« previous next »
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4   Go Down

Author Topic: What type of a cook are you ?  (Read 19482 times)

Offline judydawn

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 40116
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #30 on: October 05, 2011, 11:45:43 am »
" I thought i would cook Jambalaya.  The chooks will enjoy this tomorrow"

Chookie, did you make up your own version or did you try the recipe in the Gluten Free book? Riv Mum did a review of that one here.
Logged
Judy from North Haven, South Australia

Make the most of every day, you never know what is around the corner.

Offline achookwoman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 22056
    • View Profile
    • Chook woman
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #31 on: October 05, 2011, 09:22:20 pm »
Quote from: judydawn on October 05, 2011, 11:45:43 am
" I thought i would cook Jambalaya.  The chooks will enjoy this tomorrow"

Chookie, did you make up your own version or did you try the recipe in the Gluten Free book? Riv Mum did a review of that one here.
No Judy, I tried to convert one from BBC web recipe.  Will look at this one, thanks
Logged

Offline fundj&e

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11255
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #32 on: April 18, 2012, 09:35:53 pm »
I have changed my style of cooking since starting this thread, thanks to all of you.

I now can leave bread dough to rise without touching and poking
I now can wait until a cake cools down b4 icing
I now write down all of the family favorite meals
I now follow a recipe  :-)) (most of the time)

thank you
Logged
i don't need a recipe i'm italian

Offline DizzyGirl

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2065
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #33 on: April 18, 2012, 11:05:56 pm »
Since Thermie came along and DS intolerance to artificial colours and flavors, my cooking style has changed greatly. I used to cook from jars and packets a lot as I wasn't confident enough to cook from scratch. Now nothing comes out of a packet. I have even been able to make recipes up. For example my meat pie filling is cooked diced beef, garlic, mustard, beef stock and cream. No gravy mix at all and it is lovely.
I love the way I can wash up all my dirty utensils etc whilst Thermie does her thing. No more mess.

I have to say that this forum and it's lovely helpful and encouraging members are what have inspired me to cook the way I do now. Without you lovely friends, I would still be Cooking from packets and jars. So a BIG Thank You to you all.

DG xxxxx
Logged
Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate

Offline fundj&e

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11255
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #34 on: April 18, 2012, 11:13:51 pm »
i still have plenty of mess DG   ;D
Logged
i don't need a recipe i'm italian

Offline cookie1

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 37603
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #35 on: April 19, 2012, 02:23:03 am »
I've realised that since I have had FFS I have been happily making things that involve lots of steps. Tenina has made me realise that if you do things a step at a time you will get a lovely result. Before I just became frustrated and things never turned out like the picture.
Logged
May all dairy items in your fridge be of questionable vintage.

https://www.facebook.com/The-Retired-Thermomixer-834601623316983/

mcmich

  • Guest
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #36 on: April 19, 2012, 03:24:34 am »
I'm pretty much by the book cook. I love cooking and cookbooks (I have hundreds of cookbooks).
I usually read the ingredients and occassionally add or delete things to suit our tastes.
Logged

Offline obbie

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17053
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #37 on: April 19, 2012, 03:36:04 am »
I make things up as I go along, Or use cookbooks and then make my changes to it.


Robyn ;D
Logged
My Thermomix,  Kitchen Aid, Pizza oven, Nu Wave 5 in 1, Spatulas, all brings love, laughter, happiness, and great food  to my kitchen.

http://obbieskitchen.wordpress.com/
[/url

Offline keiramax

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 250
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #38 on: April 20, 2012, 01:08:47 am »
At the moment, I'm a one handed, time poor and generally sleepy eyed cook.  I have a 21 month toddler (DD) and 6 month old baby (DS).  So nothing too adventurous here at the moment.  I'm just happy to get food on the table.

The toddler has learnt the word "NO".  She was such a good eater, now she is testing the boundaries and what she likes on Monday she won't touch by Wednesday.  The baby is just starting with solids so pureed root veggies which is so easy in the TM.

Can't wait until they are a bit older and can help, at the moment they watch.

But my partner would describe me as a messy cook, but quick.  He on the other hand is a very tidy cook but takes forever.
Logged

Offline DizzyGirl

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2065
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #39 on: April 20, 2012, 02:01:30 am »
My DH is an occasional cook. Once I let him use the thermie but the blades weren't in properly and we had mess everywhere. Lucky the srange noise alerted me to his errors.
He does make the best scrambled eggs (which I can't eat now  :'( ) and pancakes.
Apart from that I am the one who cooks in our house and I don't mind as thermie and I have so much fun.
Logged
Exercise is a dirty word... Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate

Offline Frozzie

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6917
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #40 on: May 04, 2012, 10:11:50 am »
Im also à messy cook... I really need thermie plus à commie or however you spell it (kitchen hand) or would even settle for a washer upperer lol..i know chefs teach to clean as you go but it goes against thé grain for me..maybe one day that Will change who knows.. :P
Logged
Kim :) ... Back in the land of Oz

http://frozziegourmande.blogspot.com/

Offline desi

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 284
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #41 on: May 04, 2012, 01:30:40 pm »
Hi all,
I read somewhere that messy cooks are good cooks. I'm a clean as you go cook and the meals turn out ok. I still have my disasters and if I can't rescue things, I'm not brave enough to try the same recipe again. :)
Logged

Offline CreamPuff63

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7675
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #42 on: May 04, 2012, 01:53:17 pm »
Until recently I have always been used to a tiny kitchen so I try and clean as I go, just so that I have some "elbow room" to prepare and cook (old habits die hard). I dispose of scraps as I go, put dishes in the sink that I know won't be used again in the recipe, stack in the dishwasher, and if I have the energy or time wash the handwashables whilst the TM is cooking, and clear bench space so the kitchen looks "usable". Its not so bad with TM.
Logged
Non Consultant from Perth, Western Australia

A balanced diet is a biscuit in each hand

Offline Merlin

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 659
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #43 on: May 04, 2012, 01:56:37 pm »
I am definitely
1. Messy- have many stained cookbooks, not to mention the amount of spray and wipe that I go through a year to clean my bench tops etc.
2. "Bit of this, bit of that" kind of inexact cooking
3. Can follow a recipe well- therefore TM perfect for me for as long as I follow the recipe as I have found it, or tweaked, I get pretty consistent results.
Also
4. Fully confess to some terrible disasters in the kitchen- usually due to experimentation gone wrong.
5. Hate waste so often 'recycle' or modify a recipe to use ingredients on hand- sometimes with dismal results!
6. In possession of a well fed worm farm, mostly due to reasons 4. and 5.
Logged
"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is"
Albert Einstein

Offline CreamPuff63

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7675
    • View Profile
Re: What type of a cook are you ?
« Reply #44 on: May 04, 2012, 02:17:09 pm »
Quote from: Merlin on May 04, 2012, 01:56:37 pm
so often 'recycle' or modify a recipe to use ingredients on hand- sometimes with dismal results!

needed figs for a pizza. Went to C*les after asking at a couple of places in our shopping centre and previously seen figs earlier in the week. Fuzzy female at the front entry showed me where they were and said they were disguised, I'm looking at them with a friend thinking "yep, they must be dressed up real funny" - where are they??? and she points to the dates. ok....pointed that out to her. she was embarrarssed and then shows me where they really are...ok, they look very much like kiwi fruit...customers are chuckling. so then the lady behind the deli counter who has had enough for the day in her section takes me on a little Lookie Tour of the aisles cos she has 20 mins to fill in before knocking off and someone is looking over her post. I knew it was a wild goose chase after that, and she was supposedly supposed to give me vouchers for not finding what I wanted or something, but really all I wanted was a fig or two. Is this where the saying stems from "I couldn't give a fig". Shame was they are in season at the moment and so many people probably have them rotting and falling off their trees, but I mananged to buy a couple at $3 each  :-)) 15 mins drive away. Mind you, I'm glad I got them cos the pizza was delightful! (will post a pic tomoz under "fave pizza toppings").

Now that I am getting back on to the topic, the one who was just filling in time although she knew what I wanted them for, even suggested using apricots or raisens (god help me)...pizza?
Logged
Non Consultant from Perth, Western Australia

A balanced diet is a biscuit in each hand
Pages: 1 2 [3] 4   Go Up
« previous next »