Can you cook?

[sdifox]

Oh...pics

I can turn this:
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/viedit/IMG_3674.JPG

Into this:
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/viedit/IMG_3677.JPG

I love that charcoal starter. 2 Sheets of news paper, light it and walk away.

 

[nageov3t]

I can apply heat to protein and not kill someone.
I'm reasonably proficient at spicing, though I prepare everything to my own tastes (there aren't many things that I don't like super hot).
I'm generally lousy when it comes to veggies, mostly due to lack of experience.
I can follow any recipe and come to some reasonable degree of success.

I'm a top-notch baker, though. I can make pretty much anything I have a recipe for and I've made some of my own recipes from scratch. I thought about going to culinary school for baking/pastry when I was looking at colleges way back when, but I can't see myself living that kind of lifestyle for that little pay.

 

[SunnyD]

Wow. Steak as a beginner cook? I don't think so.

Omlette over "eggs, sunny side up" in terms of difficulty? Okay, yeah, you need a few more ingredients on an omlette, but actually cooking the egg compared to an omlette is another story in terms of difficulty.

I'm sure you've all seen a lot of my threads. I by no means am an expert. I just get lucky, and what I do cook well I do from experience.

 

[KillerCharlie]

There are two kinds of baking - baking with yeast and baking without yeast. I've found that baking with yeast is 10 times harder, especially when you get to things like sourdough.

 

[F1N3ST]

Steak is one of the easiest things for me to cook to be honest D:

 

[xanis]

Intermediate. I can definitely cook more advanced stuff than the basics, but I'm not exactly a culinary master either.

 

[F1N3ST]

I got some uhh boneless skinless chicken thighs marinating right now, grill or sautee in a pan?

 

[sdifox]

I got some uhh boneless skinless chicken thighs marinating right now, grill or sautee in a pan?

Broil

 

[F1N3ST]

Oh? I don't oven often. Any uhh little tutorial? :awe:

 

[sjwaste]

Advanced. I'd say I prefer to cook with fewer ingredients, though. A lot of the fun for me is shopping for what I'm going to make.

I had some pics, I'll have to dig them up. For Thanksgiving this year, my wife and I stayed home, so the meal was centered around duck. I made one cooked standing on the grill, nice crispy skin with moist meat.

I do shellfish pretty well, too. My wife loves lobster tails poached in vanilla-scented butter, shallot, and white wine. For me, my favorite are some properly seared scallops over polenta. I've had good results w/ bacon and gruyere in the polenta, and it's dead simple to make.

I would suggest the day I crossed from intermediate to advanced, in my mind at least, was when I could make Sauce Bearnaise in a pan directly over the burner (no double boiler) and have it not break.

 

[StageLeft]

No, that's what wives are for.

 

[sjwaste]

Oh? I don't oven often. Any uhh little tutorial? :awe:

I have been thinking about this in my head for a couple of days now, but you need chicken breasts with skin.

Basically, remove the skin and bones, and pound out the breast. Coat with salt, pepper, parsley, good Parmesan, and a little bread crumb. Roll it up, and then take the skin and wrap the rolled breast in the skin and tie it. Brown on all sides in a skillet with some butter (for color) and finish it up in the oven.

I can't wait to make this.

 

[F1N3ST]

I have been thinking about this in my head for a couple of days now, but you need chicken breasts with skin.

Basically, remove the skin and bones, and pound out the breast. Coat with salt, pepper, parsley, good Parmesan, and a little bread crumb. Roll it up, and then take the skin and wrap the rolled breast in the skin and tie it. Brown on all sides in a skillet with some butter (for color) and finish it up in the oven.

I can't wait to make this.

Mine's in a carribean marinade so yeah, I'll brown it then oven it and see how it turns out.

 

[F1N3ST]

I have an oven safe stainless skillet, I'll just do it all in there :awe:

 

[adlep]

My best friend is a private chef for NBA stars, therefore I don't have to...

Seriously, he is so good, I think that I will definitely invest in his restaurant.

and

Enjoy!

 

[dennilfloss]

I can put stuff in the microwave oven, boil potatoes, fry tenderized steak, make eggs, heat a can of soup...

 

[Jeff7]

Said just like a hot pocket fan!

I generally prefer things more like canned pasta, or spaghetti + jarred sauce.

And there's nothing inherently wrong with processed food; it's just that a lot of companies add all kinds of crap to the food to extend shelf life, and make processing quicker and easier, and thus more profitable.

I just find food preparation to be exceedingly boring, and the rewards just aren't worth it. It's just food, you know? But I'm also the sort who is disappointed that meal pills aren't really a possibility - also disappointed that we have things like "hamster food," a simple concoction that apparently provides everything a hamster needs, yet we still don't have perfectly nutritious Oreo-flavored Human Food. Seriously, what the hell, food industry? Get crackin' on that!

For stuff I do cook, I tend to lazy-up the recipe. Pancakes: you have to stand at the stove constantly, tending to them, flipping them, pouring more batter, and so on. Waffles: also needs tending and repouring about every 50 seconds until the batter's gone.
Solution: Pour the pancake batter into two non-stick brownie pans, maybe 9x13. Bake for 10 minutes at.....oh I think it's 350° or 400°F for about 9 minutes. Remove, slice, and there you go, pancake-like things with an absolute minimum of effort and no funky ingredients, besides the baking powder.

 

[F1N3ST]

It was pretty good. Going to be some work involved in cleaning that pan though D:



Poor man's meal , the meat was about $3.50 and probably over a pound. Not all shown.

 

[lxskllr]

also disappointed that we have things like "hamster food," a simple concoction that apparently provides everything a hamster needs, yet we still don't have perfectly nutritious Oreo-flavored Human Food. Seriously, what the hell, food industry? Get crackin' on that!

I think it's called cereal ;^)

 

[Rubycon]

I miss Chef Boy Ardee Roller Coasters!

I generally prefer things more like canned pasta, or spaghetti + jarred sauce.

And there's nothing inherently wrong with processed food; it's just that a lot of companies add all kinds of crap to the food to extend shelf life, and make processing quicker and easier, and thus more profitable.

I just find food preparation to be exceedingly boring, and the rewards just aren't worth it. It's just food, you know? But I'm also the sort who is disappointed that meal pills aren't really a possibility - also disappointed that we have things like "hamster food," a simple concoction that apparently provides everything a hamster needs, yet we still don't have perfectly nutritious Oreo-flavored Human Food. Seriously, what the hell, food industry? Get crackin' on that!

For stuff I do cook, I tend to lazy-up the recipe. Pancakes: you have to stand at the stove constantly, tending to them, flipping them, pouring more batter, and so on. Waffles: also needs tending and repouring about every 50 seconds until the batter's gone.
Solution: Pour the pancake batter into two non-stick brownie pans, maybe 9x13. Bake for 10 minutes at.....oh I think it's 350° or 400°F for about 9 minutes. Remove, slice, and there you go, pancake-like things with an absolute minimum of effort and no funky ingredients, besides the baking powder.

 

[n7]

Not really.

Beginner category i suppose.

 

[nageov3t]

I generally prefer things more like canned pasta, or spaghetti + jarred sauce.

And there's nothing inherently wrong with processed food; it's just that a lot of companies add all kinds of crap to the food to extend shelf life, and make processing quicker and easier, and thus more profitable.

I just find food preparation to be exceedingly boring, and the rewards just aren't worth it. It's just food, you know? But I'm also the sort who is disappointed that meal pills aren't really a possibility - also disappointed that we have things like "hamster food," a simple concoction that apparently provides everything a hamster needs, yet we still don't have perfectly nutritious Oreo-flavored Human Food. Seriously, what the hell, food industry? Get crackin' on that!

For stuff I do cook, I tend to lazy-up the recipe. Pancakes: you have to stand at the stove constantly, tending to them, flipping them, pouring more batter, and so on. Waffles: also needs tending and repouring about every 50 seconds until the batter's gone.
Solution: Pour the pancake batter into two non-stick brownie pans, maybe 9x13. Bake for 10 minutes at.....oh I think it's 350° or 400°F for about 9 minutes. Remove, slice, and there you go, pancake-like things with an absolute minimum of effort and no funky ingredients, besides the baking powder.

man, meal pills would be the best.

I have this one great cookbook, though, called cooking out of the box. all it is is pretty great meals that you can make using primarily canned/boxed goods or stuff from the prepared foods section of your grocery store.

 

[IronWing]

I don't know. I haven't tried in years.

 

[sdifox]

It was pretty good. Going to be some work involved in cleaning that pan though D:

Poor man's meal , the meat was about $3.50 and probably over a pound. Not all shown.

Just let it soak. It will be a cinch to clean after it had a good soak. Then you warm it up again with hot water and it will be easy to clean with the sponge side of scotch guard.

 

[kranky]

With years of study and practice, I could approach beginner. Basically the only thing I can make is Kraft mac & cheese or Hamburger Helper.