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Cookery!!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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Can you cook!?

I can to a certain extent, if it's something like lasagne or pasta!

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeah same here, i can cook if i have the necessary equipment and ingredients. i find cooking enjoyable especially cutting veggies like carrots as i eat most of them before i even cook it :D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeh i can work how to do stuff by mself and i have good judgement or rough amounts to have and how long to cook things for etc etc

    some people i know are like "how long do you cook chicken for" - im like "when its cooked!"
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i can cook well, but i play it down or id be doing it all the time

    id love to cook for a boyfriend, in my underwear and eat it by candlelight :yes:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Char_Baby
    i can cook well, but i play it down or id be doing it all the time

    id love to cook for a boyfriend, in my underwear and eat it by candlelight :yes:

    Danger. :eek:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I can cook fry ups and pizzas. And most things in the oven. Apart from roasts. I cant really use chip pan fryers or boil things.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I love to cook, I'm great in my own opinion, I don't know what everyone else thinks. I love cooking everything.
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Not really, actually, but I think I'd learn quick. Up to now all I can do is warm up already cooked food of almost any kind, and cook pasta (spaghetti, mmm).
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    since i'm not up when others are and not when they are, i cook 2 out 3 meals for myself. i quite like cooking. just not when theres nothing in the fridge....
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i could burn a salad. nuff said.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i can cook easy things. pasta, stir frys, general studenty type things.

    i'm no delia though.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by kaffrin
    i can cook easy things. pasta, stir frys, general studenty type things.

    i'm no delia though.


    Delia's out, it's Nigella Lawson these days!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I hope I can cook as it is my job, if I cant im in danger:D
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by spartaalbion
    I hope I can cook as it is my job, if I cant im in danger:D

    kool, where do ya cook?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by DiamondGeezer
    Delia's out, it's Nigella Lawson these days!!

    Don't you believe it sunshine! :p Delia, or should I say St. Delia will be around long after everyone is saying "Nigella who?!" Her Christmas cake recipe is the best EVER. Her website is pretty good too.

    Yes I can cook. Even things like choux pastry and souffles.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Nigella is crap, unless you're one of those types who keeps pumpkin on hand 'just in case.'
    Isn't 'delia' going to be in the dictionary now, or am I just becoming more gullible in my old age?

    I can cook, although I did rather pathetically, drop last years xmas cake as I was taking it out of the oven. Luckily my foot broke its fall.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Delia Smith is the only TV cook I trust and respect. Her "cooking for dummies"-style programme taught me a lot of little tricks I didn't know.

    I can cook really quite well, all in all. I'm no masterchef, and I'd be a bit crap at gourmet meals, but I can cook well enough to live, and varied enough to not die of boredom. And I have a good tutor in t'missus, who is an excellent cook.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    my mum lent me delia's 'how to cook' book when i left home, and it was an absolute godsend for those 'how DO you boil an egg?' moments.

    nigella is too much faff. i'm never gonna cook myself a gourmet dinner. delia shows me how to cook the stuff i actually like, and cook it well. roast tatties have never tasted so good.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by kaffrin
    roast tatties have never tasted so good.

    Did you use King Edwards and cook them in dripping?? :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Miffy
    Did you use King Edwards and cook them in dripping?? :)

    And I hope she bopiled them within an inch of their lives first.

    And made sure the fat was hot when they were placed into it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Kermit
    And I hope she bopiled them within an inch of their lives first.


    Well... I hope she didn't boil them TOO much or they'd fall apart before she got them into the roasting tin - but boiling them till they're fluffy on the outside is good.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Miffy
    Did you use King Edwards and cook them in dripping?? :)

    Change that to Maris Piper, and mix the dripping with vegetable oil, and you are onto something.

    I like cooking, but I'm much better at baking than I am at cooking regular meals.

    I do a mean Orange and Cointreau crepe and banana cake though. :thumb:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by the doc horatio
    Change that to Maris Piper

    Naah, King Edwards make the best roast potatoes. Never mixed the fat, what's the idea there?

    On a tangent, I've just discovered that my 13 year old son makes fantastic cakes! He's only made two and they were both delicious. :yum:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by nelly_bar
    kool, where do ya cook?

    I work in a casino as a chef.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Originally posted by Miffy
    Naah, King Edwards make the best roast potatoes. Never mixed the fat, what's the idea there?

    Not mix, because I think it would separate, but a little drizzle works wonders.

    My mum is currently head of catering (she's basically a cook but nowadays she has to do the books and order the food and stuff) at a Day Centre for the mentally and physically handicapped (or as the graffiti says, the Retard Club :|), so I've picked up many a tip from her. And we have bookshelves full of cookery books, so we are never stumped for inspiration.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    There are more in my mum and dad's bedroom and also come in boxes in the garage. :|
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah mon, I can cook a good Jamaican dish for ya!
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