How good of a cook are you?
 

What do you rank yourself from 1-10 in the kitchen?

I give myself a 1.:o

I can't cook for the life of me. I'm lucky if I pop a bag a popcorn without burning it.:(

I give myself a 6

I can follow recipes just fine, but I'm not good at "embellishing" or creating a dish from scratch. My mother was a sous chef in the 1990s so my lack of innate talent in the kitchen has been a source of shame for my family...

Luckily my fiance can't cook worth a damn, so he's none the wiser :)

um... like a 2. I can cook basic stuff, spaghetti (with meat sauce), chili (with meat..) but for the most part.. i don't have the patience or the skill. I eat a lot of sandwhiches lol

8.

I used to cook while I was in college.

Cook ~ 5

Baker ~ 11. Even when I messed up the recipie DRASTICALLY people still loved it and ate it up.

wow jock, I hope you arent representing a greek org, I can make a steak that will make you slap your mama

I'm sure you were joking, but once you represent an organization everything you say or do reflects on that group...therefore, at all times you watch your own actions very closely

that is absolutely ridiculous. I dont know why you would be in an organization that you cant be yourself and represent. I doubt you will have a pleasant or successful experience if you spend your entire career putting on a front

I'm talking about in EVERYTHING not just this forum, in real life you cant hide who you represent and I you wont want to

You can't be serious. :eek:

So you can't drive, and you can't cook...is there anything you ARE good at (besides being a prissy moron)?

Damn...where is the House "Oh Snap!" gif when you need it?

What in the world? Like I said, I'm 17 not seven. I can even chew whole foods! You don't really cook Gerber products anyway, most come ready to consume.

By the way, you can't stutter when typing something.

However, since you asked, I will be dignified (and possibly more mature) and answer your question. I've baked biscuits, cinnamon rolls, muffins (love chocolate chip ones), different varities of cookies (monster, white chocolate, peanut butter, oatmeal), cakes (german chocolate from scratch), cupcakes, and puff pastries w/filling.

I have cooked pizzas, different pastas, Hamburger Helper (lol), chicken stock, and a few other things. On Wednesday I'm cooking steak fajitas.

I'va also made cookie dough ice cream (my favorite!)

i'll say im a 3. i would be generous and say 5, but half the stuff i cook i end up burning.

im really good at microwaving and ordering tho :D i eat a LOT of take out / fast food. and whatever i eat at home, 9/10 of it is microwaveable.

About a 4. I can cook to survive, and some stuff tastes yummy, but ummm, that's about it. LOL

I'd give myself a 7. I'm pretty good at making up recipes; of course, that means most of my dishes come out as a Caribbean/Asian fusion....

Oh wow... :eek:

I would give myself an 8.5. I love to cook and I do it well. I only wish I had the time and the money to devote to cooking the way I would really like to. Sometimes it is far more expensive to cook at home then it is to go out to dinner.

Baking is probably about the same for me.


I can totally vouch for this. I have tried some of her holiday cookie recipes. They are delicious.

I give myself an 8.

9.

I do cook!:cool:

I'd say a 7. I'm good at following recipes, and love making little changes to make them my own, but I still need a starting idea/guidance from my latest Cooking Light ;) I do wish I were a little more creative to just whip something up though!

i'd say between 7-8
 

i love to cook...i just haven't mastered the art of cooking in small quantities :), but that's ok....soon-to-be-hubby enjoys it and has leftovers to take to work. i don't really care for leftovers so i just freeze half of it and save it for later....like my sauces and etc.

I'm giving myself a 7. I can come up with recipes off the top of my head, but I'm not exactly Iron Chef material :p and I usually start from existing recipes and tweak them. I'm also adventurous and not afraid to try new, difficult recipes from various cuisines. I make a mean Indian curry. ;)

I usually do the cooking, but my husband is a decent cook (otherwise he would have been very hungry in college - the cafeterias suck). I give him a 3 - he can cook a few things well, but nothing fancy. Still, if I come in dead tired after a long day at work, he'll make dinner... he's a good one.

When I think 9 and 10 range.......i'm thinking restaurant chef/owner.

Not someone who whips up "taters and boiled shrimp :D " and "chili cus it's damn cold out here!!:eek: "


I hope you get a blister........on your foot.

7.5

I hate to cook, because I work in a molecular biology laboratory all day and I have measure down to the microliter following protocols (advanced recipes) for PCRs, Westerns, Southerns, et al. I make measurements all day...

By the time I get home, I am tired of measuring ANYTHING!!!

If it is not microwavable, I am not cooking it unless it's pasta...

But, I can make dayum good Honey Mustard Lamb or Rose Petal Quail... And I am a vegetarian!!! :eek:

I would say a 9. My mom and grandmothers and aunts taught me well i love to cook and bake!

I would give myself a 7 overall.

I have a handful of dishes that I would put against most high end restaurants with pride- but even then I am excluding truly world class establishments (of which there are none here in Texas- though Tony's came close in the old days.) And those dishes took lots of practice and work- some are still evolving. I have been working on my medallions of beef tenderloin with a red wine reduction and fresh morels for years, and I am still not totally satisfied with it- nor as consistent as I want.

Otherwise I do pretty good. Coming from a Southern family I am good at gravy, fried foods and cakes with mountains of sugar and soured milk. But that is not complex cuisine.

Oh fabulous, go ahead. Make fun of me again. I personally really don't care. No, I can't cook. Is there something wrong with that too? I never had to cook for myself so it makes it kind of hard, wouldn't you think.:rolleyes: So what! I had a little accident, and you're the moron just for being a member of this site.

What's that? under your username...is that...Registered Member?

Hi, Kettle.

i am a strong 7.5, and feel no need to get much better than that...significant other is a sous chef for a country club! i feel i should stay at my level, that way he gets his moneys worth out of his culinary arts degree!

CTFU!!!

I would give myself a 6;)! I can cook well enough, but I avoid doing so at all cost.

I'm about to microwave a panini right now!:D

Aw. :p

I'm probably between a 7.5 & an 8. I've been cooking full meals since I was seven, so I know the cordon bleu stuff - I just get lazy and don't do it most of the time.

I can remember my first home ec class, and the teacher asking if anyone knew how to make macaroni & cheese. She called on me, thinking I would say something about the boxed stuff, but I said, "First you make a white sauce..." and I had my A from there on!

How sweet!

Sad that a Thead gets to this?

Damn!:o

What the f**k is your problem? If I've explained it once (in a manner in which you can read and reread it) I've explained it a thousand times...

LOL. Man dude, you are crazy.

I'm in tears over this one.

I have to ask- when you're measuring outside of the lab, do you still find yourself placing the container on the counter to make sure the meniscus is where its supposed to be? Whenever I'm measuring anything, I still find myself doing that, and my friends look at me like I'm nuts. I can't measure a cup of water without placing it down, and pouring it in while I'm eye level with the measuring cup.


I place myself at a 6 on the scale. I can cook, but I just don't like to do it. Baking. Now thats where I'm awesome!

That's how we were taught in home ec, seriously, and I still do it. Home ec ended up helping with chemistry class!