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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:26 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage No woman "can't cook."
There is only "will cook" or "won't cook." |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:59 PM Author: deranged pink quadroon This is absolutely false. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880675) |
Date: June 13th, 2012 1:27 PM Author: nubile hall (Ratatouille) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880010) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:28 PM Author: ivory passionate sanctuary Came here to post this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880014) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:29 PM Author: haunting disgusting jew can someone explain a general theory of meat procurement, storage, preparation and sanitation? tyia (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880021) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:35 PM Author: ivory passionate sanctuary http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Meat_Preparation_Fact_Sheets/index.asp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880052) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:40 PM Author: haunting disgusting jew holy shit ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880083) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:39 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate What do you want to make? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880069) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:40 PM Author: haunting disgusting jew beef, chicken, pork, fish
i usually just buy prepared meat @ harris teeter because i have no clue how the process works. seems like i'd end up wasting a lot of meat or something. im also lazy. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:41 PM Author: Gaped swashbuckling turdskin Buy low, eat high (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880089) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:30 PM Author: Naked Ceo Office I'll bitchslap the shit out of you for dissing my man Steve Hawking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880023) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:34 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880043) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:36 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond It pisses me off when people say they don't know how to cook. I realize it takes some actual skill to invent butter-poached lobster or make a 7-layer fondant cake, but for fuck's sake, take some ground beef and put it on a hot surface instead of paying $9 plus tip to get it delivered. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880057) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:39 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage Cr. After cooking for a while you pick up skills, you can get creative with ingredients and make things up to tailor it to your supplies and equipment and situation. Anyone can pick up these skills, they just take a little time, nobody just has them automatically.
But even without such skills, anyone can make some damn good eats with the help of marthastewart.com |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:40 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman but the Cooked Ground Beef Shack has such tasty sides (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880078) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:40 PM Author: ivory passionate sanctuary I just want an empanada. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880081) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:41 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond I'm referring to the "eating out is so expensive, but I have to because I don't know how to cook" crowd. Drives me up the fucking wall. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880086) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:56 PM Author: confused cerise azn it's usually 'eating out is so expensive, but i don't have time to go shopping for fresh stuff and cook a tasty and healthy meal' (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880177) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:02 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond I hear that occasionally, but for the people I know it's almost always "I don't know how". I was talking about making a burger the night before, and I had a friend go, "Oh my god, that's so cool that you know how to do that!!! I wish I could learn to cook." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880227) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:01 PM Author: scarlet hyperactive ape ryder is engaged to an absurdly rich faggot. She can eat out every fucking meal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880216) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:02 PM Author: ivory passionate sanctuary OR she can buy super expensive ingredients, leisurely cook, and keep a high-res food blog. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880222) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:38 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe lol tyft (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880515) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:41 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman in reality i do a mixture of both of these things. :( no blogo, though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880541) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:42 PM Author: aromatic tan gay wizard trailer park cool instagram bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880555) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:07 PM Author: ivory passionate sanctuary There is nothing wrong with it.
You culinary artiste. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 1:58 PM Author: Shimmering Kitchen Liquid Oxygen Steven Hawking reads a lot. can he cook? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880200) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:18 PM Author: diverse chestnut philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880805) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:37 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe I dunno. I'm a dood and I've tried making simple pancakes which have turned out crap, and other things which just didn't taste satisfying. I've tried but have no skill in that dept - I personally think cooking is a rather innate skill - you have to know proportions, how much spices, etc. to add - it's not as simple as just following box instructions which often turn out crap meals. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880505) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:38 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate So you tried once to make some pancakes and gave up because they sucked? Keep trying and you will get it right. But you are right about how cooking involves some innate skills. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880520) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:40 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe i've tried.. i can make pancakes but it tastes quite flat/dry... not milky/sugary enough idk. Basically tastes like paper. I've tried multiple sites online for recipes to no avail. The box pancakes are 10x better and easier. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880534) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:41 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage Try martha stewart (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880543) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:39 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage Sounds like you had crap instructions, didn't follow them, or they left open some matter of interpretation that you got wrong.
"I personally thinking [sic] cooking is a rather innate skill"
Sorry, you're just wrong. Being world class or getting good a bit quicker than others may involve some innate skill. But anyone can cook awesome food practically on their first try. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:40 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate No, he is definitely right about that. You must not be a good cook if you think otherwise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880536) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:46 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond Nope. If you're talking about being able to cook without recipes and invent crazy new dishes, then yes, being Gordon Ramsay or Jean-Georges is in large part an innate skill. But if you can't sear tuna or make a pot of spaghetti, both of which involve nothing more than being able to set a timer and react when it goes off, then you're a full-on retard. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880575) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:39 PM Author: Gaped swashbuckling turdskin You may have reading comprehension problems bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880532) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:40 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe lol fuck u (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880537) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:40 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage cr the premise was "If you can read.." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880538) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:41 PM Author: erotic round eye Let's see, if you didn't know the right proportions or how much spices to add, what might tell you? Perhaps something called "a recipe"? Alternatively, if you aren't retarded you can make a dish with whatever proportions, taste it, and add more of whatever you think it needs until you arrive at a tasty product (may take multiple attempts). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880547) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:48 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond To be fair, stuff like pancakes and other bread-type things can be a bit more difficult, just because there's less margin of error than with, say, a burger. But seriously, it's just not that hard to follow the directions. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880595) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:49 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage lol right, the guy seems like flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880608) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:41 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman let's workshop your pancakes. what was wrong with them? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880549) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:43 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate you can't really cook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880558) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:45 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman nah can definitely make pancakes and lots of other things. i'm a very decent cook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880572) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:47 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate Guaranteed you can't make good creamy scrambled eggs. Hint, it goes something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU_B3QNu_Ks |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:50 PM Author: Gaped swashbuckling turdskin OH WHAT A CULINARY SCHOLAR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880609) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:52 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880625) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:54 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman i make good scramblies but this vid helped me up my game. it's true that you have to treat it like a risotto though!
i also can make a technically perfect omelet |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:58 PM Author: aromatic tan gay wizard trailer park but why would you want to make scrambled eggs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880669) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:58 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman so i can eat them with melty leeks and bits of pancetta? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880671) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:09 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond Pancetta is delicious but "melty leeks" sounds like a symptom of something I don't want to be diagnosed with. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880731) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:59 PM Author: Gaped swashbuckling turdskin Technically perfect omelet is doubtful. Very very few people make a true omelet when they say they make omelets. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880672) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:02 PM Author: aromatic tan gay wizard trailer park whatever bro it's just an omelet. you can make it however the fuck you want.
that said, i don't flip these days |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:03 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman this guy thinks he's some kind of egg czar because he watches alton brown (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880700) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:07 PM Author: Gaped swashbuckling turdskin Pepin, actually. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880717) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:08 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman my mom in law took a class w/him, she is a 181 cook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880725) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:47 PM Author: aromatic tan gay wizard trailer park pancakes are for dumb sluts who cant separate egg whites or operate a waffle iron (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880587) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:50 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond Pancakes are fucking delicious, you take that back. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880615) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:53 PM Author: aromatic tan gay wizard trailer park NO (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880635) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:54 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond YES (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880641) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:55 PM Author: Provocative awkward orchestra pit ratface The middle way:
"You can't be like pancakes: all exciting at first, but then by the end you're fuckin' sick of em." |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:27 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage Depends man. Pancakes can be 180 if done well (there are unique ways) and complimented with the right things. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880874) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:58 PM Author: greedy fanboi I agree. I never ever cooked before the start of this year (family ate out every meal growing up; I just got take-out or the cafeteria in college) and I made a new year's resolution to learn to cook this year. It's not that difficult - today for example I just grilled up some chicken breasts with a cool marinade that tastes as good as anything in a typical restaurant that's not high cuisine today. And I'm a 6 month noob at this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880667) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 2:59 PM Author: aromatic tan gay wizard trailer park why is your mother a stupid slut whore? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880673) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:03 PM Author: greedy fanboi my father refuses to eat vegetables or anything green, or anything with spices beyond salt, pepper, garlic in it - like outright refuses like a big baby. So my mom who has no guts at all would just get us fast food or make steak and potatoes plain all the time (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880697) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:21 PM Author: ivory passionate sanctuary My Dad was like this before he met my Mom (an amazing cook), and she found out it was because my Grandma made him shitty, overcooked, nasty veggies all his life. After my parents god married, my Mom convinced my Dad that if he'd try her way of making veggies just once she'd never ask him again if he didn't like it, and he liked it.
Preparation is key. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:02 PM Author: deranged pink quadroon That's not cooking. That's heating something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880691) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:03 PM Author: greedy fanboi (LOW IQ SCHTICK) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880703) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:10 PM Author: deranged pink quadroon The thing is, you don't have any understanding of what cooking is. Why? Because you grew up on fast-food and think heating a chicken breast is cooking. A nigger might even be able to do that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880737) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:13 PM Author: greedy fanboi what the hell is wrong with you? You think because I happened to grill something today that that's all I know how to cook now? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880756) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:14 PM Author: deranged pink quadroon "Cooking is not hard - for example I heated chicken beasts."
No. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:28 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe That's more than my mom. My mom doesn't know that you should marinade chicken or know how - she just adds 'chicken seasoning/flavoring' like vegeta on top of chicken and shoves it in the stove. She's stupid and it turns out gross. That's why I don't learn cooking from her.
That said, there's different levels of cooking - beginner level (like my mom in her whole life) is just cooking chicken without seasoning and adding frozen vegetables. IMO the addition of sauces/spices often makes it more advanced. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:04 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate Your family ate our every meal growing up? Sup richie rich? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880704) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:05 PM Author: greedy fanboi not fancy places; just fast food for every dinner (obv i ate at school cafeteria for lunch) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880708) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:07 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond That is enormously fucked-up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880718) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:08 PM Author: greedy fanboi tell me about it; it's incredibly hard to break those habits now that i'm on my own (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880726) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:10 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman do you have health problems (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880738) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:12 PM Author: greedy fanboi i'm probably 5-10 pounds overweight, but that's after having eaten healthy for a while now. My blood pressure is fine according to doctor; not sure what else you're asking? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880754) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:13 PM Author: plum unholy resort black woman was expecting you to suffer from rickets and shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880760) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:12 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe This was the same as my experience growing up too. I hate most red meat tho which makes trying to learn to cook more difficult. I was also on a low-carb thing at one time and never ate potatoes for years but think I'll just try making stuff I don't like for the hell of it, so I know how...what do u usually cook? I'd love to learn to cook vegetarian meals but it seems time consuming and expensive. I love veggies tho. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880750) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:15 PM Author: greedy fanboi A variety of beginner to intermediate stuff - I got one of those big ass recipe books (with pictures; this is important for a noob) that you give to a housewife when she gets married and just randomly make things out of that that look good. If you wanna check it out it's called "How to Cook Everything" by Mark Bittman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880774) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:20 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe Thanks. I'd need something really simple, will check it out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880817) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:16 PM Author: Godawful Sneaky Criminal Half-breed OP is completely credited. Women who say tehy cannot cook are not limited by their lack of natural talent. They just aren't willing to put in the basic effort. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880780) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:18 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate Will people stop fucking saying this shit. My mom has been cooking her whole life and is a shitty cook. She isn't even dumb or anything. I've been cooking for a few years now and I'm much better than her. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880799) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:19 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe Same with my mom but my mom is dumb (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880810) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:20 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880819) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:21 PM Author: greedy fanboi lol, ditto (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880828) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:26 PM Author: Godawful Sneaky Criminal Half-breed 2 options
1: she tries overly complicated recipes
2: she doesn't cook what you like
My mom does both, so I know all about this. I can't eat the food she makes. But I have faith in her basic ability to boil an egg. Although, I bought some take'n bake bread to go with dinner and she baked the entire enormous loaf in the morning, thereby completely defeating the purpose of the take'n bake system. Also her scrambled eggs are runny on the inside and burnt on the outside. But seriously, it's not like she couldn't cook well if she really put in the effort and followed a recipe as directed. I think some people just don't pay attention or something. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:21 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage Your mom chooses not to cook well. My mom does the same thing. She puts something on the stove and then walks away and shit and it burns. Or she chooses to get way too adventurous in making something up because she just wants to use the ingredients or something.
Follow some fucking simple as fuck instructions and you can cook great food. Maybe you have to learn like 6 or 7 cooking vocab words at most and those only appear in some recipes. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:22 PM Author: cerebral international law enforcement agency associate It's very obvious to me that she lacks the intuition. It has nothing to do with being lazy about it because she isn't. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880835) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:28 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage There is zero intuition required. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880884) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:33 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe I think IQ has something to do with it tho. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880920) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:35 PM Author: Godawful Sneaky Criminal Half-breed I think you just need to care. All the bad cooking mistakes happen because people don't pay attention/don't care.
I would love to see some statistics correlating cooking skills and divorce rates. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:40 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage To a point yes, IQ has something to do with being able to read.
My mom is smart but doesn't cook well. |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:21 PM Author: diverse chestnut philosopher-king it's like fashion in that some people have a sense for it while others just don't - although a lot can be gained from experience (how different flavors go together) and watching the cooking channel (techniques)
pretty much anybody can follow a recipe though |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:24 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage Right, and you can make great food every day of your life following very simple recipes. No need to ever even get into the things that you need "a sense for". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880849) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:31 PM Author: diverse chestnut philosopher-king and just through doing that, even if you don't have a natural sense for it, you'll still pick up a lot of basics and start to get an idea of what's going on.
getting better a timing meat cooking is definitely an acquired skill since a recipe can't really tell you precisely what to do (it's always different depending on heat source and meat thickness/size). and there are some difficult recipes out there (e.g., try having a noob make pad thai or something very timing and multitasking intensive), but there's no excuse for people that flat out don't cook because they "can't" |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:35 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe Maybe. I'm thinking of taking a cooking class myself bc I hate my parents' cooking and can't learn from them but not sure I'll have the time in law :( maybe a few hrs on a weekend is possible tho (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880936) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:41 PM Author: adventurous cobalt stage Agreed. Although some meat cooking can be determined with thermometer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880988) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:30 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe Yeah. Some ppl don't know how to cut/slice vegetables and meat properly and shit like that too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880898) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:33 PM Author: diverse chestnut philosopher-king that's a good point - basic knife skills are easy to learn from a 3 minute youtube video though. doesn't even matter if you're doing it correctly/slowly as long as you're not being dangerous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880924) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 3:41 PM Author: claret house macaca Cr. Following recipes isn't hard at all. I only cook on that level on the weekend though. Not sure who has time to cook a real meal between a full time job, gym, drinks with friends, sports, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20880985) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 4:10 PM Author: Bistre Space Giraffe how'd u learn how to cook breh? im thinking of taking a cooking class but not sure i'll have the time.. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1969790&forum_id=2#20881168) |
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Date: June 13th, 2012 4:15 PM Author: floppy native generalized bond Think of stuff you like to eat. Google the name of that stuff along with the name of someone like Alton Brown, and you'll often find decent recipes (I am not, for the record, holding up Alton Brown as any sort of culinary icon, but his recipes are usually straightforward and pretty good). You'll start learning what you need to do to make good food, and then can start varying things or doing it without having to refer to the recipe.
The trick, in my experience, is not to blindly thumb through recipe books/sites looking for things you might like, but to start learning to make things you already do like. |