Hello there, kittyradio! I'm coejus, and I'm on vacation from threepointstance, along with Suicide Al and probably some other people. How is everyone? Great, that's good to hear, me too.

So who here cooks? Hobbyists, professionals, or you just like watching Molto Mario and Iron Chef? Am I the only one?

Hi coejus


I have recently started cooking... just as a hobby.


This weekend I am going to try and make some roasted olives with feta cheese.

any tips?

you aren't the only one. i enjoy cooking, and i watch the food network every now and then. i'm nowhere near calling myself a 'chef', but the bf and i are actually talking about opening our own restaurant.

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I enjoy cooking too! I too wanna open a restaurant or two but I know its a fool's errand. I think I have a great palate and I have the business savvy but I don't have the formal training so I would love to be a restauranteur that seeks out great talent and opens up new and exciting eateries in places that are open to new cuisines. I'm thinking introducing New American cuisine to cities like Tokyo, London etc.

I cook, and I enjoy, but I can't imagine I do it that well. I'm often too lazy and find making a "fancy" toastie is easier than a "basic" meal. Damn me.

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i'm quite envious of people who can cook. especially the ones who can make up there own recipes as they go along. i panic a lot and have to follow instructions exactly as they are written.

sometimes i have fantasies of baking people delicious pies. but i have a huge fear of pastry.

I did this for years, especially as I was thrown into a situation where I was cooking meals for other people (include a grumpy South African) before I ever got a chance to experiment much with cooking meals for myself.

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oh god, the anxiety of cooking for other people! i'm glad i dont have to do that anymore.

i am quite bad at following directions. i mostly just improvise and hope it comes out well. thankfully it usually does.

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I'm geting sick of people pimping tps and it's only been a day.

I love to cook. Lately I've been doing a lot of things with whole grains. I mixed some brown rice, red rice, wheat, rye berries, and pearled barley steamed with a chicaken broth. I blended it with red beans and tomato paste and onions and peppers and garlic. It was really healthy and quite hearty.

I want to make some corn bread and chili soon. I also want to braise some tomato / eggplant steak sort of thing to eat with my hummos.

I am terrible at pastry, mostly because I like the give-and-take of cooking with stuff that's right in front of you. Pastry is more of a science, where all the proportions are set and if they aren't right then your cake comes out looking like a squashed hat.

I wouldn't say I would be confident in opening a restaurant, I'm certainly not good enough at the business aspect, but I'm looking around for a place that might need a sous chef. Or maybe I'll just commis at the French Laundry.

My latest ambitions have been duck-centric; I'm working out a few recipes with duck and apples, because I think the flavors pair very well. Pan roasted duck with apple cider and a saute of onion, carrot, celery, red potato, and apple is something I've been playing with but I still haven't quite gotten it how I want it.

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I try to cook from time to time, the thing I make most often though is sunny side up eggs haha. I make them pretty much everyday.

Being a professional cook would be awesome, but I don't think I'd be able to handle the stress of the kitchen.

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The stress is the most fun part. It's a crude, over-testosterone'd hotbox full of adrenaline addicts.

Plus, I mean, you get to play with knives and fire.

I love cooking, but I go through periods of great enthusiasm and total laziness.

Also, I'd rather be cooking for more than one person, seems more worthwhile am endevour.

me too. i cook for just me and it always ends up being too much food.

Yay, I cooked for my parents this evening, Thai-style Curry which went down a treat. AND there's leftovers for tomorrow night. Mmmmmmm.

it's quite simple, you just put in things you like and leave out things you don't. It's helpful to have an understanding of international foodz so you know what goes together and what doesn't.

cooking is my escape.

It's one of the only things I do that I don't get bored or impatient during.

I was flipping past the food network the other day and saw someone making this tart where they fanned out pieces of bacon in a shallow casserole dish, then inside, layered potato and cheese then folded the bacon up and over to make a "lid". I didn't catch the actual recipe, but I made my own version last night using turkey bacon, super thin sliced potato, cheddar, a layer of egg, asparagus tips and red onion. It was amazing! I was pretty proud of myself.

Mmmm.

I'm pretty sure ANYTHING involving bacon, cheese, egg, and red onion is a win from the start.

oh god now i'm hungry

hi.
i'm a big fan of cooking, i think it's in my genes.

i make my bf and i supper everyday, i ususally just make pretty quick and easy stuff like pasta and fish. I'm also a huge crockpot user. i love my friggen crockpot. i like being able to get home and have a yummy meal waiting. my newest obsession is stuffed stuff. stuffed peppers, double stuffed potatoes, stuffed tomatoes, stuffed mushrooms. i just like stuffing stuff into other stuff.

i'm not much of a baker though...just cooking. i can make muffins from a packaged...but that's pretty easy. i'm ashamed of my lack of baking sometimes.

also...wtf is up with my breadmaker? it makes bricks instead of bread. half of the bread is so light and fluffy, the other half is so thick and dense. makes me sad. but that thing does make a mean garlic/herb pizza dough.