Who taught you to cook?

[adrianx]

Do you have a favourite dish you enjoy making?

I recently decided to once and for all conquer the whole roast chicken,
to cook it to succulent perfection, to never again have it overcooked or dry.

It worked, I now understand, after you dryrub it with your spices and herbs,
and putting a bit of liquid in the roasting tray,
you cover that tasty little free range chicken with a tinfoil tent !

Then you roast it.

Or, you stick a half-full can of beer up its butt and roast it in an upright position!

Edit: Ok... maybe it doesn't apply to an electric oven, but it works nicely in a gas oven or kettle braai.

 

[Mila]

Or, you stick a half-full can of beer up its butt and roast it in an upright position!

Edit: Ok... maybe it doesn't apply to an electric oven, but it works nicely in a gas oven or kettle braai.

YOu do that and it works???
I can imagine all the things that would go wrong if i tried it!!!

 

[Aeron]

Mmmm, cooking! I use the smoke detector as a cooking timer.

 

[wrathex]

Or, you stick a half-full can of beer up its butt and roast it in an upright position!

Edit: Ok... maybe it doesn't apply to an electric oven, but it works nicely in a gas oven or kettle braai.

Nice concept, or filled 3/4 with Chardonnay, thyme and some crushed whole coriander seeds.

 

[Velenoso]

After my mother passed away (god bless her soul) when I was about sixteen, being European (woman of the house cooks), my father and myself knew as much about cooking as Jacob Zuma does about safe sex, my brothers were also 13, and 7 at the time. We battled, every time my poor dad attempted to cook it turned out disastrous (boiled cabbage & polony, etc)!

I decided to learn, I've hung out a LOT in restaurants in my time, always had friends who owned restaurants, etc. Mostly it's self-taught though. I also realized that it's a major babe magnet when a guy knows how to cook, inspired me immensely.

I love food, eating out, cooking at home, everything. It's a big part of my life for sure. I'm a true continental. (living in New York a lot doesn't help either, I'm addicted to steak! )

 

[Mila]

(boiled cabbage & polony, etc)!

I'm going to have nightmares...

 

[eek]

Hahaha!! I find this thread amusing! Some good answers!

Desperation.

Lol....same here! After I completed my studies I did my 2-year UK working holiday service and was left to figure out that cooking thing on my own.

Needless to say I can cook now...

 

[Mila]

Nice concept, or filled 3/4 with Chardonnay, thyme and some crushed whole coriander seeds.

I can imagine how much damage i can do!!!

Some one told me you can cook a flattie on the fire in the bag.... disaster....

Oh the same with boiling an egg in a kettle...

 

[Aeron]

Lol mila. You sound like a 5 star chef. Ask for a job at Michaelangelo in Sandton and you'll get it, no doubt! ;-)

Cook a flattie...on the fire...in the bag. Nice going! You project the mental picture of this very flustered chef trying to bat out a fire on the stove while the microwave is combusting due to the tin foil in it.

 

[eek]

I can imagine how much damage i can do!!!

Some one told me you can cook a flattie on the fire in the bag.... disaster....

Oh the same with boiling an egg in a kettle...

Hahahaha! Never heard of that before...how did that turn out?

 

[Mila]

Hahahaha! Never heard of that before...how did that turn out?

A very smelly kettle..... stringy gooey stuff.... not good not good at all

 

[eek]

right.....and that's why I like my eggs scrambled!

thanx for the heads-up, not trying that!

 

[Mila]

LOLZ!!! I did not have a stove... so i tried to be creative.... never again.

 

[Morgoth]

someone told me you can cook eggs in the microwave? should I try it out? XD

 

[Mila]

someone told me you can cook eggs in the microwave? should I try it out? XD

I tried to heat up a half cooked one out of the shell.... it exploded and i was stuck with another smelly device......


I think i should stay away from eggs...




I now know why the bf bought the egg boiler.....

 

[eek]

someone told me you can cook eggs in the microwave? should I try it out? XD

hehehe.....well...here's your answer!

http://www.greensock.com/portfolio/MicroManiac/index.html

yes...choose the eggs option....

 

[skoob]

I was 12 yrs old when I cooked my first curry. My mom taught me.

 

[Mila]

LOLZ!!!!!!

 

[Morgoth]

I tried to heat up a half cooked one out of the shell.... it exploded and i was stuck with another smelly device......


I think i should stay away from eggs...




I now know why the bf bought the egg boiler.....

eish egg boiler, eggs in microwave?

Mila you scare me ;/

 

[Mila]

I scare myself!! i tried to heat up the butter knife by sticking the point into the toaster.

Yes i did wake up at the other end of the kitchen.

I can tell you horrors.....