Somehow, people always seem impressed by the fact that I know how to cook and that I cook most of my meals. I never considered it a really big deal, especially since my day-to-day meals aren't at all extravagant.
A personal history:
In my 3rd year of college, I was forced to move off-campus. When I moved in, my roommate told me that it was an absolutely necessity to learn how to cook.
(Ironically, I saw him eat a ton of fast food and hardly ever saw him cook.)
Prior to that, the only experience I had with cooking was making grilled cheese sandwiches. I usually ate my mom's cooking or had tons and tons of microwave pizzas and hot pockets.
When I first tried to cook, I wanted to make okonomiyaki because of my horrid Japanese fanboyism at the time. It was a bad idea for several reasons: I did not know how to cook, I did not know how real okonomiyaki tasted, and all I had was a random and unchecked Internet recipe from some newsgroup. I ended up with some mystery cabbage pancake blob. It was passable and it wasn't really that bad, but it wasn't exactly something I really wanted to eat.
This is what it's supposed to look like. I didn't even have the right sauces.
Over time, I would learn how to cook simple dishes. Chicken Adobo, pasta, curry rice were some of my staples. I made a lot of Hamburger Helper, I made a lot of cheeseburgers and patty melts. It was mostly basic stuff coming out of packages.
The next year, I discovered Alton Brown's Good Eats series and it opened up my eyes to a lot of different foods. I actually learned that less is more, and I would eat a lot of simply prepared meats and fish, sauteed in a pan or broiled and with just salt, pepper, and lemon or lime with a side of rice.
Oh, if it weren't for you Mr. Brown, I would never know so much about food.
Most of my meals are just that; some meat or fish with seasoning or sauce, served with rice/bread or even quinoa sometimes, and with vegetables (sometimes pickled) and a side of fruit.
I do have some crazy cooking adventures every once in a while, (most recently would be making homemade bacon, making takoyaki, and making ice cream) but 90% of my cooking is just really simple stuff.
Am I missing something here? Is basic cooking that rare of a skill?
On May 18 2010 03:32 kainzero wrote: Am I missing something here? Is basic cooking that rare of a skill?
Being able to prepare meals simply and tastefully (not trying to make a pun, just can't think of a better word) isn't really rare, but it is a skill. Too many people who start off cooking think that cooking has to be some really complicated process, like you described yourself when you started out. However, a lot of people seem to give up before they reach the realization that a lot of really good meals tend to have only a few ingredients.
When I have people over I make incredibly simple meals that take no skill and barely any time, but people are always impressed by it.
A friend of mine was impressed that I knew how to make grilled cheese. GRILLED FUCKING CHEESE. Some of my friends don't even know how to cut things, let alone cook it.
Some people just don't find the skill of cooking that worthwhile to actually learn, for the most part those people can get by with little to no knowledge.
Being able to cook should be a must for single men but it is very rare to find men who actually cook. Most single guys pick up the worst eating habits during their single lives and are honestly too lazy to cook. They resort to fast food which is obviously the most unhealthiest shit in the world. Guys then take this as their fundamental staple food for the next few years. Even if you exercise, it causes health issues down the road.
These days, it's even rare to find women who can actually cook "real" food. They look to frozen foods and pre-made recipes that require you to toss in the ingredients already packaged and add some water to cook = shit food.
You sir, have a rare skill. But learn train your women right! jkz srsly
Cooking is essential trust me, I've just started learning and it's awesome. There's nothing like eating a great meal you made yourself and/or sharing it with others.
On May 18 2010 03:57 ShaperofDreams wrote: Cooking is essential trust me, I've just started learning and it's awesome. There's nothing like eating a great meal you made yourself and/or sharing it with others.
Has anyone thought of doing the dishes after cooking a good meal? Pans, plates, bowls, utensils, cups, T.T fucking pain in the ass. That's why guys are lazy.
On May 18 2010 03:47 seppolevne wrote: A friend of mine was impressed that I knew how to make grilled cheese. GRILLED FUCKING CHEESE. Some of my friends don't even know how to cut things, let alone cook it.
There's something really wrong with that picture.
Cooking is quite a manly thing really. Basic X chromosome expression:
On May 18 2010 04:01 floor exercise wrote: Cooking is fun but it isn't a big deal to know how. In fact raw food has more nutritional value!!!!
That is bullshit. Vegetables, mainly, are known for their nutritional value. The human digestive system is not very capable of digesting plant material. Cooking food has the effect of breaking down the strong cell walls that cells in plants have. True, some of the nutrition is thrown away with the boiling water, and I guess boiling breaks down some of the nutrients into useless matter, but it is offset by the benefits. More healthy than boiling in water, is steaming food.
On May 18 2010 03:57 ShaperofDreams wrote: Cooking is essential trust me, I've just started learning and it's awesome. There's nothing like eating a great meal you made yourself and/or sharing it with others.
Has anyone thought of doing the dishes after cooking a good meal? Pans, plates, bowls, utensils, cups, T.T fucking pain in the ass. That's why guys are lazy.
After cooking a few times with my gf, we found that I was better at cooking and she was faster at doing dishes. So because of comparative advantage, I do the cooking, she does the dishes. I think it's fair.
Cooking is a good life skill to have. If you can make good, healthy, and tasty food, you can save quite a few bucks from not having to go out all the time and you have more control since you know everything that's going into what you eat. Sharing food with others is great too. It's so gratifying seeing clean plates or people getting seconds with a meal you made.
I love being able to cook so much. The people who say they can't cook are the same people who post asking for build orders: They don't understand the ideas behind the recipes and can only copy exactly what's in front of them. Once you realize why everything is happening in a certain order, you can play around and freestyle it to be more suited to your tastes.
I wouldn't trade living alone for the world, but cooking for yourself by yourself is a little taxing. Was one of the nice things of living with my ex. I just got out of my slump of being too lazy to make anything more than ramen and dumplings, and it's great! If you leave yourself time to cook a proper meal it's so fantastic
On May 18 2010 03:49 KudoJoe wrote: Leave this shit to the women bro. jk
Being able to cook should be a must for single men but it is very rare to find men who actually cook. Most single guys pick up the worst eating habits during their single lives and are honestly too lazy to cook. They resort to fast food which is obviously the most unhealthiest shit in the world. Guys then take this as their fundamental staple food for the next few years. Even if you exercise, it causes health issues down the road.
These days, it's even rare to find women who can actually cook "real" food. They look to frozen foods and pre-made recipes that require you to toss in the ingredients already packaged and add some water to cook = shit food.
You sir, have a rare skill. But learn train your women right! jkz srsly
I have noticed a sad trend as of late.
I think if you look at the majority of people who would say they can cook well, women still outnumber men. However, if you look at the number of people who are completely useless at cooking altogether, it seems there are way more women than men. I've also noticed that trend spread across to just basic cleaning abilities and laundry. It's like women are growing up in more progressive households, wanted more equality, and then just stopped giving a fuck about learning to cook and clean. It's actually bullshit. There is no way I would ever date seriously, let alone marry, a girl who can't cook.
i think it's more a time issue than actual skill. when i roll home at like 8pm after 9 hours of work, soccer and/or gym, the last thing i wanna do is burn 20 minutes cooking, and then having to clean up after eating. I'm fucking hungry.
if you have time to burn, it's really not hard and actually pretty fun.
Cooking can be intimidating if you've never done it before; As if it were some magic process... How high do I turn up the burner, how long do I cook it for? Etc. And I guess that is the factor that prevents people from actually cooking food.
But seriously, man up. Even burnt food tastes better than a double cheeseburger or most fast food, and is usually cheaper. But I actually find it pretty difficult to f*** up food so badly that it's not worth eating.
It does annoy me when I meet anyone who says they can't cook, especially girls. It basically equates to you're stupid or lazy, and you still live with your mom or something. There's a zillion sites on the internet that will tell you how to make decent meals in like 10-15 minutes. And if you can't follow a simple recipe like... Put water + noodles into pot, stir... Then, yeah... Good luck with life.
not knowing how to cook at all is kinda retarded. it's so incredibly useful, and having basic cooking skills just isn't demanding at all. being a great cook takes a lot of effort and is pretty difficult, but learning how to follow a recipie or make some staple dishes without recipie is ridiculously easy.
On May 18 2010 03:49 KudoJoe wrote: Leave this shit to the women bro. jk
Being able to cook should be a must for single men but it is very rare to find men who actually cook. Most single guys pick up the worst eating habits during their single lives and are honestly too lazy to cook. They resort to fast food which is obviously the most unhealthiest shit in the world. Guys then take this as their fundamental staple food for the next few years. Even if you exercise, it causes health issues down the road.
These days, it's even rare to find women who can actually cook "real" food. They look to frozen foods and pre-made recipes that require you to toss in the ingredients already packaged and add some water to cook = shit food.
You sir, have a rare skill. But learn train your women right! jkz srsly
I have noticed a sad trend as of late.
I think if you look at the majority of people who would say they can cook well, women still outnumber men. However, if you look at the number of people who are completely useless at cooking altogether, it seems there are way more women than men. I've also noticed that trend spread across to just basic cleaning abilities and laundry. It's like women are growing up in more progressive households, wanted more equality, and then just stopped giving a fuck about learning to cook and clean. It's actually bullshit. There is no way I would ever date seriously, let alone marry, a girl who can't cook.
I don't mind girls that can't cook but try to learn. But I hate it when women say men should be the ones cooking, doing laundry, cleaning, because were all equal. I'm not trying to be sexist here but if my wife works at home (housewife is a full time job), I do expect some sort of food to be prepared for me when I come home from work. If it was the other way around and my wife worked, I damn well should have a nice meal prepared for her.
I do believe, however, that if you want a functional relationship these days, you need to split house chores and what not. Most women do work full time along with their significant other and splitting chores = equality.
I guess I have it easy though. I live with my girlfriend who is a violinist and teaches at a local college. She loves cooking and hates a messy house. She didn't start out as a good cook, but she actually went to cooking schools in California and also Korea and now makes outstanding meals.I always lend her a hand on the weekends to clean up the house and make some good meals too (ahem bomb as ramen!).
Edit: I just noticed how I completely went off topic from male to female. Yes men should know how to cook. Ty
It shouldn't be hard, but for me it is. Researching recipes, extra clean up and most importantly having good ingredients on hand. I have to carry my groceries a little under a kilometre and by the time I go to the store I need to re-stock on essentials and easy things, and on top of that the fact that its just for me so its such small amounts!
I think if i came across a book i knew to be aimed at my personal needs/preferences that went somewhat in depth on some of the theory of food preparation i would benefit a lot, so i might look into that one thanks. But, I haven't made it a priority cuz I can get by with sandwiches and snacking.
Cooking at home improves your health over pre-made / convenience store food. It also saves you a huge amount of money. I cringe when I think about the premium I paid for pre-made food all those years.
On May 18 2010 06:07 Manifesto7 wrote: Cooking at home improves your health over pre-made / convenience store food. It also saves you a huge amount of money. I cringe when I think about the premium I paid for pre-made food all those years.
I think everyone's first year of university is full of eating crappy food because no college freshman dorms have kitchens. You don't really have a choice if you're forced into paying for a cafeteria that closes whenever the fuck it feels like it (I transferred to a school where the caf closes at 6 PM! WTF) and you can't cook real food where you live... what else are you going to eat besides Easy Mac and delivery pizza? I think so many people can't cook nowadays because these bad habits carry over to when young people finally do get real apartments.
On May 18 2010 04:52 Chill wrote: I love being able to cook so much. The people who say they can't cook are the same people who post asking for build orders: They don't understand the ideas behind the recipes and can only copy exactly what's in front of them. Once you realize why everything is happening in a certain order, you can play around and freestyle it to be more suited to your tastes.
I wouldn't trade living alone for the world, but cooking for yourself by yourself is a little taxing. Was one of the nice things of living with my ex. I just got out of my slump of being too lazy to make anything more than ramen and dumplings, and it's great! If you leave yourself time to cook a proper meal it's so fantastic
Agreed with this, completely. I guess some people don't have a very good natural palate (?) but the more I cook, the more experiments I can take and so far my judgment has been really good.
i dont cook for several reasons, somewhat like in this order
1) it takes more time to do everything manually. 2) it takes more organization, from planning what you buy if you actually know what you want to eat for the rest of the week, and i know that i dont, and dont want to go shopping every single day, nor do i want to make a fucking food plan.., to knowing the exact amount you need and are able to get away with without it going to waste ("expiring"). 3) you use more utensils/dishes, producing more work even after you are finished. 4) you need to look up recipes and really should internalize them as well, because it would suck to have to look up how long every part of your meal has to cook for which amount of time so that you get it ready at the right time and dont stall the process somewhere in the middle, or half your meal gets cold while the other is still boiling.
it really boils down to effectiveness and time management in a world where time is everything. and i hate wasting time if it could have been avoided (spent otherwise). maybe its an excuse, but i figured its a pretty good one. i have been thinking about the health issue for some time now, but i cant grasp the idea of how to manage to buy all that stuff without ever having too much food or having to go shopping every single day (if you dont want to eat the same thing every day. i dont need cooking in order to do that).
what can i say? i find people who gather up enough determination despite all these reasons, and are willing to afford all the time it takes admirable, regardless of how irrational it seems to me, because i cant do it for the reasons stated above. :|
On May 18 2010 07:24 enzym wrote: i dont cook for several reasons, somewhat like in this order
1) it takes more time to do everything manually. 2) it takes more organization, from planning what you buy if you actually know what you want to eat for the rest of the week, and i know that i dont, and dont want to go shopping every single day, nor do i want to make a fucking food plan.., to knowing the exact amount you need and are able to get away with without it going to waste ("expiring"). 3) you use more utensils/dishes, producing more work even after you are finished. 4) you need to look up recipes and really should internalize them as well, because it would suck to have to look up how long every part of your meal has to cook for which amount of time so that you get it ready at the right time and dont stall the process somewhere in the middle, or half your meal gets cold while the other is still boiling.
it really boils down to effectiveness and time management in a world where time is everything. and i hate wasting time if it could have been avoided (spent otherwise). maybe its an excuse, but i figured its a pretty good one. i have been thinking about the health issue for some time now, but i cant grasp the idea of how to manage to buy all that stuff without ever having too much food or having to go shopping every single day (if you dont want to eat the same thing every day. i dont need cooking in order to do that).
what can i say? i find people who gather up enough determination despite all these reasons, and are willing to afford all the time it takes admirable, regardless of how irrational it seems to me, because i cant do it for the reasons stated above. :|
I thought you said what you wanted to say pretty mannered without insulting anyone but like you said, it just depends on the person's priorities. I'm sure most anyone could find certain things another does to be a "waste of time" if they don't care for those specific activities.
I mean, half of TL.net could be gourmet chefs who speak an additional language if they just stopped browsing TL completely. (Curse you TL....)
On May 18 2010 07:24 enzym wrote: i dont cook for several reasons, somewhat like in this order
1) it takes more time to do everything manually. 2) it takes more organization, from planning what you buy if you actually know what you want to eat for the rest of the week, and i know that i dont, and dont want to go shopping every single day, nor do i want to make a fucking food plan.., to knowing the exact amount you need and are able to get away with without it going to waste ("expiring"). 3) you use more utensils/dishes, producing more work even after you are finished. 4) you need to look up recipes and really should internalize them as well, because it would suck to have to look up how long every part of your meal has to cook for which amount of time so that you get it ready at the right time and dont stall the process somewhere in the middle, or half your meal gets cold while the other is still boiling.
it really boils down to effectiveness and time management in a world where time is everything. and i hate wasting time if it could have been avoided (spent otherwise). maybe its an excuse, but i figured its a pretty good one. i have been thinking about the health issue for some time now, but i cant grasp the idea of how to manage to buy all that stuff without ever having too much food or having to go shopping every single day (if you dont want to eat the same thing every day. i dont need cooking in order to do that).
what can i say? i find people who gather up enough determination despite all these reasons, and are willing to afford all the time it takes admirable, regardless of how irrational it seems to me, because i cant do it for the reasons stated above. :|
I thought you said what you wanted to say pretty mannered without insulting anyone but like you said, it just depends on the person's priorities. I'm sure most anyone could find certain things another does to be a "waste of time" if they don't care for those specific activities.
I mean, half of TL.net could be gourmet chefs who speak an additional language if they just stopped browsing TL completely. (Curse you TL....)
haha thats so true, and actually made me laugh, too. awesome reply!
On May 18 2010 07:24 enzym wrote: i dont cook for several reasons, somewhat like in this order
1) it takes more time to do everything manually.
True.
2) it takes more organization, from planning what you buy if you actually know what you want to eat for the rest of the week, and i know that i dont, and dont want to go shopping every single day, nor do i want to make a fucking food plan.., to knowing the exact amount you need and are able to get away with without it going to waste ("expiring").
Not necessarily. You can have a set stock of ingredients like onions, zucchini, garlic, tomatoes, pasta, rice and spices that you can do pretty much anything with. Aside from the meat, I can do italian, chinese, mexican, and grilling from those ingredients.
3) you use more utensils/dishes, producing more work even after you are finished.
Doing dishes sucks. But that's why you cook for someone else, like a bf/gf and make them clean up.
4) you need to look up recipes and really should internalize them as well, because it would suck to have to look up how long every part of your meal has to cook for which amount of time so that you get it ready at the right time and dont stall the process somewhere in the middle, or half your meal gets cold while the other is still boiling.
After you do it once, you kind of figure it all out and you can be a bit more creative next time. Also, finding recipes and ideas can be fun.
it really boils down to effectiveness and time management in a world where time is everything. and i hate wasting time if it could have been avoided (spent otherwise). maybe its an excuse, but i figured its a pretty good one.
It's way cheaper, and you might actually begin to enjoy it so you're not just doing another job.
It's way less work if you do bulk cooking. One night a week cook up a big wok of some kind of sauce you like (my housemates used to refer to what I made as spicy red) and then put it in the fridge and have it with pasta a few times, put it on a chicken breast and oven it, put it in a baked potato, whatever. Spicy red is basically a combination of chopped tomatoes, random veg, chilis, random herbs, tins of beans and anything else in the cupboard. It's as spicy as it needs to be to discourage fridge theft. It goes with everything.
On May 18 2010 07:27 Jonoman92 wrote: I mean, half of TL.net could be gourmet chefs who speak an additional language if they just stopped browsing TL completely. (Curse you TL....)
Sadly, in today's society it is a big deal if you know how to cook. This is because most of us opt to eat fast food or at restaurants and haven't the slightest idea about what it takes to make an incredible meal at home.
Ever since I started cooking my own food, I've found it really difficult to ever eat fast food or in regular restaurant-chain eateries because, well, it's just crap compared to what I can make at home with fresh ingredients.
I have always enjoyed gastronomy, and could never go to the canteen. I currently work as an IT consultant, but as soon as I will have saved enough money I am planning to open my restaurant. And yes everyone is amazed by some of my dishes - as simple as they could be. And yes girls enjoy it a lot. Especially in China where a lot of girls are more interested about food than anything else.
One thing is being able to cook, another thing is cooking delicious food. In order to learn just the basic mechanics of cooking you would have to do it for many months. It helps if you've worked in the industry, everyday practice and good advice are priceless. Even a monkey can follow a recipe and prepare an edible dish, but will it taste the way it should? Frying a piece of chicken seems like an easy task, but you can fry it in many different ways, each of them will make it taste different. Average guy wouldn't know the difference, because it would come out exactly the same. So yes, knowing how to cook is a big deal if you are doing it right.
I loved watching Alton Brown's shows and also the commentary on Iron Chef. His scientific insight is awesome, though not everyone can take his corny humor. D:
I have yet to met any Chinese girl who can cook beyond the fry pan.
My girlfriend simply refuse to cook so now I'm the house bitch D:
She would do the washing and cleaning though.
I think men should take over cooking but women should have enough skill so they would rise to the occasion when called.
I personally don't have problem with cooking, I like to experiment and buy weird and wonderful food from different culture, this would never happen if I let someone else cook.
My house generally has the most useless crap laying around. That in combination with the fact that my parents didn't usually come home early every day made learning how to cook a necessity. There is nothing more rewarding that eating restaurant quality foods made by yourself. It is incredible, you know exactly what is in your meal, and it is simply a great skill to have.
The thing I love the most about cooking is when you come across something that *might* seem decent in what you're cooking, go ahead and try it. Back to the build order metaphor, if you feel that building a few DTs would make your build more potent, go ahead and try it. If it doesn't work, you don't do it again, or at least try it differently. Otherwise, good job.
Don't forget that when men cook they are called chefs. Women get no further than 'cook' or 'home cooking'. Add that to your guy-girl divisions/stereotypes. (The only women to get far in the celebrity chefs stuff have to sell themselves as mama-cook types). Ref: http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/39595/
I'm not even talking about cooking a great meal. Just something basic. My lunch today was rice and some stir-fried pork with sesame oil and salt. That seems to be what's "impressive." People are even impressed when I make spaghetti using jarred sauce and added ground beef. (Nowadays, I'd want to try making the spaghetti noodles by hand and making my own tomato sauce using crushed San Marzanos... anyway)
I feel like women nowadays don't know how (or don't like to) cook their every day food. I know many that can cook or bake something decent, but they won't bother to cook everyday. If there was a pot luck they'd bring homemade green tea muffins but they'd never make themselves a hamburger during the week.
I usually just make rice and orange chicken or something if I'm not in the mood to make a sandwich. I like to think my orange chicken is better than Panda Express', but probably not.
for people who know how to cook and who understand that it's not that difficult, it isn't a big deal, but for people who cannot cook, like me months ago, it is pretty impressive.
As a professional chef is sort of fun to read all these comments, i always take my cooking "skills" for granted, but lately in TL and in real life i am seeing more and more people who just do not have clue one about food whatsoever. It boggles my mind that so many people can be ignorant of such a basic pillar of civilization, to say nothing of the artistic and or pleasurable aspects of cooking. But the one thing i have yet to hear any man mention is propbably the most important reason to have at least a modicum of cooking skills is this:
If you cook for a girl she will be impressed. this is a good thing, trust me, i have a lot of experience with this one.
That this aspect is so overlooked in this thread makes me want to make a guide to cooking dinner for potential love interests. Figure it'll be my way of giving back to the world.
Alton Brown is certainly a revelation to the home cook. I think he would probably appeal to many of the people here because like someone pointed out earlier, most SC players don't only want to know how but why. It is frustrating to open a cookbook and basically just see a list of demands with no explanation. Sure you can make that specific dish, but it is impractical to open a cookbook every time a meal needs to be made. Honestly when most chefs are pressed they would tell you their home meals are a protein with carbs and and a veggie/fruit. Mario Batali recently said something to that effect on the Daily Show last week.
On May 19 2010 13:00 Shymon wrote: As a professional chef is sort of fun to read all these comments, i always take my cooking "skills" for granted, but lately in TL and in real life i am seeing more and more people who just do not have clue one about food whatsoever. It boggles my mind that so many people can be ignorant of such a basic pillar of civilization, to say nothing of the artistic and or pleasurable aspects of cooking. But the one thing i have yet to hear any man mention is propbably the most important reason to have at least a modicum of cooking skills is this:
If you cook for a girl she will be impressed. this is a good thing, trust me, i have a lot of experience with this one.
That this aspect is so overlooked in this thread makes me want to make a guide to cooking dinner for potential love interests. Figure it'll be my way of giving back to the world.
Where do you work? Did you go to school for that?
On May 19 2010 13:55 Fosh wrote: If there's one thing I learned from three years of culinary school, it's that if you can read a recipe, you can make it.
Making food isn't a big deal for me, I find it quite easy making stuff that I remember and for anything else theres recipes and common sense.
Too bad being a chef was shit and in the end all I got from the three years of culinary school was well... nothing.
Why did you choose culinary school to begin with? Did you not like cooking back then? Have you worked a lot behind the line afterwards? Cooking feels great when you can improvise and still pull off top notch dishes. The more you cook the broader your knowledge is, did you really get "nothing" out of a 3-year program?
On May 19 2010 13:00 Shymon wrote: As a professional chef is sort of fun to read all these comments, i always take my cooking "skills" for granted, but lately in TL and in real life i am seeing more and more people who just do not have clue one about food whatsoever. It boggles my mind that so many people can be ignorant of such a basic pillar of civilization, to say nothing of the artistic and or pleasurable aspects of cooking. But the one thing i have yet to hear any man mention is propbably the most important reason to have at least a modicum of cooking skills is this:
If you cook for a girl she will be impressed. this is a good thing, trust me, i have a lot of experience with this one.
That this aspect is so overlooked in this thread makes me want to make a guide to cooking dinner for potential love interests. Figure it'll be my way of giving back to the world.
PLEASE do this!! I'm a college student living on my own and learning how to cook simple, cheap, easy meals that fill me up would be nice! Currently, I can make rice then I just get some meat from the store and pan fry it and eat -_- and eat like a banana for vitamin C.
On May 19 2010 15:50 MaRiNe23 wrote: PLEASE do this!! I'm a college student living on my own and learning how to cook simple, cheap, easy meals that fill me up would be nice! Currently, I can make rice then I just get some meat from the store and pan fry it and eat -_- and eat like a banana for vitamin C.
What's up with vitamin C..
btw 1 orange contains around the same amount of vitamin C as 7 bananas
Being able to cook is a great quality to have. It shows you actually know some basic survival skills, and you aren't lazy. Most people avoid cooking because they absolutely suck at it, or they're lazy. Usually it's the later. You'd be surprised how many people don't even know how to make scrambled eggs. Usually, the excuse is they have no time to cook, and sometimes it's true. But there are a lot of people who are extremely busy most of the time, yet know how to cook. Society as a whole seems to be getting lazier and lazier. And I agree with Chill, cooking a really good meal by yourself feels really good.
On May 19 2010 13:00 Shymon wrote: As a professional chef is sort of fun to read all these comments, i always take my cooking "skills" for granted, but lately in TL and in real life i am seeing more and more people who just do not have clue one about food whatsoever. It boggles my mind that so many people can be ignorant of such a basic pillar of civilization, to say nothing of the artistic and or pleasurable aspects of cooking. But the one thing i have yet to hear any man mention is propbably the most important reason to have at least a modicum of cooking skills is this:
If you cook for a girl she will be impressed. this is a good thing, trust me, i have a lot of experience with this one.
That this aspect is so overlooked in this thread makes me want to make a guide to cooking dinner for potential love interests. Figure it'll be my way of giving back to the world.
On May 19 2010 13:00 Shymon wrote: If you cook for a girl she will be impressed. this is a good thing, trust me, i have a lot of experience with this one.
That this aspect is so overlooked in this thread makes me want to make a guide to cooking dinner for potential love interests. Figure it'll be my way of giving back to the world.
I wanted to mention that as well. Girls digg guys who can make delicious food for them.
On May 19 2010 13:00 Shymon wrote: If you cook for a girl she will be impressed. this is a good thing, trust me, i have a lot of experience with this one.
That this aspect is so overlooked in this thread makes me want to make a guide to cooking dinner for potential love interests. Figure it'll be my way of giving back to the world.
I wanted to mention that as well. Girls digg guys who can make delicious food for them.
Make the guide happen please!
Definitely second this- Cooking good mexican food has helped me a ton in the romance department
I learned how to cook about 2 year ago. From basic knife skills to sous vide. It's useful to know how to cook. And it's cheaper than eating take out every night. Though, the drawback is, you'll probably end up as a food douche.
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