How good a cook are you?
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Topic: How good a cook are you?
Posted By: zappaholic
Subject: How good a cook are you?
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:13
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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.....) ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:23
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. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:30
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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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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:44
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Decent. But any poisonings that result are intentional. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 17:51
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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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Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 18:46
 
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 18:51
^Looks tasty  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 18:51
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I can read the instructions on the packet rarely disappoint ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 19:17
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Solidly average.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 19:27
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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.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 19:54
| I'd like to think I'm pretty good. |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 20:54
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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. ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: Apsalar
Date Posted: December 05 2011 at 20:56
| 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. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 01:52
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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. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 02:26
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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. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 02:51
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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Dean wrote:Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 02:54
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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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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 03:16
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 04:59
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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. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 06:19
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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. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 06:40
Burgers! Made from decent minced beef, onions, herbs, spices, free range egg for binding (the burgers, not.... well, you know...), maybe a dash of tabasco or some finely shredded naga if you feel adventurous - absolutely glorious... until given to the guy wearing an 'amusing' pinny, standing by an open fire pit (with the regulation 10 years worth of accumulated carbon deposits on the grill) in your garden, where he will then convert such succulent fare to a piece of tasteless cardboard, to be served with some horribly foreshortened greenery which at some point in the dim and distant past, went under the name 'salad' (mayonnaise & cigarette ash dressing optional)...  ... probably in the rain.
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 07:38
| I occasionally succeed in frying eggs. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 07:41
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Never even gave it a shot.
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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 09:29
Me too.  |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 09:32
| I've not yet burned down the house. |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 10:03
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Pretty good actualy - growing up with the northern kitchen, combined with quite a bit of travling, made me love cooking aprox 15 years back. So now im able to make some improvised dinnerscombining a bit of everything.
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 10:48
| I don't cook, yet. |
Posted By: refugee
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 13:25
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Third option. I like to cook, my wife likes to do the dishes. Perfect match!
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 13:40
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 13:40
Talk like this makes me glad we declared independence.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 13:45
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 14:14
All I'm saying is when I burn toast I don't blame the toaster.
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 14:16
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I boil water like no other... ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 14:25
I rate myself a PFM.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 14:36
 in a perfect balance of carbonated and raw bread that, while being at one with the Universe in its idealised symmetry, will be completely inedible (and mildly carcinogenic). I'm not blaming the fiery pit of hell, just the half-inebriated comedy chef stood over it who wouldn't be seen dead cooking a normal meal in a normal kitchen.
just sayin' ------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 14:40
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When it comes to cooking appliances, hook me up with a good toaster oven or microwave. I have over the years become a master at these devices. Of course it's the ingredients that really matter in the end. And by ingredients I of course mean snakes. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 15:53
| Talented, but unambitious. Not sure how I'd rate that. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 16:10
I grill almost year round and find it to be one of the most challenging methods of cooking. But it's the only way you can get an authentic char-grilled, mesquite, or smoky flavor. I never pre-cook chicken when I grill. I use indirect heat (unless I'm cooking boneless chicken breasts). I do, however, boil sausage before I toss them on the grill. My bear sausage last time turned out mighty nice. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 16:28
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 16:32
To heck with the ways of the Old Country. I'm lighting up the grill!  
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 16:37
Nothing like it |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 16:45
Lord, save us from the fury of the Northern men. I don't know, but, all of a sudden, I'm craving a tomatoes salad. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 16:51
Sorry, but we're Southern folk.  And since you mention it, we are having grilled chicken salad, with romaine and iceberg lettuces, radishes, carrots, and cucumbers. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 17:06
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These smileys look like typical Vikings to me, and I was translating an old prayer sung by French priests to avoid pillages from said Vikings. For some reason, God never forbid the Vikings to ravage the soils of France. "Iceberg lettuces"? It brings weird images to my mind... |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 17:09
I'm open minded with regard to sausages to be honest (apart from Weißwurst, which I have tried and simply did not like), cured or uncured, smoked or unsmoked, if it's good I'll eat it, if it's not I'll throw it at the neighbours dog. If you don't like uncured, unsmoked then you've probably not tried http://www.topsausages.com" rel="nofollow - the good stuff (which is highly likely since they are not cured or smoked and contain no artificial preservatives so will never survive the swim across the Atlantic). Tastier is a matter of, um, taste - I prefer to taste the meat and other ingredients that go into them rather than the medium they were cooked in - not that I've anything against cured and smoked food, because I do both and have a wide selection of cures and woods (and teas!) to chose from to impart the specific flavour I'm looking for - but if the prime ingredient is of poor flavour then no amount of curing and smoking will make it any better. I know we're having a bit of playful mock-patriotic banter here, but seriously - a good uncured, unsmoked sausage made with fine quality meat and flavoured with well chosen herbs and spices will never be a travesty. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 17:21
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 17:38
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 18:36
Well I'm with you there, that stuff is awful. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 18:41
| Worst sausages should probably be the andouillette and the boudin from France. They should leave this to the Germans or the Czechs and stick with the pate, the mousse, etc. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 18:53
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I'm a terrible cook. I can cook one thing well and even that goes wrong sometimes. I only cook for myself though. -------------   
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 18:58
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Gotta say I'm impressed at the response. Figured I'd get one page if I was lucky. I personally voted "fraid I'll poison people" even though I haven't yet poisoned myself (knock on formica). My repertoire is pretty limited - I tend to do old standbys, e.g. burgers, pasta, baked chicken or fish - easy stuff that's hard to mess up. I admit I rely too much on frozen and/or pre-made stuff. On occasion I'll get ambitious and do a meatloaf or chili or something. One of these days I'll break down and get a crockpot (slow cooker) so I can load it up in the morning before I go to work and have a tasty dinner waiting when I get home - assuming my building hasn't burned down in my absence..... ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 19:26
Okay, this means war. En garde and all that jazz.  |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 19:26
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I can burn toast, pout water into a pot, and set fire to many things. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 20:22
That is quite a skill!  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 20:25
If only as a child I could have focused my pouting into culinary skill... ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 21:58
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 06 2011 at 22:33
Thanks. Took many years of practice. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 02:43
I don't cook it that much (as I quite like being alive), but I can do a mean breakfast fry-up:
Canal boat holiday a couple of years ago -------------
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 02:57
Yummy.  The British are good in breakfasts.  |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 17:29
| looks good Jim, I have yet to master a really good English fry-up with eggs and tomatoes and bacon and stuff |
Posted By: Lizzy
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 18:03
I am a fairly good cook, but for some reason quite a few accidents occur when I'm the kitchen. The scars on my hands are proof of that.  ------------- Property of Queen Productions... 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 18:48
That's why its an art to be able to grill correctly, any meat, which I do very well. In the kitchen I do well also, I would have no problem serving my cooking to anyone.
I enjoy cooking.......And in the kitchen if you make a mistake, cover it with sauce throw in a potato and call it goulash and ur good to go!
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 19:49
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Cooking usually isn't a big deal. Follow some directions, take things out of the oven, put 'em in. Pretty hard. Pastries are harder. Doing BBQ right is fairly intensive. It's the difference between typical BBQ and "surely this is a meal for the gods" BBQ.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 19:55
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The spectrum of named cooks runs from Ray Ray to Wolfgang Punk?
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Posted By: Proggernaut
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 21:50
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I'm a pretty reasonable cook - can make a hearty meal to feed that family - including a killer bolognaise sauce and some rather spectacular casseroles, but living in far more temperate climes than many on here (it's warm to hot and sunny 8 months of the year) I love a good BBQ - I can turn out a perfect steak from rare to well done - your choice, and my BBQ lamb chops and cutlets have friends and family begging for more! BBQ - the great Aussie tradition and the perfect accompaniment to beer and kids in the swimming pool. -------------  Proggernaut (Noun) - one who is exploring the endlessly expanding universe of progressive music.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: December 07 2011 at 23:12
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If I stick to the types of stuff I'm good at, I receive many compliments.
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: April 16 2012 at 13:53
| I can put mini doughnuts on a plate. That's about it really. |
Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: April 17 2012 at 18:09
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Somewhere between 3rd and 4th option. I make excellent tortillas, tasty dressings/stews, very good goulash and amazing oyster mushrooms coated in breadcrumbs - mostly when I want to impress a girl. I use spices a lot. But since I'm living alone, most of the time I'm doing ready-made foods, scrambled eggs and such. ------------- |