Kanda
Diving wanker
I had no internet when I was 16 and knew fuck all either.... that's why i didn't mention the internet
When did you learn to cook?
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I had no internet when I was 16 and knew fuck all either.... that's why i didn't mention the internet
I had no internet when I was 16 and knew fuck all either.... that's why i didn't mention the internet
no, you had handy instructions on the tesco bags
I'm not quite sure why you're taking such a high-minded attitude to this tbh. I'm a great cook now, but only cos it's taken me years of experimenting to get any good at it. I was pointing out one of the ways that has happened.
DRINK?
bummed by karmachameleon
Still learning though had no interest in cooking until about 4 years ago when I moved in with some foodies, love it though a novice in so many ways, do seem to cook meat and fish well and pretty good as per flavour though picking up stuff all the time....very theraputic it is
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
I've been teaching myself gradually - post-university. I ate a lot of ready meals and pesto at university 
To be fair my mum did try to teach us - but for one thing her own cooking isn't great, and also we made it so difficult for her that I don't blame her for giving up
To be fair my mum did try to teach us - but for one thing her own cooking isn't great, and also we made it so difficult for her that I don't blame her for giving up
Cheesypoof is rare inability to understand sarcasm when it's pretty fucking blatant shocker!thats a shitty attitude
Looby
Well-Known Member
I had no internet when I was 16 and knew fuck all either.... that's why i didn't mention the internet
It's fun sneering at people who know less than you.
no, you had handy instructions on the tesco bags
I'm not quite sure why you're taking such a high-minded attitude to this tbh. I'm a great cook now, but only cos it's taken me years of experimenting to get any good at it. I was pointing out one of the ways that has happened.
She's right you two, fucking behave.
i hate sarcasm. But also have a hangover after stevie wonder last night, forgive me!
I think it's a wind up
How about your first roast dinner then? How fucking HARD was that to get right??Took me over a year to get all the timings right!!
I remember living with one boyfriend and his family coming for Christmas dinner! I had to write down the timings for everything on a big sheet of paper.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
I know!
I used to ask the butcher in the end. Sound advice given. Also fishmongers taught me how to cook various bits of fish
I asked the butcher at borough market when I bought beef to roast. Cost a fortune and turned out shit.
I'm really sorry
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I started to cook for myself when I left home (I was 18) - but it took me a while to learn how to cook/eat well...
By the time I got to university, 5 years later, I could do it well enough - but I did have a couple of years on a bad diet which resulted in me ending up at hospital with really really bad stomach cramps due to constipation, as I hardly ate fruit/vegetables
By the time I got to university, 5 years later, I could do it well enough - but I did have a couple of years on a bad diet which resulted in me ending up at hospital with really really bad stomach cramps due to constipation, as I hardly ate fruit/vegetables
Chairman Meow
Perth, WA
I wasn't in the least bit interested in food or cooking until I left home. I was dead skinny too.
Then I went to uni and realised I just couldn't afford to live on yoghurt and fruit (and booze). I went home to my mum one weekend and asked her to teach me to cook in two days please. She showed me how to do a roast dinner, and how to make spag bol and chilli out of one pack of mince.That was pretty much my culinary repetoire for a few years, supplemented by bacon sarnies and cheese on toast. Then I moved to London and bought a copy of Delia's cookery course, and that was the start of a real love of cooking. I know have a whole bookcase of cookery books and love trying different recipes. Not surprisingly, I'm no longer skinny.
Then I went to uni and realised I just couldn't afford to live on yoghurt and fruit (and booze). I went home to my mum one weekend and asked her to teach me to cook in two days please. She showed me how to do a roast dinner, and how to make spag bol and chilli out of one pack of mince.That was pretty much my culinary repetoire for a few years, supplemented by bacon sarnies and cheese on toast. Then I moved to London and bought a copy of Delia's cookery course, and that was the start of a real love of cooking. I know have a whole bookcase of cookery books and love trying different recipes. Not surprisingly, I'm no longer skinny.
Stig
Condimentalist
My boyfriends taught me to cook. (My parents didn't trust me as far as they could throw me.)
The first one was odd, he was Indian and his mum made her own sauces and sold them, and he taught me how to make fantastic curries, but there was nothing he liked better than a Vesta dehydrated boil in the bag curry.
He taught me spag bol and leek & potato soup too, so that was pretty much everything covered, I could guess the rest from there.
The next one taught me how to rehydrate a pot noodle and microwave a mushroom, and then after that I embarked upon my life curse, the never ending succession of Damn Vegetarians *sigh*
I still don't know how to do a roast dinner.
The first one was odd, he was Indian and his mum made her own sauces and sold them, and he taught me how to make fantastic curries, but there was nothing he liked better than a Vesta dehydrated boil in the bag curry.
He taught me spag bol and leek & potato soup too, so that was pretty much everything covered, I could guess the rest from there.
The next one taught me how to rehydrate a pot noodle and microwave a mushroom, and then after that I embarked upon my life curse, the never ending succession of Damn Vegetarians *sigh*
I still don't know how to do a roast dinner.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
I helped my mum making pastry and cakes (which she is ace at) from about the age when I could successfully master the art of putting the right end of a wooden spoon in the bowl without getting half the contents on the ceiling Baked my first 'all my own work' cake for my mum's birthday when I was about 7 or 8.
On the cooking front, I also helped out peeling things and chopping things from a young age, no doubt at first with mum standing behind me her hands over mine to make sure I didn't chop my hand off! Cooked my first family meal at about the age of 10 and didn't fuck it up or burn down the house, so usually did one family meal a week from then on.
I love eating roast dinner but it's a bugger to cook - at least if you're me it is, I couldn't organise the proverbial piss up in a brewery and I've never mastered the art of getting everything done at the right time. For that reason I tend to cook meals that are less time sensitive, can go in one or two pans at most, and won't be too badly buggered up if my timing's out.
Baked my first 'all my own work' cake for my mum's birthday when I was about 7 or 8.On the cooking front, I also helped out peeling things and chopping things from a young age, no doubt at first with mum standing behind me her hands over mine to make sure I didn't chop my hand off! Cooked my first family meal at about the age of 10 and didn't fuck it up or burn down the house, so usually did one family meal a week from then on.
I love eating roast dinner but it's a bugger to cook - at least if you're me it is, I couldn't organise the proverbial piss up in a brewery and I've never mastered the art of getting everything done at the right time. For that reason I tend to cook meals that are less time sensitive, can go in one or two pans at most, and won't be too badly buggered up if my timing's out.
fractionMan
Custom Title
Someone asked me how to boil potatoes when I first went to uni
Thankfully my dad had forced me to learn how to cook things from the age of about 10 so I managed to help him out.
Thankfully my dad had forced me to learn how to cook things from the age of about 10 so I managed to help him out.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Some people have more money than sense....
Not that you're one of them
It was meant to be a rare treat! Not matter how little money I have I still have less sense.
The point is I asked advice and it was rubbish.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Cook it for a shorter amount of time.
quimcunx
imprimeo, lamino, distribuo
Thank you. Can you also tell me how to travel back in time to 2 years ago!
Still would have been shit. Beef is boring unless it's mince or been slow cooked in a stew type dish.
Fuchs66
Ring a ding
Got taught to cook mainly by my mum and Gran very early on, perfected it (for my standards) in the meantime but still learning. As far as I'm concerned its an essential lifeskill for evryone regardless of circumstances which is why the JO thread is slowly bringing me to boiling (not simmering) point may have to have a little explosion soon.
