When was the last time you really cooked and what was it?

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#1 SalmonCatching
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I love telling and sharing cooking recipes and just meals. Me and my boyfriend don't get to cook often but when we do the kitchen definitely gets sloppy. The other night we made a pasta bologenese from scratch it was AMAZING! What have you cooked recently?

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#2 warownslife
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Your one of them. O_O

Ramen. I can't cook.

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#3 SalmonCatching
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Your one of them. O_O

Ramen. I can't cook.

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My one of what?
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#4 warownslife
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[QUOTE="warownslife"]

Your one of them. O_O

Ramen. I can't cook.

SalmonCatching

My one of what?

Your a ... cook. I don't like people that can cook. They always try to make food for me. I don't need your pity! Also can you teach me how to cook?

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I made a sandwhich one time. Never doing that again.
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[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"][QUOTE="warownslife"]

Your one of them. O_O

Ramen. I can't cook.

warownslife

My one of what?

Your a ... cook. I don't like people that can cook. They always try to make food for me. I don't need your pity! Also can you teach me how to cook?

Yeah, absolutely! The first thing we need to do is figure out what kind of food you like the most? From there you can figure out what basic techniques you can use and then start with recipes that have only a few basic techniques to handle at a time. So, what's your favorite kind of food?
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[QUOTE="warownslife"]

[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"] My one of what?SalmonCatching

Your a ... cook. I don't like people that can cook. They always try to make food for me. I don't need your pity! Also can you teach me how to cook?

Yeah, absolutely! The first thing we need to do is figure out what kind of food you like the most? From there you can figure out what basic techniques you can use and then start with recipes that have only a few basic techniques to handle at a time. So, what's your favorite kind of food?

Pizza, cheeseburgers, ramen, spagheti, and burritos.

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I read the thread title, looked at the author, then thought: " I bet TC will find another way to talk about his boyfriend in the OP".

And of course I was right :lol:

To answer the question, I made coffeecake this morning.

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[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"][QUOTE="warownslife"]Your a ... cook. I don't like people that can cook. They always try to make food for me. I don't need your pity! Also can you teach me how to cook?

warownslife

Yeah, absolutely! The first thing we need to do is figure out what kind of food you like the most? From there you can figure out what basic techniques you can use and then start with recipes that have only a few basic techniques to handle at a time. So, what's your favorite kind of food?

Pizza, cheeseburgers, ramen, spagheti, and burritos.

Lofol! Well all those things have one thing in common. You're working with adding heat to something which is all cooking really is! Pizza is kind of a specialty thing though because to make pizza correctly from scratch really requires baking skills which doesn't need to be part of cooking and to make great pizza at home you need a pizza stone. So you'll have to pick one of those foods to start with. :)
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[QUOTE="warownslife"]

[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"] Yeah, absolutely! The first thing we need to do is figure out what kind of food you like the most? From there you can figure out what basic techniques you can use and then start with recipes that have only a few basic techniques to handle at a time. So, what's your favorite kind of food?SalmonCatching

Pizza, cheeseburgers, ramen, spagheti, and burritos.

Lofol! Well all those things have one thing in common. You're working with adding heat to something which is all cooking really is! Pizza is kind of a specialty thing though because to make pizza correctly from scratch really requires baking skills which doesn't need to be part of cooking and to make great pizza at home you need a pizza stone. So you'll have to pick one of those foods to start with. :)

Well i would love to know how to make cheeseburgers.

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I read the thread title, looked at the author, then thought: " I bet TC will find another way to talk about his boyfriend in the OP".

And of course I was right :lol:

To answer the question, I made coffeecake this morning.

cybrcatter

Hasn't forgotten to mention him so far. I want someone to make me coffee cake :3

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[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"][QUOTE="warownslife"]Pizza, cheeseburgers, ramen, spagheti, and burritos.

warownslife

Lofol! Well all those things have one thing in common. You're working with adding heat to something which is all cooking really is! Pizza is kind of a specialty thing though because to make pizza correctly from scratch really requires baking skills which doesn't need to be part of cooking and to make great pizza at home you need a pizza stone. So you'll have to pick one of those foods to start with. :)

Well i would love to know how to make cheeseburgers.

Cheeseburger, great! Of course the best place to start is the meat. Now you can by ground beef but then you really don't have good control over what the burger tastes like. If you want to fry chicken you don't just settle for turkey or pork do you? So the best thing to do is to make your own grind! Now that sounds complicated and excessive but it really isn't! Go to the store and find a couple tasty cuts of meat. My favorite to use for burgers are sirloin and ribeye. Get enough so that you can use about a 1:1 ratio of how ever many hamburgers you want. If you have a meat grinder then great! If not there are some other options... You could cut them up into 1 inch cubes and then put them in a food processor and pulse slightly for about 10 seconds or barring a food processor just take a cleaver or kitchen knife and mince manually. It's still going to be the best burger ever. Patty them up, don't mess with them too much though just enough to get them together and then season them. To cook them I'd use a skillet. I don't need grill marks and the more contact the more crust you can sear on. 2 minutes seared on each side for a 1inch thick burger and you should be pretty good to go. Only flip them once though. Just the 2 minutes on each side. After the first sear flip the burgers and add cheese. I like regular ole' american cheese on my burgers. After they're done cooking let them drain a little through a cookie rack on a cookie pan. Then put them on buns! You can toast them first, whatever, but always put a layer of mayo on the bottom bun so that any burger juice doesn't soak into it. That's all I would do for a classic cheeseburger! You don't need to add any egg, onion, garlic, etc, to the grind unless you really want to but I just want to taste the meat when I eat a burger!
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I actually made a bagel pizza that was pretty good yesterday. Very good. :) I need better cheeses next time though.
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[QUOTE="warownslife"]

[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"] Lofol! Well all those things have one thing in common. You're working with adding heat to something which is all cooking really is! Pizza is kind of a specialty thing though because to make pizza correctly from scratch really requires baking skills which doesn't need to be part of cooking and to make great pizza at home you need a pizza stone. So you'll have to pick one of those foods to start with. :)SalmonCatching

Well i would love to know how to make cheeseburgers.

Cheeseburger, great! Of course the best place to start is the meat. Now you can by ground beef but then you really don't have good control over what the burger tastes like. If you want to fry chicken you don't just settle for turkey or pork do you? So the best thing to do is to make your own grind! Now that sounds complicated and excessive but it really isn't! Go to the store and find a couple tasty cuts of meat. My favorite to use for burgers are sirloin and ribeye. Get enough so that you can use about a 1:1 ratio of how ever many hamburgers you want. If you have a meat grinder then great! If not there are some other options... You could cut them up into 1 inch cubes and then put them in a food processor and pulse slightly for about 10 seconds or barring a food processor just take a cleaver or kitchen knife and mince manually. It's still going to be the best burger ever. Patty them up, don't mess with them too much though just enough to get them together and then season them. To cook them I'd use a skillet. I don't need grill marks and the more contact the more crust you can sear on. 2 minutes seared on each side for a 1inch thick burger and you should be pretty good to go. Only flip them once though. Just the 2 minutes on each side. After the first sear flip the burgers and add cheese. I like regular ole' american cheese on my burgers. After they're done cooking let them drain a little through a cookie rack on a cookie pan. Then put them on buns! You can toast them first, whatever, but always put a layer of mayo on the bottom bun so that any burger juice doesn't soak into it. That's all I would do for a classic cheeseburger! You don't need to add any egg, onion, garlic, etc, to the grind unless you really want to but I just want to taste the meat when I eat a burger!

Thanks. I'll be sure to do this the next time someone offers to cook for me.

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I'm in the army so I haven't cooked in a while but the last real thing I made was pork covered in bacon with a lemon-herb marinade, served with basmati rice and tomato mozzarella salad.
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I made creme brulee yesterday. Don't know how it turned out though because it has to set.

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I vaguely remember preparing some microwave chili once...

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I usually make this salad that contains pennes, canned tuna in oil, sliced cucumber and sauce made of mayonaise, ketchup and mustard.

But the last "real" food I remember cooking was cheese pie. It wasnt bad but it wasnt worth the effort.

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#20 miinnx
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Hm, the other day my husbot and I made pizza. Homemade, not just from a box. ;p

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about 2 hours ago (Live alone, so I kind of have to do the cooking ;) ) And It was a beef stew with the beef marinated in beer, (and another kind of beer in the stew) and yes Food made by men for men are the best ^^

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#22 Immortal--
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I made instant noodles a few days ago :).
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It's usually 1) Eggs or 2) Pancakes since the directions are right on the package.
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Spicy pan fried shrimp noodles.

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last time i cooked was last night. i made homemade fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy ans sweet white corn. it was delicious. :D

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Last night: Egg White Breakfast Quesadillas -egg whites, wheat tortillas, turkey meat, soy cheese
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Made a smoothie a few weeks ago, does that count?
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I cooked me up some toast this mornin'.
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I read the thread title, looked at the author, then thought: " I bet TC will find another way to talk about his boyfriend in the OP".

And of course I was right :lol:

To answer the question, I made coffeecake this morning.

cybrcatter

That's what I thought, too. Anyway, I made spaghetti a couple nights ago, dont know if that counts.

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#30 rawsavon
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I read the thread title, looked at the author, then thought: " I bet TC will find another way to talk about his boyfriend in the OP".

And of course I was right :lol:

To answer the question, I made coffeecake this morning.

cybrcatter

...you are my e-hero :oops:

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Just cooked some eggs this morning.
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I made a chicken korma with rice a few days ago :) Plus i'm going to make a victoria sponge cake :D

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It was a while ago. Probably chicken stir fry or something

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Does cheese in pita bread count? If it does, two nights ago.
I can't remember the last time I really cooked D: Which is lame because I like cooking too...

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Garlic and Aged Asiago encrusted grilled three cheese sandwich.

-Crush garlic cloves and crumble the Asiago into a small bowl and mix with a dash of olive oil.

-Take 2 pieces of your favorite bread and spread the aforementioned garlic/asiago spread on one side of each.

-In a heated pan, place one piece of bread ( spread side down ) into the pan.

-Place 1 piece of American cheese and 1 piece of provolone cheese onto the bread.

-Place 2nd piece of bread ( spread side up ) on top of the cheese.

-Cook on the first side until golden brown.

-Flip and cook on 2nd side until golden brown.

-Cut into triagles and enjoy with a salad or soup of choice.

I created this about 2 years ago and everyone that has had one loved it.

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[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"][QUOTE="warownslife"]Well i would love to know how to make cheeseburgers.

warownslife

Cheeseburger, great! Of course the best place to start is the meat. Now you can by ground beef but then you really don't have good control over what the burger tastes like. If you want to fry chicken you don't just settle for turkey or pork do you? So the best thing to do is to make your own grind! Now that sounds complicated and excessive but it really isn't! Go to the store and find a couple tasty cuts of meat. My favorite to use for burgers are sirloin and ribeye. Get enough so that you can use about a 1:1 ratio of how ever many hamburgers you want. If you have a meat grinder then great! If not there are some other options... You could cut them up into 1 inch cubes and then put them in a food processor and pulse slightly for about 10 seconds or barring a food processor just take a cleaver or kitchen knife and mince manually. It's still going to be the best burger ever. Patty them up, don't mess with them too much though just enough to get them together and then season them. To cook them I'd use a skillet. I don't need grill marks and the more contact the more crust you can sear on. 2 minutes seared on each side for a 1inch thick burger and you should be pretty good to go. Only flip them once though. Just the 2 minutes on each side. After the first sear flip the burgers and add cheese. I like regular ole' american cheese on my burgers. After they're done cooking let them drain a little through a cookie rack on a cookie pan. Then put them on buns! You can toast them first, whatever, but always put a layer of mayo on the bottom bun so that any burger juice doesn't soak into it. That's all I would do for a classic cheeseburger! You don't need to add any egg, onion, garlic, etc, to the grind unless you really want to but I just want to taste the meat when I eat a burger!

Thanks. I'll be sure to do this the next time someone offers to cook for me.

It's pretty sad that you can't cook a cheeseburger yourself.
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I grilled some cheese on top of some nachos...does that count?

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#38 SideSwipes
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I grilled some cheese on top of some nachos...does that count?

Overlord93

That sounds awesome!

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I made spaghetti two nights ago it was yummy and I had leftovers for dinner last night :D
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I made an omelette this morning. :)
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[QUOTE="Overlord93"]

I grilled some cheese on top of some nachos...does that count?

SideSwipes

That sounds awesome!

I guess I'm confused. Do you mean a grilled cheese sandwich on some nachos or that you actually grilled cheese... like cheese on a grill? How does that work?
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I work at a Boston Pizza, does that count?

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[QUOTE="SideSwipes"]

[QUOTE="Overlord93"]

I grilled some cheese on top of some nachos...does that count?

SalmonCatching

That sounds awesome!

I guess I'm confused. Do you mean a grilled cheese sandwich on some nachos or that you actually grilled cheese... like cheese on a grill? How does that work?

you get nachos, put them on a tray, grate cheese on top of them. Then put it under the grill.
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[QUOTE="SalmonCatching"][QUOTE="SideSwipes"]

That sounds awesome!

Overlord93

I guess I'm confused. Do you mean a grilled cheese sandwich on some nachos or that you actually grilled cheese... like cheese on a grill? How does that work?

you get nachos, put them on a tray, grate cheese on top of them. Then put it under the grill.

Man, you are making me hungry.

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I made waffles from scratch last week