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Where can you learn to cook?
Danny!
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Cooking's a really useful skill - it saves you money, gets you eating better food, can be really good fun, and can impress dates and partners
If you don't learn much at home, and if your lessons at school were anything like mine (we learned hot chocolate in our first cookery lesson. Pot Noodles in the second. And progressed to sandwiches in the third. I'm not sure we went much further after that!), then how do you learn?
I learned a lot from TV shows - Raymond Blanc did a really good one recently called "How to cook well" which goes through basic techniques, but it doesn't seem to be on iPlayer at the moment.
If you don't learn much at home, and if your lessons at school were anything like mine (we learned hot chocolate in our first cookery lesson. Pot Noodles in the second. And progressed to sandwiches in the third. I'm not sure we went much further after that!), then how do you learn?
I learned a lot from TV shows - Raymond Blanc did a really good one recently called "How to cook well" which goes through basic techniques, but it doesn't seem to be on iPlayer at the moment.
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I kind of just taught myself. I write down what I need to know and just go off that, but I used to love cooking. I probably still would, should try it again. It can be very therapeutic, unless you're trying to cook a stressful Sunday lunch or something.
I started off watching and helping my mum and she taught me a couple of things before i went off to uni. Then while i was there, just through desire to eat better and cheaper i taught myself a few things to cook (spag bol, soup and chilli from scratch, some ideas i got off here!), which then turned into a hobby, trawling recipe sites, cooking shows and pinterest. I have a ton of recipes saved on bbcgoodfood and my favourites which i will get through to trying them all some day and making my very own recipe book
(yes i know, im sad)
Cookery books can also be really good - especially if you get one geared at the right level. Charity shops are great places to pick them up - Delia's how to cook is a bible on my bookshelf.
Hot chocolate? :O Lucky! In our hour and a half lesson we got taught how to make a cup of tea! -.- Safe to say by the end of it, it was more like iced tea...
But can learn a lot from the internet aswell i found when you learn from tv they always go to fast :P
I always look up the programme after and you usually find the recipes on there!
It sounds like there's lots of using the internet - only Scary Monster said she uses a cookery book. I've got lots of great cookery books on my shelf, but I'm finding myself using the internet more and more.
Lexi - maybe you should write your recipe book soon while people still use them
There's a lot of bad recipes on the internet as well (like with everything!), and I come across people thinking they can't cook very well because they've chosen recipes, cooked them exactly as the recipe says, and the food's still not very good.
How do you decide what to trust when picking out recipes/chefs online?
So I guess it's all that plus lots of trial and error on my part. I've kind of had to teach myself how to cook again since I've become unwell using microwaves and slow cookers so I don't hurt myself. It's an art entirely of it's own - as is cooking on a tight budget. I used to skip dive at the back of Waitrose when I was younger. Not sure I'd do it now though!
Did you see the story about three guys charged for doing that at Iceland this year?
I think Waitrose is a better choice