How good of a cook are you?

[Tom Earp]

9.

I do cook!

[Cardinal026]

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!

[ageniuschild]

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.

[aephi alum]

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 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.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

9.

I do cook!

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

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


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

[AKA_Monet]

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!!!

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

[EE-BO]

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.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

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!!!

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!

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

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!

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AGDee

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

Conversely, my daddy could never understand how I could cook so well and not do well in chemistry! The key word, I believe, is the desire. I didn't ever think I'd use chemistry, but I would use the ability to cook.

[squirrely girl]

i'm a pretty strong 8. i absolutely love to cook and i rock out a stove!

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

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 do that all the time. Between all the chemistry classes I took as a kid, and the fact that I learned to cook from my mother (who is a doctor and therefore also took a bunch of chem classes), I have to put the beaker - er, measuring cup - down on the counter and look for the meniscus.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by macallan25

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

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


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

CTFU!!!