Inkman66
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When it's cook or starve...you get very good at it eventually.
I like being able to cook
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I'm amazed at people who claim to be unable to cook. Do you not like eating?!
1293
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When people comment about how much I like to cook, my response is "no, I like to eat". If I could afford to eat in a restaurant every day, I would.
Dave Hicks
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In grad school I had half a dozen roommates, and we took turns cooking, so I had to learn (fast!).
Now I enjoy it. Tonight, stracotto:
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Now I enjoy it. Tonight, stracotto:
Italian Pot Roast (Stracotto) Recipe
Pot roasts exist in many cuisines, of course, and the Italians have stracotto, which means "overcooked." Like many other roasts, this one cooks low and slow after it’s seared But here, red wine adds depth to the tomatoes, and a smattering of fresh basil contributes to its complexity Make this...
JJLC
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being originally from Louisiana I like to eat. A lot of folks believe the state sport in Louisiana is football but it is actually eating; football is a close second.
of course if one likes to eat then learning to cook would likely be a good thing to learn.
Eat whacha like, hopefully it's tasty, and hopefully it don't take too long to cook it.
Laissez les bons temps rouler .......
1293
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I started doing the majority of the family cooking quite a few years ago and quickly became pretty passionate about it. It didn't hurt that some TV shows like Chopped! and Masterchef that have limited ingredients in the action made me think a lot harder about "what can I make with what I have". I would never purport that all my meals are divine but I can honestly say that some of them really get to a place I never imagined being able to achieve. Of course, like every activity that one might "get into", cooking is no slouch when it comes to GAS, and I'm not referring to the fuel, per se. (The Thermador range at our old property which did use gas as fuel does resemble that remark, however, as does the Café smart induction range I have now here at the new place) Knives, cookware, "stuff", etc., all add up!
I tried some papadelle and it overcooked hard to get Al dente. What is difference to egg noodles.
Never saw guy. Nice simple Tks
Engine Swap
Friend of Leo's
Last year, I finally and got an instant-read digital thermometer. Turns out that I’d been overcooking meat by a lot. I’m finding out that a few minutes one way or the other are critical to many meat dishes.
One thing I learned about cooking is, if ya learn techniques, ya don't need recipes.
Nightclub Dwight
Friend of Leo's
I have three grill baskets, of which I normally use two. Chickpeas are large enough to not fall through on all three. The All Clad one has holes, instead of wire mesh, and those holes are the largest of the three. But even those holes are large enough to support the chickpeas. I have included one chick pea in each basket for size reference. Note that these are chickpeas that I grilled last night, so they have shrunken quite a bit. Fresh chickpeas are nearly double in size.
MisterZ
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Nice! Thanks.
