HOW MANY MEN HERE CAN...........

[buffalobo]

Mom started teaching us to cook when we were about 8. By the time we were in high school we were expected to cook family dinner at least once a week.

Wife and I share cooking duties. We eat goooooood.



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[Great-Kazoo]

I enjoy cooking. It's something you can do with your hands and get to eat afterwards. Or, if things don't work out, feed to the dogs. I first got into the mechanics of cooking in a junior high home ec class. I heard there were a lot of cute girls there. So did the class full of guys I took the class with. For the next ten years or so, most of my culinary interests involved meat, a stick, and fire, except the time at summer camp where I explored all the possibilities MREs had to offer. It turns out those dehydrated beef patties are pretty versatile. Later, in college, I got a little more serious with things. I figured out if I wanted a decent plate of enchiladas, I'd have to make it myself. I learned that if you cook a pan of instant "Spanish" rice, open a can of refried beans, and melt cheese on everything, guests will think you're a genius. I also experimented with different backpacking meals. With vacuum packed meat and dried veggies, ramen is a pretty good base. Lightweight, cooks fairly quickly, and relatively high in calories. At the present, I don't get to do much cooking, except occasionally on the weekends. Last night I made barbequed pork, steamed shrimp wontons, and a vegetable stir fry. My wife has hours more agreeable to the dietary wishes of our daughter. I am however working on more nutritionally balanced "meal replacement" bars than what you normally find in stores.

I do a high heat, short cook time in a roasting pan. Nothing like cooking on gas stoves

[trlcavscout]

I cook more than she does.

Same here. And I cook better!

[newracer]

I can cook just as good if not better than my wife.


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[hunterhawk]

The last 2 times my wife has cooked is thanksgiving and Christmas otherwise I cook every other day! But she doesn't get out of work till 630 and I get off at 3pm so I start cooking when I get home!

[Kmanbay]

I worked in and ran a couple of kitchens/restaurants years ago, so I learned how to cook back then. After a decade or so of doing it I really really hated cooking; did I say I hated it yet? After that if I could avoid it, throw it on the grill, in the oven or in the microwave I was OK.

A lot of time has passed since then.

I have begun to enjoy cooking again and like going to Sprouts to shop for just what I need for the one meal along with a couple of staples, if it doesn't fit in one of the little baskets I am buying too much.

I usually go in with no idea what I am going to make. Then make a couple of laps through the departments to see what is in season and what meats are on sale, and then make a plan. A bonus to not having a plan (I guess you could consider it foraging for dinner) is variety. My wife ALWAYS buys what she thinks she might make for dinner during the week and it is always the same ingredients. The freelance shopping I do makes her crazy; but that's just an added bonus. LOL

This weekend I made baked fresh tilapia with sliced garlic and a little blackening seasoning with a tossed together mango salsa, asparagus and my wife made a great salad with a vinaigrette she made with some home made sour dough bread that she started the night before.

I am glad that I am beginning to enjoy cooking again, because my wife is very repetitious with the food she cooks.

I don't remember who said it above, but cleaning as you go and before dinner is ready makes it more enjoyable to eat and relax without major kitchen cleaning after dinner.

[GilpinGuy]

I do almost all of the cooking in our house. We finally got propane installed last summer....just for the stove/oven. Kick ass. My wife is Asian, so she whips up some good stuff now and then, but I make some damn good Asian fare as well (my favorite).

Of course the smoker is puffing away routinely. BBQ is my gig and I love it.

I recently got a deep fryer and a bud gave me this simple and yummy snack tip:
Take some Tater Tots and defrost them.
Place a pickled Jalapeno on it.
Wrap in BACON and skewer with a toothpick to hold it all together.
Deep fry for a few minutes for artery hardening goodness.
They're good straight up, but try dipping in catsup, ketchup, ranch or blue cheese.

[RCCrawler]

I do 95% of the cooking at my house. At least once a week we have 10-15 people over and I never get too many complaints. I literately grew up in a restaurant, my dad owned it and was the chef, my mom was the waitress and they couldn't afford day care.

About a month ago I started making my 3 kids (3,7,15) each cook a meal each week. On Sunday night we all sit down and plan the menu, then Monday my wife goes to the store. They can choose to make whatever they want, and I will help them as much or as little as they want me to, but everything must be made from scratch. They are all doing great, and we only had to trash one dinner so far and go out to eat. My 15 year old was making cheese soup and got it to hot and curdled it.

[bnred9]

I just feed about 9-10 people, homemade biscuits and sausage gravy. Monday morning treat for friends in the office.

[two shoes]

I learned to cook out of necessity. When I was 10-11 I was making pumpkin pies from scratch... baked the pumpkin that I grew in our garden scratch. I'd make cookies and such too. In my teens, my mom was burning everything from fish sticks to stew... She wore out the smoke detectors in the kitchen and living room... no-shit wore them out. My Grandfather taught me how to make pot roast and gravy... I use the same recipe for biscuits and gravy (with pork fat instead of beef, of course)...