Are you a good cook?

[7Phoenix7]

What meal did you prepare that received a lot of compliments and good feedback? For me one of them is Cajun garlic butter shrimp and sautéed green beans over rice.

[FreyaRed]

I have few parade dishes in my repertoire because I perfected them often over years but I wouldn't say I'm a master cook. I had to cook for me and my younger brother quite often because my parents traveled a lot and I learned some tricks while watching cooking shows in German TV and Tim Mälzer explained basics very well in his shows. I can make good quality bird and beef broths, au jus, roux and basics any cooking trainee in first years should know but I'm surely not a pro cook.

[7Phoenix7]

Interesting! No one has been mentioning their favorite or best dish lol. What’s yours?

[FreyaRed]

Lasagne Bolognese with bechamel sauce, buffalo mozzarella and Swiss type cheese on the top.

[7Phoenix7]

Excellent

[EmmaMary]

I do actually pride myself on being a jolly good cook and a reasonably good baker.

However, my husband far surpasses me with both his truly amazing adventurous, and experimentative culinary skills.

[7Phoenix7]

Yeah when I was younger I used to hear all the time that guys can’t cook and now as an adult I’m like, where did they get that from because they’re darn good

[EmmaMary]

@7Phoenix7

Well at least I do know where my husband got most, if not all his skills and knowledge from, and that will be his Mother, who is just the most brilliant and superb cook ever... Her roast dinners are quite simply to die for.

[EmmaMary]

Thank you for the MHO.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

I'm like an idiot savant. I can recreate my wife's favorite restaurant dish on her birthday because I think I can sort of tell what ingredients people put into a dish by just tasting it. But I also can't bake worth a damn because then I have to follow instructions, and I find that so boring.

[BungusHighFivePizza]

As for my thing, my wife got so depressed during COVID pandemic years since her fave Indian restaurant shut down. So then I tried to take her to other Indian restaurants in our area and I liked all of them but she's very picky with her butter chicken. She loved that original restaurant so much.

So I know my wife is a ginger addict and she has somewhat sweeter tooth than me, and I remembered from tasting her dish at that restaurant roughly what it taste like. So her birthday was coming close and so I made multiple small batches of butter chicken; taste and tweak, taste and tweak. And I got it near perfect, at least I think so, after so many tries.

[7Phoenix7]

That is awesome 👏 I’m not good at recreating dishes without the recipe lol

[BungusHighFivePizza]

I'm a total winger type and that reflects even in my work. I do my best work when I sort of wing something but I know what "taste" I'm aiming for. I am the worst at following instructions because I never feel like I learn anything following them. They're imprecise, anyway, like if someone says to add two TBSP of salt, what does that mean? Different brands of salt are more dense/salty than others. So I feel like I need to know what taste I am aiming for and only use recipe loosely this way to get even the result the author might have had, or at least what I was aiming for.

[7Phoenix7]

Yep, you’re a good cook! 👍🏽lol you sound like my uncle and all his food was delicious

[Aiko_E_Lara]

Sure! How does me cookings look? ↗

[Aiko_E_Lara]

How does me cookings look (Part 2)? ↗

[7Phoenix7]

Sheesh…. Aiko, You’re my new best friend! 😋😊 I’m so hungry now lol Everything looked sooo good

[Aiko_E_Lara]

*hugs* ty 🤗

[7Phoenix7]

🤗yw

[Leapfrog00]

I'm an excellent cook. Being a guy, I can cook anything. I refuse to cook without spices though. (Hey, I like my food to have flavor). I have my own recipe cards and a spice rack. Adding spices makes a difference when cooking.

I was in foster care too. My parents didn't really take care of me, so I was always cooking for myself. Since I was little.

[CrimsonAngel09]

I'm decent. Everyone's favorite is the chicken jalapeno popper soup.

[7Phoenix7]

Sounds and looks like it tastes really good! 🤌

[AviatorTom]

No, I'm not a good cook but I can prepare food that people will eat... no one starves.

My best dish is probably penne ala vodka, with some chicken added.

[7Phoenix7]

Nice 😊, sounds good

[FinalFantasyBro]

I love cooking but I have to get better but I did made a delicious wet burrito with my mom, when I have my own place someday I told my family we do a BBQ us men will be dealing with the meat on the grill while the women will be in charge of sides.

[7Phoenix7]

Sounds like a good time!

[berisky23]

Omg yes I love cooking I love having mates or family round to cook for!
I'm like that nan that feeds everyone 😂😂

[7Phoenix7]

Lol You’re a good guy 👍

[berisky23]

Don't let the love for cooking fool you into that 😉😂

[7Phoenix7]

😯 oh, ok lol Mr. be risky

[Elliegirl]

I’m told I’m a very good cook. My specialty is chicken and sausage jambalaya from scratch.

[7Phoenix7]

Ooo 🤌😋

[Friendlybro79]

@Elliegirl that sounds awesome. I was in NO recently and had some jambalaya there and it was great. I gotta give this a try at home.

[OfMiceandMen]

Everyone always asks for my Kansas City slow smoked ribs that I do on my Big Green Egg. Either that or I'll make my smoked ribs with Carolina BBQ sauce and rub. They also like my grilled rice cakes with caramelized peanut satay sauce and green onion.

I also recently made stuffed Walleye with bread stuffing, asparagus, baby leaf spinach, swiss cheese and cranberry sauce. That went over well with some friends.

[smilelots]

Yes I am a good cook and I love cooking one has got to eat right so you may as well be good at it. know one has died from eating something I have made ,, yet lol

[7Phoenix7]

Lol, I agree eating good healthy food is important so you have to learn how to do it right.

[jennifer_bloom]

I put a lot of effort and care into my meals but I’m slow because I don’t have experience.

[7Phoenix7]

I take a long time too

[JustinTheGreat]

Not really. I can only make really basic things and even those don’t always turn out good lol

[7Phoenix7]

Lol this made me laugh. But it’s ok, practice makes perfect

[exitseven]

I learned how to cook a little during the time i was unemployed.

[7Phoenix7]

What do you do?

[exitseven]

mostly stuff like fried fish, pot roast, I cooked s standing rib roast that was awesome, I tried my hand at baking bread from scratch. It was less than stellar.

[DancingQueen16]

Sorta I mean cooking kinda scares me because I don't want to end up burning myself

[7Phoenix7]

Lol I understand that. What’s your favorite thing to make?

[DancingQueen16]

I'm okay at making pizza

[7Phoenix7]

From scratch?

[blissinanarchy1]

Broccoli cheddar soup poured over jasmine white rice

[7Phoenix7]

Oh yeah broccoli cheddar soup is good. Simple and tasty

[jamesgoldman]

I worked as a sous chef for a year so there's that

I can cook well and it tastes great

[7Phoenix7]

And ur favorite thing to make for yourself?

[jamesgoldman]

That's tough, just feeding me probably spaghetti carbonara

[7Phoenix7]

Yum 😋

[AydenHazor]

Most recently was pasta with a garlic cream sauce, turkey, carrots and corn. I was using up leftovers, but got lots of compliments on it nonetheless

[7Phoenix7]

That does sound good

[AydenHazor]

It was best fresh, but still good for leftovers the next day too

[Forceinhand]

My pancakes, pasta carbonara and dessert wise my mudcake, sugarcake and chocolate coffee cake have all received acclaim.

[7Phoenix7]

I wanna try your pancakes 🥞 😋🍽️

[Forceinhand]

My favorite food since childhood haha

[TacosRAwesome]

I think I'm decent. It's been ages since I cooked for someone else though.

[7Phoenix7]

I bet you make some good tacos

[Anonymous]

Good is an understatement. I am exceptional in this and really proud as I have spent a lot of time learning, reading, and cooking. I know recipes from different European countries, Indian, Asian, Chinese, and Mayan and even the locals have no clue anymore. I have directly translated them from Latin, Sanskrit, and Chinese. However, it's still a hobby for me.

[bolverk]

I'm a good cook, was taught by both grandmothers Cumberland recipes from one side German Jewish the other, The recipe from by Cumberland recipe book would be Hotpot with Black Pudding and pickled Red Cabbage would be my most complemented, and from my Jewish cook book it would be the Noodle Kugel that gets the most compliments.

[Poppymarie]

I think I’m pretty decent I can can make a good number of things. My fiancé really likes my broccoli chicken casserole.