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I'm going to try and expand my culinary horizons beyond eggs and a grilled cheese maker, so I was just wondering how many other guys here cook anything edible? Not only does cooking equip you to feed yourself decent food, it also impresses the ladies more than most things. As far as I know, there are few things that a girl likes better than a guy who can cook her a nice meal.

sorry had to edit the poll for my self-Colin

I have mastered Clam Chowder(from scratch) and Stir Fry to an artform.

I can also cook ost other things with a reasonable degree of skill.

Yeah, I gots the mad culinary skillz yo.

Sure I cook single and boored of fast food sorta forces you to learn basic cooking skills.

I can do alright by myself. But I don't really like to cook if I don't have to so I'm lucky the wife does. And she's damn good at it too.

Yes...I watch Emeril .

And I find Iron Chef both informative and hilarious.

Sadly I keep up my talents more because my girlfriends have lacked the skills of it, beyond boiling of water.

Edit: So because of this, and that I watched cooking shows almost as much as cartoons in my youth I've learned to do the 5 course meal...my kitchen truly makes one wonder, I should either be married or a cook.

Seems lack of cooking in women in my generation is quite common, eh, GR?

Ghost Rider wrote:Yes...I watch Emeril .

And I find Iron Chef both informative and hilarious.

Sadly I cook more because my girlfriends have lacked the skills of it, beyond boiling of water.

Iron Chef kicks ass. So does the show 'Good Eats'

Right now, I am chowing down on rice, corn, and chicken legs made by myself. Yum!

Kelly Antilles wrote:Seems lack of cooking in women in my generation is quite common, eh, GR?

Yeah just a little.

Ah well...my cat does like my cooking, and it makes me go on midnight runs to a twenty four hour grocery store.

The microwave is my sheppere d I shall fear no misdial for the pizza delivery van is my salvation

When pressed however I can whip out perfectly cooked and prepared pankakes though that is the extent of my acutal "cooking" cooking skills

I've made cheesecakes that a New Yorker complimented me on. I also frequently make pasta salads, pastitsio (a Greek casserole) and a bunch of other stuff...

I can cook some good food,but like i said before i can`t break an egg without crushing it.

Montcalm wrote:I can cook some good food,but like i said before i can`t break an egg without crushing it.

I know how you feel. Whenever I make eggs, one yolk will turn out nicely, but the other one will spill all over. It pisses me off like nothing else.

Well, anyone can cook and follow a recipe, going further and embellishing and improving takes more work - I can tell when something needs something, but I'm buggered if I know what. I am the best cook out of all my male friends, both at uni and home (and some of the women, although none of them are really big on cooking anyway) - uni life for me ranged from basic pasta/garlic meals to tuna steaks with lemon and coriander butter. I couldnt use the freezer because the rest of the flat stole all the space, so I had to cook fresh stuff all the time - not that I was complaining, but it did put my costs up slightly.

Parents are off on holiday atm, so tonight, Matthew, I shall be having a very rare steak, probably with some sort of pepper sauce. mmmm...

The trick to cracking eggs is, in my experience, to use your thumbs to apply pressure to the inside edges once you have a crack in the shell, rather than applying pressure from the outside. This, while it may cause egg white to get all over your thumbs and maybe poke them with the shell a little, prevents the shell from getting crushed.

It's not totally foolproof, but at least ~99% of the shell stays OUT of the pan.

The trick with eggs is getting the pan the right temperature, and patience. Eggs like lower temps, unless you're making an omelette.

Always use plastic spatulas.

Let the yolk firm up from below a little before flipping. Sunny side up eggs take a lot of oil, almost a deep fried effect with continued washing the upper surface with the oil, using the spatula.

My specialties are sauces, soups and stews. They're my favorite kinds of food, so naturally that's what I pay the most attention on. But I have yet to try something that hasn't worked out.
Well, in the past ten years, that is. This has NOT always been the case.

Despite being an only child, I was never spoiled, and often forced to cook, but I guess thats a good thing. I can do simple things like Burgers, steaks, and chicken on the grill or in the oven(I can make some damn good rosemary chicken), I like making spagetti and do so once a week, although the only real talent I use for that is seasoning the ground beef for the meat sause, I just use Traditional sause from a can and store bought pasta. I can bake a lot of shit, and I have experience cooking chili and baking potatos in a fire pit out in the woods.

Frank Hipper wrote:But I have yet to try something that hasn't worked out.
Well, in the past ten years, that is. This has NOT always been the case.

Heh heh heh.

I've had some real flops... for example, when I was around 8 I came up with the brilliant idea of Parmesan Maple Toast.

My cooking skills:

1) Heat water.
2) Break Ramen bullion in half, add hot water & seasoning.
3) Chug broth, eat jiggly noodles with chopsticks.
4) Burp.

If im cooking for me, it's usually whatever i can find covered in chilli and garlic.

if im cooking for others, i usually kick ass at whatever i make.

I can cook many things.

I have to, I'm single.

Usually I cook myself something to take to work the next day, as I prefer to eat my larger meal at lunchtime. (Healthier that way)

I cook a baked potato soup so good that any nation on earth wouldn't kill to get a hold of it.

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.