Women Can't Cook - Page 2

Michaela · 11-08-2007, 08:22 PM

I tend to eat out too much with the folks from work. But when I put my mind to it, I'm not too bad. I love to cook for company!

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-08-2007, 10:07 PM

Learning how to eyeball -- well, I'm learning from Rachel Ray. You can see her doing it, and you copy that.

Following recipes closely works, of course, if the recipe is right. Tweaking the recipe next time -- I've never found that hard.

The final authority is your tongue, coupled with some knowledge of just how strong the ingredient in question is -- Endorphin Rush pepper sauce is something you use in drops, but curry powder needs quantity, particularly if you're cutting back on hot pepper in the curry powder. A preliminary indicator is how the dish smells as it's cooking, for a bland scent usually means a bland dish. Do an Emeril and put in a teaspoon more...

Am I the cook? Often. We don't bake much, as I shouldn't be eating sugary things and the wife doesn't very much care for cake.

SteveDallas · 11-08-2007, 10:11 PM

We both are good cooks. We don't cook (i.e. from scratch) nearly as much as we used to, due to more time pressures. But who does it generally depends on the exact schedules in play.

monster · 11-08-2007, 11:27 PM

Beest is the main cook. Mostly because he (used to) like it, and because the eczema on my hands makes preparation of food not fun. But also because I hate to prepare the same things again and again and he doesn't mind so much. But I'm the experimental "chef". When I have time I'll cook and it's always different. If it's good, I'll tell beest what I did to the best of my memory and it'll get added to the repertoire.

glatt · 11-09-2007, 07:32 AM

I cook one or two meals on the weekend, my lovely wife takes care of the week nights. We usually clean up the kitchen together after we get the kids in bed together.

DanaC · 11-11-2007, 02:13 AM

I rarely cook these days. Mainly because I am a) too busy, b) too lazy, c)living on my own and d) have a kitchen the size of an undergrown walnut.

When I had time, inclination a big kitchen and tended to entertain more, I cooked a lot. When I do cook I am good at it. Baking however, passes me by. I don't tend to do recipes much, though have used cookbooks as a way of learning what goes with what and what kind of proportions tend to work. Usually I am an instinctive cook and experimenter

TheMercenary · 11-11-2007, 10:17 AM

My wife is the best cook I have ever met, including my mother. I am the second best...

11-08-2007, 10:07 PM	#17
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Learning how to eyeball -- well, I'm learning from Rachel Ray. You can see her doing it, and you copy that. Following recipes closely works, of course, if the recipe is right. Tweaking the recipe next time -- I've never found that hard. The final authority is your tongue, coupled with some knowledge of just how strong the ingredient in question is -- Endorphin Rush pepper sauce is something you use in drops, but curry powder needs quantity, particularly if you're cutting back on hot pepper in the curry powder. A preliminary indicator is how the dish smells as it's cooking, for a bland scent usually means a bland dish. Do an Emeril and put in a teaspoon more... Am I the cook? Often. We don't bake much, as I shouldn't be eating sugary things and the wife doesn't very much care for cake. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-08-2007, 11:27 PM	#19
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Beest is the main cook. Mostly because he (used to) like it, and because the eczema on my hands makes preparation of food not fun. But also because I hate to prepare the same things again and again and he doesn't mind so much. But I'm the experimental "chef". When I have time I'll cook and it's always different. If it's good, I'll tell beest what I did to the best of my memory and it'll get added to the repertoire. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-11-2007, 10:17 AM	#22
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	My wife is the best cook I have ever met, including my mother. I am the second best... __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-08-2007, 08:22 PM	#16
Michaela Lively Girl Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Montlake Terrace, WA Posts: 67	I tend to eat out too much with the folks from work. But when I put my mind to it, I'm not too bad. I love to cook for company!

11-08-2007, 10:11 PM	#18
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	We both are good cooks. We don't cook (i.e. from scratch) nearly as much as we used to, due to more time pressures. But who does it generally depends on the exact schedules in play.

11-09-2007, 07:32 AM	#20
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I cook one or two meals on the weekend, my lovely wife takes care of the week nights. We usually clean up the kitchen together after we get the kids in bed together.

11-11-2007, 02:13 AM	#21
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I rarely cook these days. Mainly because I am a) too busy, b) too lazy, c)living on my own and d) have a kitchen the size of an undergrown walnut. When I had time, inclination a big kitchen and tended to entertain more, I cooked a lot. When I do cook I am good at it. Baking however, passes me by. I don't tend to do recipes much, though have used cookbooks as a way of learning what goes with what and what kind of proportions tend to work. Usually I am an instinctive cook and experimenter

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