Food, Drink & Dining Out Learning to cook

[PP34]

Call it a new year's resolution or whatever but I'm pretty useless around the house, and have lived comfortably for years having meals prepared by others.

Since finishing school I've wanted to get into cooking but just have never truly motivated myself to.

GD what are your tips, books, people to read/watch/look at etc to ensure that I can eventually cook some decent tasting meals?

 

[Quivorir]

 

[jasonwilde]

Call it a new year's resolution or whatever but I'm pretty useless around the house, and have lived comfortably for years having meals prepared by others.

Since finishing school I've wanted to get into cooking but just have never truly motivated myself to.

GD what are your tips, books, people to read/watch/look at etc to ensure that I can eventually cook some decent tasting meals?

Hey buddy, if you're a novice, start with making your own pizza dough. 100 times nicer than anything bought. Hard to eff up too (use bread flour!)

I love cooking and just taught my missus how to make dough. Eating smoked salmon and goats cheese pizzas now. Will teach my three year old this too when I see her next

 

[TheFreshBanana]

Maybe start with 1 pot recipes

 

[kickazz]

I've been told that the Jamie Oliver ministry of food cooking classes give a really good grounding in doing some of the basics well.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Cheese on toast

 

[iDon]

Youtube.

 

[BALKAN]

Go to the library and borrow some cookbooks

 

[beez]

- Take $50 and stock up on as many different herbs and spices as you can.
- Use rock salt/himalayan salt, lemon, lime, olive oil and apple cider vinegar as a base for sauces and marinades.
- Don't buy fruit and veg from the supermarket - make an effort to find markets, you'll save a fortune.

 

[WCErevival]

I could probably do with learning to cook a wider range of stuff.

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Get a Chrisco catalogue, stock up, done.

 

[Silent Alarm]

At least you're being proactive. I know so many 18-plus year olds who still have their mum make their bed and do their shopping, and don't even make a meal a week.

Get your parents to designate a night or two a week to you cooking. Start out just doing stuff they've always done, but you've always liked – it's more comfortable and you almost feel a few steps into it as opposed to cooking something brand new. After a few weeks or months, try out some new stuff – who cares if you **** it up.

Cooking is great. It's a bit shit when you've been working late. Even worse when there's nothing at home. But if you're bored shitless, it's actually a great way to fill in an arvo – thinking about it, going shopping, looking online, it all takes up time and gives you something to actually look forward to. And girls do actually like it, chicks dig that independence.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Can't imagine being that old and relying on Mum so much!

A few good suggestions above. Chefs like Jaime Oliver are good because they keep it simple. Start with basics like roasts, stews, stir-frys and pasta. It doesn't need to be complicated.

 

[Hudu Gurusingha]

Become a foodie bro

 

[St 07]

Stop eating

 

[brahj]

I need to do this, I've been getting by on the same 3 - 4 dishes since I was 18.

 

[kickazz]

Youtube.

Yeah the good thing about this is that recipes can sometimes not quite describe how to cook things well. I learned how to do steak from youtube.

 

[Jimmy1992]

Similar to what Silent Alarm said... Start simple and start by cooking things your Mum/Dad already cook. They can help you with it as you start to work on cooking techniques etc. From there you can alter those recipes with different flavours and then start cooking stuff for yourself.

Start by keeping it simple e.g. Stir-fry, pasta etc.

 

[Jimmy1992]

At least you're being proactive. I know so many 18-plus year olds who still have their mum make their bed and do their shopping, and don't even make a meal a week.

Get your parents to designate a night or two a week to you cooking. Start out just doing stuff they've always done, but you've always liked – it's more comfortable and you almost feel a few steps into it as opposed to cooking something brand new. After a few weeks or months, try out some new stuff – who cares if you **** it up.

Cooking is great. It's a bit shit when you've been working late. Even worse when there's nothing at home. But if you're bored shitless, it's actually a great way to fill in an arvo – thinking about it, going shopping, looking online, it all takes up time and gives you something to actually look forward to. And girls do actually like it, chicks dig that independence.

I find it really therapeutic with some music on in the background

 

[Catfish Alley]

Yep. That's usually my Sunday late afternoon. Cooking, football on TV and a couple of drinks. Got a balti curry simmering and an ale in hand right now

 

[Gough]

Practice, and don't be afraid to f*** it up occasionally. Practice technique too, once you can cook a bolognaise for example, you can cook a curry, the concept is the same just different spices. Learn a few side dishes too, a little tomato, and onion salsa, will make a shit curry better, good roast potatoes will liven up a a cheap joint of meat. Taste everything.

 

[HBF]

I could probably do with learning to cook a wider range of stuff.

Same, but then I CBF when I get home from work.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Cook just a few times a week and freeze some.

 

[JoseMourinho]

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[Quivorir]

Similar to what Silent Alarm said... Start simple and start by cooking things your Mum/Dad already cook. They can help you with it as you start to work on cooking techniques etc. From there you can alter those recipes with different flavours and then start cooking stuff for yourself.

Start by keeping it simple e.g. Stir-fry, pasta etc.

Holy shit. You're back.