sort of just sat around until she realized that I'm a terrible person and went home... I guess I'd just figure out what they're favorite food is and make that... I like cooking, I doubt I'm any good at it but I like it...<.<
 

catalyst8

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Always a simple meal with dishes that require minimal preparation & cooking:

A fish starter: either moules mariniere or fried scallops with white asparagus wrapped in parma ham.
A red meat main: usually beef Wellington with an ale gravy but sometimes a Moroccan style tagine of lamb.
Depending on what fruits are in season: a sorbet or ice-cream for a pudding.
Finished with an Irish coffee with freshly ground coffee & a proper single malt like Bushmill's, otherwise there's no point.

I've been experimenting with sous vide recently though, so things might change.
 

Al-Bundy-da-G

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catalyst8 said:
Always a simple meal with dishes that require minimal preparation & cooking:

A fish starter: either moules mariniere or fried scallops with white asparagus wrapped in parma ham.
A red meat main: usually beef Wellington with an ale gravy but sometimes a Moroccan style tagine of lamb.
Depending on what fruits are in season: a sorbet or ice-cream for a pudding.
Finished with an Irish coffee with freshly ground coffee & a proper single malt like Bushmill's, otherwise there's no point.

I've been experimenting with sous vide recently though, so things might change.
I read this, opened your profile, and was immediately disappointed when I found out you were a guy.

Though I'd probably change out the sorbet for a nice fruit cheese cake.