koko_99_2001's thread

[Jeysie]

I'm generally bad at cooking. If it involves nothing more than sticking ingredients in a bowl, mixing them together, and then cooking them in a dish for a specific amount of time, I can do that. Anything else, I'm terrible.

I still remember the time my best friend and I tried to make fudge. Now she is a very good cook, yet even with her working with me, we still ended up with chocolate crumbs. She was like, "I've done that recipe dozens of times and it's always turned out all right. Liz, you're jinxed!"

I can't sew either, although I can crochet. Harrison can sew decently, however.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[racx_00]

My mum taught me how to cook , i really enjoy cooking but unfortunately the school wouldnt let me do the Cooking course this year

*grabs bat*

[Yonkey]

I don't get how people can be bad at cooking.    I can understand if you're trying to make something from scratch, but if you're following a receipe, then as long as you use the correct ingredients (or correct substitutes) and correct quantities, everything should be fine.  

If you are constantly burning stuff you bake, it's the oven's fault for overheating.  All you have to remember is to keep food in there for 2 or 3 minutes less than last time.

[koko_99_2001]

I know I baked my first cake from scratch last summer.  It was SO good.  Before then, Betty Crocker was my best friend!  Now, from scratch I make them!

And about sewing.  Mom and I bought a few patterns today from Wally World.  They're all specified as easy, so hopefully all we need to do is get material and thread and I hope to have a few new outfits.  Now to find the time to actually sew!

Cat

[Jeysie]

Don't ask me how I manage, I just do. I followed that fudge recipe to the letter, for instance, and it still turned out like crap.

Maybe it's because I can't help but consider cooking as a means to an end, rather than an end in and of itself. Cooking well does require time and patience I usually don't have.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[racx_00]

i do most things from scratch and most of the recipes i do have are from previous experiences or passed down through the family

[koko_99_2001]

I love family recipies!  We have one for apple strudel that was brough over by my great-great grandmother from Bohemia...which I now believe is the Czech Republic...

Cat

[Louisiana Night]

Blueberry Yum. Best desert in the world.

By the way, I fixed the beginning of the thread.

[copycat]

I dunno, my ex-boyfriend claimed the same thing. If he tried coming over my house without showering, I'd tell him he wasn't coming anywhere near me until he went home and washed up. Blech.

See, that's my problem, nobody is telling me such a thing!

[Jeysie]

I dunno, my ex-boyfriend claimed the same thing. If he tried coming over my house without showering, I'd tell him he wasn't coming anywhere near me until he went home and washed up. Blech.

See, that's my problem, nobody is telling me such a thing!

That's because you don't have a girlfriend who's fastidious about personal hygiene. You should rectify that problem!

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Questing Character]

Yeah, he should.  I think it's Cat's moral duty to fix that problem!

[Questing Character]

Why, of course it's your moral duty.  Because I said so and I'm your catnip provider.

[B'rrr]

Neil's a chef...so's Alex...and Rob...and Jason (you knew there was a reason I asked, didn't you?)...

lol, i wish i am, cuz cooking rockz!! too bad i have too little time lately to fully practice it ...it's only normal meals lately, nothing fancy....

[koko_99_2001]

Sorry to burst your bubble, Q...but I've been weaning myself off the catnip.  You've noticed I haven't bought as much lately

Rob, who cares if it's not a fancy meal...if you still cook (in the states, a home-cooked meal consists of meat, veggies, and bread) than it counts as you practicing your cooking skills!

Cat

[Louisiana Night]

I scare people when I cook, assuming I'm not using a recipe. Anyone ever tried deep-fried summer sausage?

[koko_99_2001]

No, I haven't.  And I don't cook w/o a recipe unless it's a dessert I've made so many times I know the recipe by heart.  I don't take risks with my cooking.  However, I still can't seem to make the yeast for rolls to rise accordingly...

Cat

[Yonkey]

LOL!  I'm not a chef, I'm just good at following a receipe.  

[koko_99_2001]

If you follow a recipe, then you cook.  And if you cook, that makes you a chef...at least in my book!

Cat

[Questing Character]

Cat has a book?? >takes a marker and colors in the letters on the binding<

[Jeysie]

* Jeysie reminds herself never to let Questie anywhere near her book collection.

Peace & Luv, Liz