Are you a self-taught cook?!
Are you a self-taught cook?
No?
Where did you learn?
Who taught you?
Answers:
No - But both of my grandmothers were wonderful cooks....
One was German and the other grandmother was Croation
so as a child I had the best of two worlds but didn't know it till I was older. My mother was taught by her Croation mother and was also a very good cook............. so I had 3 wonderful cooks to learn from.................. how lucky can I be.... They are are all gone now but think of them every time I use one of these recipes that were handed down from generation to generation. These family recipes have been handed down to my daughter also.............................
In am 57 yo and over the years I have accumulated several tasty and inexpensive recipes that work for me.
A lot of people have tried to teach me to cook, but I really hate cooking.
yes by thinking up a idea then trying it even seeing something or trying a food then adding you,re own touches to it ,,, try-all and error
self taught in a sense not forced to cook by my Mum It's something that just comes naturally well it did with me not a keen cake & biscuit cook but my dinners are real tasty & healthy
I worked as a bus boy in an Italian restaurant in NY when I was 16, I watched, I learned, in 12th grade we had a woman teacher that was a chef, she sucked, her idea's of food prep came out of a 1949 "Betty Crocker" cook book, the veggy's were always over cooked, and BLAH ! I cooked the same meal she did one time, the whole class tasted it, and said that mine tasted better, I was given an "F", and thrown out of class for the rest of the year (not following instructions), she was pretty angry that a 16 year old was a better chef than her ! AND PROVED IT ! I tried to get back into the class by claiming that she was "poisoning the entire student body, maybe the staff can get her a job changing oil in cars or something but, she doesn't belong ruining food, then using "Nazi" teaching method's, she absolutely "DESTROY'S" food !
My grandmother was a huge influence on my cooking. What it comes down to is do you pay some gas bag a butt load of cash to learn something or spend the money buying a few recipe books and making a mess! Personally for me I prefer to teach myself, to explore the various techniques, the different spices, textures and flavors then share it with friends and family.
On a side note I like the culinary work of chefs that do fusion. Taking the absolute best of two or more ethnic or culinary styles and blending them to make something absolutely delicious!
Yes. Most of what I know I figured out for myself after I was married.
Yes. I just throw things together to make a meal. I have worked in a few restuarants whilst at uni. When you watch the chefs cook gourmet pasta's etc it gives you good ideas to try at home and what foods go well together.
I love cooking would love to do a gourmet cooking class one day.
I would say I am 60% self taught and 40% taught by observing others as I grew up.
Yes, with help from my mom I learned early on how to cook by reading alot of Good Housekeeping and Pillsbury Cook Books. Also, as a child I read books and magazines that had a few recipes.
When I first got married at 18yrs old,8mths pregnant the day after getting married my 1st husband asked for poached eggs on toast .I had to ring my mum up to find out how to make toast (f*** the eggs) in the end he made his own.After that I watched everything my mother cooked,And after getting rid of my wanker husband I actually got a job cooking in a restauraunt.Believe it or not I could give a chef a run for his money.So there you are...................Liz.
yes I learned with cooking books, recipes from newspapers, magazines... I taught myself and I am pretty good!
yes
In some applications...Yes. But in everyday down-home cooking I learned from my Grandmother. I spent lots of time as a child sitting on her counter watching and even helping.
No. I must give all the credit to my moma and being raised in the South. You haven't had cook'n till you've had a Sunday dinner in the South. (Fried chicken, string beans, corn, garden peas, okra,collards,turnips,beets,ma...
biscuits. Don't forget the iced tea! It's the house wine of the South!)
I learned the basics at my Mother's side, just being around when she was cooking for the family. She got a job outside the home when I was 12 and I took over most of the cooking.
I have continued to learn from books, other people, TV, etc., but I have never taken any classes.
that i am. i watch a lot of food network and get recipes offline from www.recipezaar.com
I learnt to cook at an early age, things like poached eggs, sausages, really really basic.
My Mummy taught me. I was interested and she needed the help, so it was a match made in heaven.
Now, my Mummy is teaching my 10 year old daughter the same things. Amy can cook eggs, porridge and other easy things.
I prefer to bake rather than put a meal together, but that's just me.
Yes I was and I darn proud of it!! Betty Crocker taught me, and other recipies that I found. My mom got to where if she was a recipie in a magazine she would give it to me and say,"make this" and I would.