How good of a cook are you?

AKA_Monet · #1 05-07-2007, 08:36 PM

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!!!

#2 05-07-2007, 08:39 PM

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

EE-BO · #3 05-08-2007, 01:26 AM

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 · #4 05-09-2007, 11:26 AM

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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 · #5 05-09-2007, 05:58 PM

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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 · #6 05-09-2007, 11:13 PM

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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 · #7 05-10-2007, 01:06 AM

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

Educatingblue · #8 05-10-2007, 07:08 PM

I'm about a 9. I like to watch the Food Network and "make" stuff I see on there. Normally, I can taste something and reproduce it, or see something once and make it.

JWithers · #9 05-10-2007, 07:22 PM

I'm probably a 9. I'm a foodie.

aephi alum · #10 05-09-2007, 06:57 PM

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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.