Would you consider yourself a good cook?

I just worked for the LONGEST time on my first ever "actual" meal -- lasagna!It was glorious. :cool:

I don't consider myself a very good cook though (yet); I have a feeling this was a fluke.

How about you? Would you consider yourself a good cook? Or just average? Or really awful?

Take my friend, for example. Breakfast at his house means burnt cornflakes and potatoes that are mashed before they are boiled. :lol: I would consider him a... bad cook. A very bad cook.

My father, on the other hand, spends twelve hours before Christmas cooking a glorious feast, and takes pride in being able to make some of the best stew in the county.

Anyone can be a good cook. It's not hard to follow directions/recipe.ExoticAnimal

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"]Anyone can be a good cook. It's not hard to follow directions/recipe.Fightingfan

I'm a good lazy cook. I don't mind cooking......and I can make things turn out pretty well......unless it's something that requires actual skill like sushi. But the thing is, I hate preparation. I just want to cook the food, not spend half a damn hour getting everything ready :P

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"]Anyone can be a good cook. It's not hard to follow directions/recipe.ExoticAnimal

Anyone can be a good cook. It's not hard to follow directions/recipe.ExoticAnimal

[QUOTE="ExoticAnimal"]Anyone can be a good cook. It's not hard to follow directions/recipe.foxhound_fox

Hard to say, anything with fat and sugar tastes good to me.

I've been cooking since I was around 11. Took me a little while to really enjoy eating what I made. A lot of it though is trial and error.

yes, because the stuff I make is at least edible.

I don't know... But I can make a damn mean breakfast though. :P

And that's all I can really do

Yeah I'm a good cook. Not doing fancy meals, but I can throw down. My wife and friends always tell me I have the skill of throwing things together that sound strange but taste great. Plus I always cook large meals, cause my thought is I'd rather people have to much to eat instead of not enough.

So please explain to me how. I can go to any website and follow a recipe to the bone and still make a delicious meal despite me not having much experience in the kitchen.ExoticAnimal

I can cook anything that comes in a box so yeah I'm awesome.

Decent, although I enjoy my cooking. There's always room for improvement though.

I consider myself an experimental cook. I like to cook but I don't really know if what I make will be good.

Nope.

I can cook the basics: Burgers, Chicken, Pork Chops, Ribs, Steaks, Pasta, Etc.

But I would prefer the term "Decent" to describe my cooking.

There's not a lot of things I brag about or claim to be great at, but I am an awesome cook. Following a recipe isn't what makes a good cook, because you have to care. It's cliche but it's true. Two people could make the exact same thing with the same recipe and have different results. An easy example is pasta. My wife puts pasta in and walks away until she hears it boiling over. Some of the noodles end up too hard, lots of them are stuck to the pot after. She is cooking just because it needs to be done. I cook pasta and I will stand there and tend to the noodles the whole time. Stir them when they need it, adjust the temperature, add salt or oils if they are needed, etc. Big difference in the end.

But what I really want to know is - what the hell is your friend doing burning corn flakes??

But what I really want to know is - what the hell is your friend doing burning corn flakes??

CDuG

I would assume it happened like this.

None of you can beat my fruit loops.

Yup, I can outcook any of the women in my family.

Yup, I can outcook any of the women in my family.

Bubble_Man