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  • I don't know/partner does it all

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    Thankfully spikerS can cook. Last time he asked me to help in the kitchen I melted a plastic spoon(again).
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    Shit, there's only 49 users here, I doubt we'll even break 100.

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    How come no selection for "I don't cook/my partner doesn't cook as well. " ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ZenOps View Post
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    Its sometimes painful to have to go out to dinner to meetup with friends knowing there is a good chance it will taste worse than if I just stay in.
    Should start a new questionnaire for how many people cook for friends

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    I'm pretty handy in the kitchen. Fortunately so is my wife. Seems like most cases I see is either one or the other. My Mom was a horrible cook, my poor Dad had to come home to her suppers every night. All us kids were excited for Dads Sunday dinner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by C4S View Post
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    How come no selection for "I don't cook/my partner doesn't cook as well. " ?
    Interesting. What do you and your partner do for dinners/lunch etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tonytiger55 View Post
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    Interesting. What do you and your partner do for dinners/lunch etc?
    Take out everyday, bro.

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    For those of you that consider yourselves really good at cooking, how did you get to that level? Was it just trial and error/practice or courses at somewhere like SAIT? I'm decent but would always like to improve.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cet View Post
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    For those of you that consider yourselves really good at cooking, how did you get to that level? Was it just trial and error/practice or courses at somewhere like SAIT? I'm decent but would always like to improve.
    Just practice. Made it a point to cut restaurant spending by a huge amount and in doing so just practiced up.

    Following recipes is also a huge help and can help you get better at certain things.

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    Practice. Following the recipes pretty closely. Like anything after you've done it a lot you figure out what works and what doesn't.

    A well cared for cast iron, baking sheet, sharp knife and fresh ingredients can do a ton of things. Fresh spices are critical imo - Silk Road is the bomb.

    In our house, butter isn't the devil either
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    Quote Originally Posted by cet View Post
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    For those of you that consider yourselves really good at cooking, how did you get to that level? Was it just trial and error/practice or courses at somewhere like SAIT? I'm decent but would always like to improve.
    I started by dividing the entire process up and practice. You will fuck up, but thats the whole point. Its to learn and get out of your unconscious habits.
    One key element that is not mentioned is sound. Ingredients making a noise gives a idea of the right temperature.


    Fuck.. if your hungry, come over one day day and I'l just show you. I never finish all the food.

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    I love to cook, it's the perfect way to let my mind completely shift gears at the end of the day, I'd even say it's therapeutic. I enjoy combining ingredients in a different way every time, it's my best chance to let my creative side let loose. I've never opened any of my recipe books that people have gifted me over the years, I just prefer to come up with my own creations and I'd say maybe a couple of times a year I find I missed the mark and made something kinda bland, otherwise it beats pub food hands down and occasionally it's 5 star restaurant taste experience. So glad BBQ season is here, already grilled up a few great meals. Fresh habaneros, garlic, and ground pepper in damn near everything. I definitely find it tricky to cook for more than just the wife and I, just not used to making larger meals. The wife loves to take me out for dinners so it works out great, she can cook but has zero interest in it.

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    One thing is I hate following recipes exactly. I like to read two recipes for a dish, then don't read either while I'm cooking. Allows me to be a little creative.

    Main thing is practice.
    I find there's not many difficult techniques in "normal" cooking, but practice goes a long way with even simple techniques.

    My personal tip is to stop cooking anything that says "quick" or "easy" in the recipe title, challenge yourself, fail a few times, and you'll improve.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    I pretty much only cook what I kill, which ends up being a shit ton of fish, deer, elk, birds over the year. Wife helps out, I usually prepare the meat and she does the rest.

    Other than that, we eat out about 5/7 days per week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BavarianBeast View Post
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    I pretty much only cook what I kill, which ends up being a shit ton of fish, deer, elk, birds over the year. Wife helps out, I usually prepare the meat and she does the rest.

    Other than that, we eat out about 5/7 days per week.
    Ahem...deer you say...? I might have to trouble you for some meat.
    Deer curry has been on my list to try and make.

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    I could hook you up with some steaks

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    Since big population of beyonders are chinese/asian ....

    So probably go out to eat all the time... Not cooking at home as white people..

    Frozen food/instant noodle when lazy to go out! My kids love those junk food too��
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    Quote Originally Posted by cet View Post
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    For those of you that consider yourselves really good at cooking, how did you get to that level? Was it just trial and error/practice or courses at somewhere like SAIT? I'm decent but would always like to improve.
    A lot of it was just being around as a kid and helping my Dad with cooking. I just picked it up. After following enough recipes from cookbooks, I just have a pretty good instinct about how long and what temperature to cook things at.

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    Silk Road is the bomb.
    Spices you say? Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BavarianBeast View Post
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    I pretty much only cook what I kill, which ends up being a shit ton of fish, deer, elk, birds over the year. Wife helps out, I usually prepare the meat and she does the rest.

    Other than that, we eat out about 5/7 days per week.
    If and when you bag a moose, I have money waiting...

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    Spices you say? Is that what the kids are calling it nowadays?
    I literally have no idea what you are referring to here lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by msommers View Post
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    I literally have no idea what you are referring to here lol
    Silk Road was a big darkweb drug/crypto trading site.

    Get your reading glasses on, old man. https://www.wired.com/2015/04/silk-road-1/

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    What's crypto and how do I use it to light up this darkweb?

    Looks like an interesting read, thanks Young Whippersnapper.
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