Okay, how many guys here cook?

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-08-09 11:03pm

Well, when it comes to cookies, I can bake most any cookie and have it turn out well. However, I find spooning the cookies out to be more than a little tedious, so my preferred kind of cookie is the bar cookie. Just mix the dough up, get a nice big baking sheet and spread the whole lot out evenly. Slice it when you're done, and voila...

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-08-09 11:33pm

I make chocolate chip cookies from scratch. Most nations may not kill for them, but they will use espionage.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-08-09 11:44pm

jmac wrote:
Durandal wrote:Trying to teach me how to bake cookies would be a waste of time. I have a stick of cookie dough in the fridge, and it's not for baking.
You can't bake cookies from premade cookie dough?
Now I'm as guilty as anyone else of eating raw cookie dough, but geez, it's not that hard! All you gotta do is spoon it onto a cookie sheet.

And then put it in the oven, all of which merely delays the consumption of the cookie dough and adds one more item to your dishwashing. Nope, it's much more efficient to simply scarf down the Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough straight out of the packaging.

Remember, you have to consider the efficiency of your cookie dough-eating process.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-08-09 11:50pm

Darth Wong wrote:And then put it in the oven, all of which merely delays the consumption of the cookie dough and adds one more item to your dishwashing. Nope, it's much more efficient to simply scarf down the Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough straight out of the packaging.

Remember, you have to consider the efficiency of your cookie dough-eating process.

It should be noted that this efficiency thing is something that's brainwashed into all engineers. It's not his fault, he can't help it, I'm sure if he could find a way to do so he'd be taking bites out of a live cow instead of waiting for it to be slaughtered, cut into steaks, and cooked.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-08-09 11:53pm

jmac wrote:
Durandal wrote:Trying to teach me how to bake cookies would be a waste of time. I have a stick of cookie dough in the fridge, and it's not for baking.
You can't bake cookies from premade cookie dough?
Now I'm as guilty as anyone else of eating raw cookie dough, but geez, it's not that hard! All you gotta do is spoon it onto a cookie sheet.

Of course, you DO realize that cookie dough can be applied elsewhere, right?

~ver

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-08-10 12:18am

verilon wrote:Of course, you DO realize that cookie dough can be applied elsewhere, right?

~ver

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2003-08-10 01:41am

Lesse...
I like grilling, but I try to have more technique than simply waiting until one side looks black enough. Done tons of fun things from Jerk Chicken to grilled marinated salmon.

Off the fire, I've done beef stew (need to do one before I head off to college, actually,) Lentils (lentil stews rule,) numerous meats, various baked goods, and the basics (eggs, pancakes, etc.)

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-08-10 02:50am

I cook for a living, and can follow just about any rescipie.

I also adlib Chinese, and other food easily.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-08-10 03:57am

Crayz9000 wrote:
Alex Moon wrote:If you're going to start cooking, then go out and buy a cast iron skillet. Decent one, 8-10" across, usually $20-$30. You can use that thing for more damn recipes than anything else. Buy that before you buy anything else.
Well, you also need to season the skillet... that's the most important part, and you can't do it if you have an electric range.

You season it in the oven, and an electric oven works fine for me. However you're right that it needs to be seasoned. However, that's not hard, just time consuming.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-08-10 04:02am

Ignore my vagina right now, 'k? Thanks.

Baking and cooking aren't really the same thing. There isn't a whole lot of difference as far as I can tell--[ingredients + heat = good eats]--but I apparently have lots of natural talent with baking and absolutely none with cooking, so there's gotta be some subtle differences I have yet to discover. Figures, since cooking can be healthy and baking usually is not, but that's just how it is with me.

Anyway, that's all. Resuming womanhood.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-08-10 04:12am

aerius wrote:I can cook damn good pasta and I can do most basic stirfry dishes. I can cook meat, chicken, fish, and vegetables, but I like doing meat and chicken spicy which pisses off my mom since she can't handle spicy foods. I haven't figured out how to make stews yet and I've just started learning how to use the oven for things other than roast beef and baked potatos. My GF is trying to teach me how to bake cakes & cookies but I still can't make it work without her guidance.

Stews are basically just a bunch of meat that's dredged in flour, browned in a large pot, then covered with liquid and herbs and simmered for several hours. Add the veggies about 45 minutes before you finish cooking.

lux · Post by **lux** » 2003-08-10 04:15am

I can make an excellent bean burrito.

Hmm... let's see.. anything else? I don't think so.

The Microwave is my friend to the end.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2003-08-10 04:19am

Zaia wrote:Ignore my vagina right now, 'k? Thanks.

But... it's the center of my reason for existance!

Baking and cooking aren't really the same thing. There isn't a whole lot of difference as far as I can tell--[ingredients + heat = good eats]--but I apparently have lots of natural talent with baking and absolutely none with cooking, so there's gotta be some subtle differences I have yet to discover. Figures, since cooking can be healthy and baking usually is not, but that's just how it is with me.

Anyway, that's all. Resuming womanhood.

Baking is more precise. If you fudge up a stew, you can still make it good. If you mess up a little on a cake, you'll probably end up starting all over.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2003-08-10 04:20am

I used to cook for a living.
I was a decent line cook and a damned good short order cook.

Basic dishes such as meat loaf, fried chicken (genuine pan fried, not deep fried or pressure cooked), chicken & dumplings and catfish fiddlers were my stock in trade, but I could follow most recipies.

The secret to good cooking is consistent temperatures.
That's the reason professionals use gas stoves.

Oh yeah, I also can make a good Texas Tea.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-08-10 04:52am

Damn straight, I LOVED my old cast iron bitch of a gas grill, it made great hot cakes on the front, good french toast in the back, and once you knew it's sweet spots it was no problem.

Now just don't let my alcoholic manager's touch the damn thing... (Grr)

I still can make/do make just about anything for short order work, enven though I am on the dinner shift instead of the breakfast shift....

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-08-10 11:26am

lux wrote:The Microwave is my friend to the end.

Um, don't get me started on microwave coooking.

(The only thing a microwave is good for, IMO, is reheating stuff...)

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-08-10 01:38pm

Darth Wong wrote:And then put it in the oven, all of which merely delays the consumption of the cookie dough and adds one more item to your dishwashing. Nope, it's much more efficient to simply scarf down the Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough straight out of the packaging.

Remember, you have to consider the efficiency of your cookie dough-eating process.

Precisely.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2003-08-10 01:54pm

I admit that I cook, and I enjoy it!

Hendrake · Post by **Hendrake** » 2003-08-10 02:07pm

I am a pretty decent cook. I can follow most recipes, cook any tipe of pasta keeping it al dente (that's probaly easier when you're Italian; I mean, I was rised with pasta) and I made up recipes for about 20 stews (and stole some more from my cooking expert friend).

But what I'm best at is meat. I have the (stolen) recipe of an exeptional horsemeat fillet with thyme and juniper berries, and I can cook a very good Rosa di Parma (horsemeat rolled with Parmesan cheese and Parma ham, lightly cooked on the outside in red wine and spices and raw inside).

Lucius Licinius Lucullus · Post by **Lucius Licinius Lucullus** » 2003-08-10 03:25pm

I can cook fairly well, I cant make a living of it, but so far no one I have invited over for dinner has complained..... though my cooking includes a lot of red meat and almost no green stuff

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-08-10 03:27pm

I can cook passably.

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-08-10 04:05pm

3rd Impact wrote:I can cook passably.

What does 'passably' taste like?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-08-10 04:06pm

I'm starting to learn. It helps I have an Italian grandmother. That lady can cook. Once I get the knack of making good spaghetti sauce from scratch, I'll be set for life.

And I don't need storebought cookie dought. I can make my own.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-08-10 04:10pm

Mark S wrote:
3rd Impact wrote:I can cook passably.
What does 'passably' taste like?

like a boiled boot.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-08-10 04:23pm

Kelly Antilles wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:I cook a baked potato soup so good that any nation on earth wouldn't kill to get a hold of it.
You. My house. Now.

Then he comes to My House.

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Okay, how many guys here cook?

If you are a male, do you cook?

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