Have you got a food recipe to share?
Is it your mom's?
Can you even cook?

I am a male high school student, yet I consider myself by all means a decent cook. I have been baking stuff since I was 4 years old...meaning I could bake some traditional Finnish items all on my own before I could even read the book of recipes. My mum always told me one has to know how to make food...because some of the women these days aren't too good at it. Besides, if you have your stomach full of really good food, you can't really be mad at anything, now can you?

So..this thread will be about cooking.

My specialties are Thai chicken, easy-to-make guacamole and fast & tasty pizza recipe. It will take me some time to write them down (I need to check the names for many ingredients in English), so feel free to go ahead and write your own fav. recipies in here while I am at it...or maybe request something, or talk about cooking in general.

BTW, Is cooking taught in schools all around the globe? At least here we have 2 hours of cooking for 2 years as a compulsory subject. The third year is optional. I think that's not even nearly enough!

My mother has great recipes... like "nems" but this asiatic recipe depends a lot on the quality of the ingredients. My sister tried to make them in France and they weren't good.

I'm really bad at cooking... or maybe I'm not patient enough, I have even succeeded to burn a soup.

In France and its territories (dom, TOM, POM and territorial collectivities) cooking isn't taught.

My mom's a great cook, but cooking it's just not the thing for me, I'd rather ordered pizza everyday, than cook a healthy meal for myself

Quote by almina
I'm really bad at cooking... or maybe I'm not patient enough, I have
even succeeded to burn a soup.

Don't worry. I had these classmates in the cooking class, who managed to spoil pretty much any food they got their hands on.

Some examples:
-they were frying some local fish on a pan. they burn them. then the teacher gives them new fish. the new fish were burnt as well.

-they managed to burn some potatoes into the bottom of a kettle while boiling them.

-we were all making a really nice chocolate cake instead of "regular food" for a change. guess who left the oven on and it got burnt...

I always felt really sorry for them. They were all boys and pretty hopeless at it. But I am also glad, because I got really a huge boost of self confidence to my cooking skills back in those days. I flet like I am not that bad after all and that I can make decent food, even though I might not be as good at cooking as some of the others in class.

I can make a mean Bacon Cheeseburger. I'm an expert at making instant ramen and mac n' cheese. My grilled cheese sammiches are nummy nums too. But I'm usually lazy/busy especially after a long day at school so my parents usually do the cooking. Good ol' home cooked filipino food.

Quote by LJ23I can make a mean Bacon Cheeseburger. I'm an expert at making instant
ramen and mac n' cheese. My grilled cheese sammiches are nummy nums too.

You sound like a snack specialist. Got a nice sandwhich recipe or something in store for us?

Oh I can't begin to tell you just how many cooking accidents I've had in my day. Once burnt biscuist so badly that they were melted into the baking pan. Since then I've gotten better. Share my recipes are crazy they are my secrets and you shall never get them mwahahahahaha. j/k

I'm not the greatest cook, but the few things I cook I believe I do well. I'm all for homemade loaves of bread and chicken enchiladas, but nothing beats the magic of a Betty Crocker Muffin Though, don't ever ask me to cut tomatoes. Those tend to become mutalated in my hands...

Admittedly, I almost can't cook at all ^^;; The only thing I know how to cook is pasta. My parents are quite good at cooking and they're more than willing to teach me. The problem is, cooking makes me really nervous. Every aspect makes me uneasy: the heat, smoke, smell, and of course the red hot glowing circles on the stovetop. I'm always afraid that I'll mess up and overcook something, burn down the kitchen >.> I know I'll have to learn it eventually, but for now, I'll stay far away from the stove ^^;;

Here, there's a mandatory class for an equivalent of a year where family-related skills are taught such as cooking, sewing, parenting, etc. However, noone really learns anything from it, so it's kinda useless.

Quote by IyasisAdmittedly, I almost can't cook at all ^^;; The only thing I know how
to cook is pasta. My parents are quite good at cooking and they're more
than willing to teach me. The problem is, cooking makes me really
nervous. Every aspect makes me uneasy: the heat, smoke, smell, and of
course the red hot glowing circles on the stovetop. I'm always afraid
that I'll mess up and overcook something, burn down the kitchen
>.> I know I'll have to learn it eventually, but for now, I'll
stay far away from the stove ^^;;
Here, there's a mandatory class for an equivalent of a year where
family-related skills are taught such as cooking, sewing, parenting,
etc. However, noone really learns anything from it, so it's kinda
useless.

You just need some more experience. It's sometimes nice to cook something when no one else is at home. That way, if it's good you can eat it all by yourself and if it's bad, you can toss it away without anyone noticing... ^^

The best way to learn is to grab a nice-looking recipe and try it out. Making things out of your head is often a bad idea in the beginning...like my cheeseless pizza attempt as a kid. ^^