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View Poll Results: can you cook?
i've never tried to 1 1.79%
my stuff is worse than junkfood 4 7.14%
i can cook, but the results hardly justify the effort 4 7.14%
i can cook basic meals 20 35.71%
i'm pretty awesome at cooking 21 37.50%
i'm a professional 2 3.57%
i have people who cook for me 4 7.14%
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Old 01-24-2009, 12:25 PM   #1
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well?

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 12:32 PM   #2
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im pretty good, i've got a good knack for flavour within certain cuisines, especially italian and indian

im less good at traditional cooking like pies and hotpots.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 01:58 PM   #3
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I can cook basic things but don't get much opportunity to do so or to try anything challenging. I would like to though.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:04 PM   #4
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i can cook very basic meals. could do more if i tried i guess. too lazy tbh.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:09 PM   #5
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I think i am a good cook. Last night I made eggrolls that turned out pretty good and tonight I'm making angel hair with feta and sundried tomatos.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:45 PM   #6
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i just made and ate some tuna steaks.

this is all new to me. so far all i've done here is pasta, chicken breasts, and now the tuna. pretty hard to fuck those things up.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:57 PM   #7
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You'd be surprised.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:58 PM   #8
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angel hair with feta and sundried tomatos.
I'd say pick one or the other unless you really like salty.

I'd say feta with fresh tomatoes, olive oil, and mushrooms maybe.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:58 PM   #9
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I'm pretty good but not pretty awesome so I will refrain from voting.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:59 PM   #10
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I'm pretty good but not pretty awesome so I will refrain from voting.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 02:59 PM   #11
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and since there is no sp_aced option I'm pretty much fucked

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 03:18 PM   #12
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My lasagna (either spinach, veggie or bologna) is legendary. Everything else is acceptable at best.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 03:20 PM   #13
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I'm a good cook but sometimes my ambitions get ahead of my skills so I have pretty royal fuckups on a regular basis.

Also angel hair pasta makes me want to punch someone.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 03:34 PM   #14
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penne for the win

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 03:53 PM   #15
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I think I can cook pretty well off-the-cuff for myself. I cook a lot actually but its basically the same exact thing with different sauces.

Chicken breasst or ahi tuna steak
Roasted Veggies
couscous or whole wheat pasta.

My cabinets are filled with seasonings and sauces tho, so at least even tho I am eating green beans, zucchini and squash every night with baked chicken or seared tuna, it can taste different so I'm not totally bored. I always keep truffle oil and chili oil on hand and tons of shallots and garlic. jars of chutney and asian chili pastes.

I always have Naan in the freezer too, so I think i'll make chicken korma tonight.


but other than that, i have tons of recipe books. I don't really know how to cook much else than what i wrote above without cheating.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 03:55 PM   #16
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i thought everybody used recipes just some people have them committed to memory

and whole wheat pasta grosssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 04:09 PM   #17
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i thought everybody used recipes just some people have them committed to memory

and whole wheat pasta grosssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
oh i love it.

I was such a cunt-y teenager I wouldn't ever let my mom teach me how to cook. I regret that, she's amazing- she can just throw things together and remember recipes and create her own great meals.

I am the only person in my house that knows how to cook at all, tho- i swear to god my roommates barely know how to use the microwave. pretty bad for 24-26 year olds.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 04:18 PM   #18
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I feel like if you can read you can cook. Obviously this excludes really difficult things, but the basics aren't too hard to figure out. I really want to get my Italian Grandmother to show me some of the "harder" meals because her food is just awesome. That being said, I feel like it's generally just laziness/not wanting to pay for real ingredients that keeps me from making decent meals for myself. Ramen noodles = 3 minutes on the stove whereas lasagna is kind of a production.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 04:31 PM   #19
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I try alot of new recipes, but some of the best stuff I've made, I've just sort of thrown together willy-nilly.

http://jenny-zzz.smugmug.com/photos/...25_NH76u-M.jpg

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 05:26 PM   #20
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I was such a cunt-y teenager I wouldn't ever let my mom teach me how to cook.
i've also made this mistake. now i need to read up on all the basics i could have learned from watching my mother

why were computer games more important to me than that

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 06:07 PM   #21
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Ramen noodles = 3 minutes on the stove
that shit is rank

why do people eat it

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 08:03 PM   #22
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I hate recipes

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 08:07 PM   #23
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i like to bake.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 08:27 PM   #24
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probably the best thing i've made so far, although my pizza is improving

i want to try this dough recipe

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 08:57 PM   #25
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i could probably make pizza if i had a mixer

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 09:02 PM   #26
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use a whisk. don't be a pizza pussy.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 09:04 PM   #27
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bitch i don't have one of those either

but i can flip it up in the air n shit man. i'm an ace.

 
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Old 01-24-2009, 09:19 PM   #29
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Old 01-24-2009, 10:23 PM   #30
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i could probably make pizza if i had a mixer
lazy american. a mixer is totally unnecessary. use your hands

 
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