Today I used da stove for da first time...this century!!!!! :eek: I made hard boiled eggs!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8qLshzQ05A
I cook rarely and only simple things. Grilled cheese, ramen, Spaghetti-O's, etc.
I'm not bad at it, but I rarely have the patience to make anything that isn't simple.
I cook. It's not all kd around here.
I am capable of heating up things on the stove, oven, toaster and microwave. Big accomplishment, I know. Other than simply heating up premade food, I love cooking steak, burgers and chicken on a grill - because I'm from Texas and that's just what we do, all Hank Hill style and such.
Once I get my own place (less than a month now, yeeeeah), I'll be cooking for myself far more than I will be simply heating up stuff, that's for sure. I'm actually extremely excited about this.
I can cook okay. I don't burn stuff and a lot of the time it comes out tasty, surprisingly.
cooking is a hell of a lot more simple than i used to think it was
If I really want something made properly, I'll end up cooking it. I really don't want to have people make my food all the time, or I'll end up with no cooking skills.
I throw together simple mixtures of meats, veggies, and a little seasoning for to eat on tortillas or with rice a few times a week. And if I have time in the morning making breakfast can be lots of fun. Chili and casseroles are easy and taste good, plus you can make enough to eat for a few days. I'd like to level up my "huge pan o' stirfry" skills because I <3 that stuff, and I want to get better at soup-making since it's winter. My mom makes these great beef n' barley (or wild rice) soups and I've never gotten all the ingredients together to make those. Oh, and baking is fun but it takes way too long unless I'm socializing during the process and making something for friends.
haha, keeping that "for to eat" typo. man I'm tired
chili and casseroles? I am intrigued by this. Tell me more about them.
and I can cook most basic meals if I have some sort of guide about how to make them. though at most it's stir fry rice, noodles, annnnnnnd that's it :/ GRILLED CHEESE TOMORROW.
no i live with my parents who cook all my food for me.
i also walk home from school every day and drop off my belongings in my suburban domicile, later venturing into town to hang out at the mall with my similarly doted-upon friends to discuss grown men wearing kevlar cupping one another's balls under the pretense of playing a "contact sport". we also pilfer cans of awful lager from our fathers' unnecessarily-large fridges and surreptitiously hide out drinking them in our ludicrously capacious basements, proclaiming how unbelievably wasted we are with each dainty sip. then i write on my myspace about how difficult my life is and how i wish i had more personal freedoms.
yeah no but in all seriousness the only thing i can muster that doesn't turn out a culinary abortion is the greatest bacon sandwich this world has ever seen
That's a good idea! Basically all you can do to reduce runny-ness is add starchy things or the main ingredients of starchy things, right? I ran into the same problem in my only (so far) attempt at curry. I guess in the case of the tater tot casserole I made, the frozen veggies probably added tons of water. IT WASN'T MY IDEA, but it got rid of the veggies and didn't taste too bad.
I cook lots. :cool: I like makin' em meats on the grill.
Steaks, Cheeseburgers, Chicken.
Though I gotta agree throwin' some veggies on the girll ain't bad either.
Portobello Mushrooms, Asparagus, Potatoes, Corn. Anything pretty much.
SLADE! The other day I made the most delicious Mac-N-Cheese and I thought maybe you'd like it because it nearly qualifies as a casserole. It's delicious because it contains gorgonzola and gruyere cheese, and a bit of chile for that little KICK. ;) It's a fantastic recipe. :o
[url=http://cookingquest.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/perfect-mac-n-cheese/]Here's the recipe[/url]. In case you want to try it out. :dunno:
Oh, and Slade, for the casserole, I think you should make a sauce yourself. The cream of mushroom soup as a sauce isn't thick enough, and I'm thinking maybe the frozen veggies have too much water. I think fresh veggies will give you better resultes! :o
[quote=Panic!;951775]I cook rarely and only simple things. Grilled cheese, ramen, Spaghetti-O's, etc.
And you wonder why you can't lose weight, slugger..
I like to allow my (hamburger/turkey alternative or tuna) meat to settle in Guinness (or any amber alternative of choice, I just like Guinness for its dark 'bite') for a few hours (4-5 tops in the fridge) before cooking, then bread it litely and mingle in some chopped green peppers and diced onions and grill that way. Usually poked evenly with a fork to allow even cooking over the flames (and for pockets of flavor) Then slam it between a kaiser bun which I toast to a nice golden color in the oven (350 for no more than 5-10 minutes), and the optional spinach leaves (I hate lettuce) and tomatoes, and then topped white American (not a very strong flavor, basically just use it for sandwich glue). No mustard or ketchup necessary, flavor's in the beef *****!
Coro.. Slade, I'm gonna have to try your stuff sometime!
I used to be a short order cook for a family restaurant.
Edit: Also, grilled tomatoes are the ****! However, tricky as hell.
I think my favourite thing to make is soup from scratch (well, besides the stock, hello bouillon cubes). The other night I made creamy pumpkin and potato soup and it was delicious.
Speaking of bouillon cubes, anyone ever save the flavor packets from their Ramen (say you used the noodles for other things)?
I once used the chicken flavor to enhance the flavor of some Bourbon battered chicken I made.
Clean meat to the best of your ability (or use pre-cleaned, boneless if you're really lazy), lay in a glass bake pan with Bourbon and tomatoes and evenly (and lightly, don't abuse the bird unless you really like that McDonalds' texture) pound with tenderizer mallet and work over with hands and roll so that chicken "soaks" up some of the flavoring from the Bourbon and tomatoes. Just "low bake" for an hour in the same bath of bourbon and diced tomatoes with the seasoning, then slap on the grill and lightly spatter the pan dressing over as you cook.
Purely just trying out chicken skills (I hardly get a chance to cook chicken, but when I do I usually hit it off), and it worked as I cooked this for a party of friends. And they all approved.
All the time!
my favorite thing to make is stirfry. lazy as hell, healthy, and tasty. lots of leftovers too.
Hell yeah dude, stir-fry burritos!!
I love making leftover changeups, depending on the contents of stirfry- add in a little bacon and some scrambled egg for a really unique breakfast. Beats cold pizza!
nothing beats pizza. could eat it everyday
Word!
Hot or cold, pizza is pizza and goes just the same. I like to eat cold pizza, dipped in a bowl of warm creamy tomato soup with chives and onions.
I am such an excellent cook I should have a faux-hawk.
(SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU GET IT!!!!)
[quote=Foppy D;952988]I am such an excellent cook I should have a faux-hawk.
(SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU GET IT!!!!)
I get it kinda, not sure why, but I think I kinda get it..
for six months almost everything i ate i grilled or smoked myself. im **** good with a grill, and can come up with a way to cook **** near anything on there. once i get out of barracks and get a decent place of my own i plan on welding together a grill of my own design and cooking pretty much everything for myself.
aside from grilling, i can cook pretty well from instructions, but i prefer to make up my own ****. sadly, i dont have much experiance with indoor cooking, so im not that great at it.