So you think you can cook?

Discussion in 'The Food Section' started by ckthepilot, Jun 4, 2007.

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Can you cook for reals?

  1. No - I rather eat out

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  2. A little - know a few dishes

    34 vote(s)
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  3. Yes - cooking is my specialty

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  1. ckthepilot

    ckthepilot Well-Known Member

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    So who here actually knows how to cook? Like real meals, not ramen or micro dinners :p
     
  2. i do. i actually cooked a roast beef for my family's return from montreal while i was stuck in toronto because of work...

    once i get the picture, ill post it up.
     
  3. chickenutbread

    chickenutbread Well-Known Member

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    maybe not meals but select items (which i don't think qualify as dishes either) such as cheese omelette and bacon. so does that count as acceptable cooking skills?
     
  4. 無得頂

    無得頂 Well-Known Member

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    I only know some chinese dishes and a little western dishes. I'm not as good as my dad, but its edible and I haven't gotten sick so far.
     
  5. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    I am a decent cook according to my friends... specialty includes pasta sauce from scratch (I am better with white sauce, but can work with both), a variety of Chinese soup and congee, some Chinese dish, pancake/crepe/french toast...

    I guess it would have been easier if the OP asked who's comfortable handling raw meat, coz most people who doesn't cook abhor touching/handling raw meat...

    Did I mention I am good at deboning?

    But I am terrible with the grill @_@b Somehow never manage to grill/smoke the meat nicely... :(
     
  6. 無得頂

    無得頂 Well-Known Member

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    Do you debone humans too?

    I am good at grilling, or at least I'm good at controlling the machine.
     
  7. lee-lee

    lee-lee Well-Known Member

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    i can cook. chinese. not so much with western food since i'm not really a fan of it.
    also, my mom made sure i could cook. paid off now that i live on my own. i have no idea how my room mates live off of ramen and cereal.
     
  8. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Want to see how I debone you?? It's all the same basic principle...

    As for the grill, I don't handle the machine well enough to master it @_@b

    Me too... My ex-housemates used to steal all my leftovers when they "cook" their ramen T_T So my food bill skyrocketed...

    And yeah, my parents grilled cooking skills into me since I was quite young :p I started making my own hot, decent meal since I was in primary school...
     
  9. lee-lee

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    what was even worse with my roommates, they go into my leftovers, take some and move the remaining food around to make it look like it hasn't been touched. -devil
     
  10. 無得頂

    無得頂 Well-Known Member

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    There is skill in cooking instant noodles too. Many people make it taste horrible.
     
  11. lee-lee

    lee-lee Well-Known Member

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    how do u screw up cooking instant noodles? but i guess i see ur point. i once met this lady that couldn't clean a plate.
     
  12. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Well the thing is, those "leftovers" were neatly packed in my nukable plastic box... for my lunch the next day :(

    So I went without ANY lunch for an awful long time... not to mention they don't even wash my empty lunch box TT_TT

    @MDD & lee-lee: There's skill in cooking instant noodle but it isn't THAT difficult to acquire, said skill...

    So I still look down on people who only can cook instant noodle, no matter how good they can cook it @_@bbb

    And I cannot even begin to imagine why there are those who manage to mess up frying spam and egg (a la sunny side up or over easy)
     
  13. 無得頂

    無得頂 Well-Known Member

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    Making the noodles too mushy, too hard, adding too much flavouring, etc...
     
  14. lee-lee

    lee-lee Well-Known Member

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    true true true. i've perfected the art of cooking ramen without the soup. i make it as dry noodles, like chow mein....sooo good. mmmmm... if it wasn't so late, i would go make some now.
     
  15. PhY pHy

    PhY pHy Well-Known Member

    ^^I liek ur SHK avie...
    I do cook...my whole family likes cooking...
    and so they teach me...my specialty is
    congee...lol...
     
  16. lee-lee

    lee-lee Well-Known Member

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    thanx. isn't she soooo beautiful? wanna look like her...
     
  17. aZn-BoNnEr

    aZn-BoNnEr Well-Known Member

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    i know how to cook ramen noodle. I usually eat out or eat at home.
     
  18. 無得頂

    無得頂 Well-Known Member

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    Plain congee or with other stuff in it?
     
  19. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    Congee is quote fool-proof once you got the plain congee right...

    The rest depends on how fresh the "stuff" are...
     
  20. lee-lee

    lee-lee Well-Known Member

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    no way! i totally disagree. my grandma makes the most amazing congee. she makes the most amazing congee with dried scallops and pork. i can cook congee and it NEVER comes out tasting like hers.