Do you guys cook?

[SigurdReginson]

So, I enjoy cooking, but I only dabble a little.

My dad had some Filipino style adobo marinated steaks, so I swiped one and brought it home. I pan fried that baby up!

[GALLERY=media, 9388]IMG_20201207_145709270 by SigurdReginson posted Dec 7, 2020 at 3:54 PM[/GALLERY]

After I fried it, I took some rice, nori, and furikake and made some onigiri! Super simple, but damn was it good.

[GALLERY=media, 9389]IMG_20201207_151417456_HDR by SigurdReginson posted Dec 7, 2020 at 3:57 PM[/GALLERY]

Post some of your guys' creations!

 

[JustGeorge]

Glad to hear it was delicious, but your links aren't working!

 

[lewisnotmiller]

So, I enjoy cooking, but I only dabble a little.

My dad had some Filipino style adobo marinated steaks, so I swiped one and brought it home. I pan fried that baby up!

[GALLERY=media, 9388]IMG_20201207_145709270 by SigurdReginson posted Dec 7, 2020 at 3:54 PM[/GALLERY]

After I fried it, I took some rice, nori, and furikake and made some onigiri! Super simple, but damn was it good.

[GALLERY=media, 9389]IMG_20201207_151417456_HDR by SigurdReginson posted Dec 7, 2020 at 3:57 PM[/GALLERY]

Post some of your guys' creations!

Yup, I cook, although my wife cooks more often than I do (she works part-time, and gets home earlier).
My last meal was a Thai green chicken curry, with jasmine rice, night before last.
I roped my 12 year old daughter in, and we cooked it together. Have to admit, though, we cheated. We used a (good-quality) store bought paste rather than making our own (which we've done in the past).

It was this recipe for any interested...and it was quite easy to make, and very tasty.

Best Thai green chicken curry recipe | Jamie Oliver

 

[sun rise]

I don't cook whole meals these days but I volunteer doing prep work for meals. I'm getting better at using knives properly along with equal slices of green onions etc.

I used to make 'one pot' meals which involved tossing veges and meat into a pan or wok and stir frying.

 

[SigurdReginson]

Glad to hear it was delicious, but your links aren't working!

Oh shoot! How about now?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

I love cooking -- and my lover loves the fact that I do.

Fun story: for his 40th birthday in 2000, we invited two very close friends (so just 4 of us). I had two bottles of 1971 Chateau Margaux in my wine stash (selling in stores for about $950 each at the time), and had to figure out what to do with it. So this was his birthday dinner (it's in late October, so fall theme is appropriate).

Amuse Bouche: a simple chinese spoon with a thin slice of cucumber, beet horseradish, a perfectly seared scallop, and just a simple cross of thinly sliced green onion

Appetizer: Terrine of foie gras, with ice wine soaked raisins, wrapped in leeks (white-green-white-green), served over a wheat-berry salad with a home-made apple cider vinaigrette -- and a home-made apple chip.

Entree: Chateau briand, sauce bearnaise, duchesse potatoes and asparagus --- this is where the Chateau Margaux appeared.

Dessert: Caramelized port pears, served with a Stilton cream sauce.

It was quite nice, actually!

 

[The Hammer]

I am the Cook in the house (my wife can't even look at raw meat). So I do all of the food work and prep, with the exception of baking, which I mostly suck at. As befitting our pairing, my Wife bakes much better than I.

 

[JustGeorge]

It works now, @SigurdReginson !

I love to cook. Prepared ivy gourd for our afternoon meal. Never had it before. It was quite good!

 

[Valjean]

How would one eat if one didn't cook?

 

[JustGeorge]

How would one eat if one didn't cook?

I have a pair of friends that live off of discount gas station food. I've also known plenty of people who don't deviate from what they can get out of a box, bag or can with any preparation involved simply requiring heating(typically in a microwave

It can be done. But I don't recommend it.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I am the Cook in the house (my wife can't even look at raw meat). So I do all of the food work and prep, with the exception of baking, which I mostly suck at. As befitting our pairing, my Wife bakes much better than I.

My wife bakes much better than I do as well. I can cook as well as her generally, I think, but she manages to get through things more quickly and cleanly, whereas I leave a trail of evidence.

Having said that, my beer brownies are the shiz.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I have a pair of friends that live off of discount gas station food. I've also known plenty of people who don't deviate from what they can get out of a box, bag or can with any preparation involved simply requiring heating(typically in a microwave

It can be done. But I don't recommend it.

We almost always do the exact opposite, and live off only what doesn't come in a box, bag or can.
Fresh food is so much tastier.

Having said that, we'll do dirty takeout occasionally, and love eating out when we can.

 

[JustGeorge]

We almost always do the exact opposite, and live off only what doesn't come in a box, bag or can.
Fresh food is so much tastier.

Having said that, we'll do dirty takeout occasionally, and love eating out when we can.

I'm with you on all of that. Hardly ever use processed, unless, after a particularly tough day with the kids, I walk into the kitchen and find every last dish is dirty.

And then we have mac and cheese. 'Cause I don't feel like doing all those ****** dishes.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I'm with you on all of that. Hardly ever use processed, unless, after a particularly tough day with the kids, I walk into the kitchen and find every last dish is dirty.

And then we have mac and cheese. 'Cause I don't feel like doing all those ****** dishes.

Totally agree, and we're the same except...mac 'n' cheese. It's kinda a specialty of mine. And it's quite finicky, and expensive to make. 4 different cheeses, make a roux, etc. Serve with a little bacon jam. Boom.

But yeah, totally agree on occasionally needing a quick option. Just that mac 'n' cheese isn't it for me...lol

 

[JustGeorge]

Totally agree, and we're the same except...mac 'n' cheese. It's kinda a specialty of mine. And it's quite finicky, and expensive to make. 4 different cheeses, make a roux, etc. Serve with a little bacon jam. Boom.

But yeah, totally agree on occasionally needing a quick option. Just that mac 'n' cheese isn't it for me...lol

I have a 'good' mac and cheese option as well. Found it in an Albanian cookbook.

On those nights its more about what the little guy will eat. Because there isn't much... other than mac and cheese, he eats donuts(not glazed or cake), rice with soy sauce and ghee, Asian style dumplings, apples, parathas and Reece's peanut butter cups.

Occasionally he will humor me by eating cucumbers, cheese, beans, chapattis or ramen, but its always a gamble.

Gotta love the toddler years.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I have a 'good' mac and cheese option as well. Found it in an Albanian cookbook.

On those nights its more about what the little guy will eat. Because there isn't much... other than mac and cheese, he eats donuts(not glazed or cake), rice with soy sauce and ghee, Asian style dumplings, apples, parathas and Reece's peanut butter cups.

Occasionally he will humor me by eating cucumbers, cheese, beans, chapattis or ramen, but its always a gamble.

Gotta love the toddler years.

Ha! My girls are 10 and 12, and very good in terms of eating a variety of foods (including some exotic ones).
But yes, I remember the early years.

And am about to re-enter them. Baby due Thursday!!

 

[JustGeorge]

Ha! My girls are 10 and 12, and very good in terms of eating a variety of foods (including some exotic ones).
But yes, I remember the early years.

And am about to re-enter them. Baby due Thursday!!

They get over it indeed...

I remember in the parting year of my eldest from elementary, the principal told me that he had made a point for years to go to the lunch room and say hello to my son daily(he is on the autism spectrum, and greeting people was a problem). Eventually, my son began to seek him out, and was greeting not only him, and many other people. He told me he still went down to the lunch room each day, however... to see what he brought in his lunch. "Its crazy what he eats! I've never seen any other kid eat that kind of stuff!"

Congratulations on the new family member! That is wonderful! I'm sure the sisters are excited. Will there be another girl?

 

[Estro Felino]

Yes...I do...

My housemate gained lots of weight since we live together...

 

[MNoBody]

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

― Robert A. Heinlein