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Poll Question: How would you rate your cooking ability?
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    Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:13
Just a little point of curiosity.

I can cook just well enough to keep from starving, but I don't trust anyone else to eat what I've cooked.  (Good thing I live alone.....)
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Fairly simple and unpretentious, but I 'rarely disappoint either...

I'm not very adventurous, but I'm ok at basic dishes like roasts, simple Italian stuff like Carbonara, Bolognese and Lasagne.
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I usually do a fine job in the kitchen, but I do have a dud from time to time (usually due to experimentation), so I voted the third option too.
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Decent. But any poisonings that result are intentional.
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Third option. I can't say I love doing it, but I'm punctual and good at following directions so when I do cook, I do a good job.
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I can read the instructions on the packet

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Solidly average. 
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When I put my mind and effort into it people generally like what I produce.  Can't beat that at all. Big smile
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I'd like to think I'm pretty good.
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Nobody has ever said anything bad about my cooking, so it seems possible that I do a good job. I rarely disappoint.
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Probably third option, I've my handful of go to recipes (impromptu concoctions which have become staples), which on most occasions turn out well, but I only cook once every couple of months. living five minutes from the city centre means a lot of eating out.    
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Third option. Sometimes I love to cook and sometimes I can't face the kitchen so will happily nuke a ready meal in the microwave. I'll have a go and practically anything when it comes to cooking - I bake my own bread; hot and cold smoke salmon, trout, duck, pastrami and chicken; can make icecream; can throw together a decent chilli, cock au vin, goulash, boeuf bourguignon, sausage cassolette, ragu bolognese, fish pie, lamb hotpot (erm, basically I can stew stuff for hours in a pot). The only cooking I'm not a fan of is grilling or barbeque - that's not cooking in my estimation, that's a revival of the viking practice of outdoor cremation and while I own three barbeque grills, I'd much rather someone else did the cooking while I sat back with a beer and supervised.
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being a good cook can be a curse if you've lost your taste for the ordinary--  luckily I still like junk from time to time, and recently ordered a delicious 19 oz can of freeze-dried spaghetti w/ meat sauce... mmm.
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The only cooking I'm not a fan of is grilling or barbeque - that's not cooking in my estimation, that's a revival of the viking practice of outdoor cremation




Especially when a novice BBQ cook decides to do chicken without pre cooking it first, so you get that wonderful delicacy, 'double crunch chicken' (ie burnt on the outside & still frozen inside)

No, that wasn't me...

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Personally, I can survive & keep my wife alive by my efforts in the kitchen; fairly good at roasts, pastas & the staples of human existence (ie sausages baked with maple), general everyday cooking holds no terrors & I consider the slow cooker to be the summit of human achievement.

My wife, Vicky can make a mean soup from scratch too, so I doubt we'll ever starve.

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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2011 at 03:16
Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

The only cooking I'm not a fan of is grilling or barbeque - that's not cooking in my estimation, that's a revival of the viking practice of outdoor cremation




Especially when a novice BBQ cook decides to do chicken without pre cooking it first, so you get that wonderful delicacy, 'double crunch chicken' (ie burnt on the outside & still frozen inside)

No, that wasn't me...
Sausages are another - carbonated on the outside - still squealing on the inside (the tapeworm lava, not the pig meat). Boil the buggers for 10 minutes on the £750 gas/electric stove in the kitchen before even attempting to set fire to them on an open fire.
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Points: 10841 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 06 2011 at 04:59
Could there be an option titled: "I don't know"? Since I cook for me, myself and I, no one ever complains about my recipes, but I can't be sure if my cooking would be tolerated by other people.
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Simple and unpretentious.
More like a composer than an improviser.
Or no, more like a guy who plays somebody else's compositions.
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