How good of a cook are you?

[Sugar08]

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....

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

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

Oh wow...

[midwesterngirl]

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.

Originally Posted by Jen

I'm also better at baking than actual cooking. So I give myself a 6.5.

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

[Dionysus]

I give myself an 8.

[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.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

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

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. So what! I had a little accident, and you're the moron just for being a member of this site.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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.

[OneTimeSBX]

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!

[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!!!