Cooking is dope. Buy or Sell.

Captain Beefheart · 02-24-2007, 05:44 PM

I keep hearing from people, "Oh jeez, I can't cook anything besides pop-tarts." I remember in home-ec class in middle school, people would burn the simplest cookies, ones that would only take ten or twelve minutes in the oven. Do you have any trouble like that?

I love the speed and multitasking, the judgement calls and sudden inspiriations that turn it from a methodical process to an art. Mostly I WUV eating. If i'm cooking for more than a couple of hours, sometimes I loose my appetite from sampling (and snacking) so much along the way, but I always have room for at least a taste of each dish.

For all you single guys learn how to cook at least a couple nice meals, the ladies like it if you can cook. And if they can't cook they can clean the dishes like my girl, it's a perfect arrangement.

PS: I'm addicted to drinking marinated sea food. And if you're picturing me in this very old adobe kitchen cooking burritos with a victorian musket costume you're not far from reality. HA!

**Bill5461** · 02-25-2007, 08:32 AM

I do all the cooking, pretty much due to my wife becoming lazy. If I don't cook, she don't eat. On nights I'm not home for dinner she eats cookies.

Samson The Cat · 02-26-2007, 02:12 PM

I remember in home-ec class in middle school
We never had that.

For all you single guys learn how to cook at least a couple nice meals
Ok, that can never hurt.

the ladies like it if you can cook
Oh, that too. I was more thinking of the whole avoid starvation thing.

However I find that effort to cook a meal and tastiness aren't really correlated. This let to the fact that I've been only interested in preparation of food that is both very easy to do (level 2 - level 1 being putting a deep fried pizza in the oven). I don't like food that causes lots of pots and pans to get dirty during preparation.

And if they can't cook they can clean the dishes
I actually don't mind cleaning the dishes, or can't stand having heaps of dirty dishes standing around respectively.

**open32** · 02-26-2007, 06:20 PM

I can cook a few good things, but I dont do it all that often. Its a lot more work then its worth sometimes to cook something big, and then theres the cleaning of all the pots and pans it creates. Steak, hamburgers, a few types of pasta's are easy but I dont eat steak all that often. I rarely cook anything complicated or time consuming.

It really isnt cheaper for things that require you to buy a lot of ingredients because many things go bad before your going to use them again.

**Jocasta** · 02-26-2007, 06:34 PM

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It really isnt cheaper for things that require you to buy a lot of ingredients because many things go bad before your going to use them again.

That smacks of a poor excuse not to cook or an excuse for poor shopping. There's more to this grocery shopping than you might think!

But Beef's right; a man that can cook will never... go hungry. Or be short of company.

will · 02-26-2007, 11:10 PM

jeff cooks a mean microwave chicken pot pie. ask him for the recipe.

Jeff · 02-26-2007, 11:11 PM

03-03-2007, 04:13 PM

i can cook

02-24-2007, 05:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Captain Beefheart Mu nótahu Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In a West End town, a dead end world Posts: 3,677 My Profile	Cooking is dope. Buy or Sell. I keep hearing from people, "Oh jeez, I can't cook anything besides pop-tarts." I remember in home-ec class in middle school, people would burn the simplest cookies, ones that would only take ten or twelve minutes in the oven. Do you have any trouble like that? I love the speed and multitasking, the judgement calls and sudden inspiriations that turn it from a methodical process to an art. Mostly I WUV eating. If i'm cooking for more than a couple of hours, sometimes I loose my appetite from sampling (and snacking) so much along the way, but I always have room for at least a taste of each dish. For all you single guys learn how to cook at least a couple nice meals, the ladies like it if you can cook. And if they can't cook they can clean the dishes like my girl, it's a perfect arrangement. PS: I'm addicted to drinking marinated sea food. And if you're picturing me in this very old adobe kitchen cooking burritos with a victorian musket costume you're not far from reality. HA!

02-25-2007, 08:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bill5461 Scarlett Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 11,785 My Profile	I do all the cooking, pretty much due to my wife becoming lazy. If I don't cook, she don't eat. On nights I'm not home for dinner she eats cookies.

02-26-2007, 02:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Samson The Cat Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Thuringia Posts: 2,211 My Profile	I remember in home-ec class in middle school We never had that. For all you single guys learn how to cook at least a couple nice meals Ok, that can never hurt. the ladies like it if you can cook Oh, that too. I was more thinking of the whole avoid starvation thing. However I find that effort to cook a meal and tastiness aren't really correlated. This let to the fact that I've been only interested in preparation of food that is both very easy to do (level 2 - level 1 being putting a deep fried pizza in the oven). I don't like food that causes lots of pots and pans to get dirty during preparation. And if they can't cook they can clean the dishes I actually don't mind cleaning the dishes, or can't stand having heaps of dirty dishes standing around respectively.

02-26-2007, 06:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
open32 Administrator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 7,571 My Profile	I can cook a few good things, but I dont do it all that often. Its a lot more work then its worth sometimes to cook something big, and then theres the cleaning of all the pots and pans it creates. Steak, hamburgers, a few types of pasta's are easy but I dont eat steak all that often. I rarely cook anything complicated or time consuming. It really isnt cheaper for things that require you to buy a lot of ingredients because many things go bad before your going to use them again.

02-26-2007, 11:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
will Administrator, Founder Join Date: May 2000 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 313 My Profile	jeff cooks a mean microwave chicken pot pie. ask him for the recipe.

02-26-2007, 11:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jeff The Former Owner - now just a poster! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 3,169 My Profile	die

03-03-2007, 04:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
davey Posts: n/a	i can cook

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