Was curious to know if there were any cooks, foodies, or gourmets out there! Throughout this year, I’ve discovered my inner Ratatouille and was wondering if anyone else shared the hobby.`Posted this on another forum and was a tad upset no one there knew how to cook. Pfft, I bet they can’t even turn on the stove.
Soooo…
im afraid of stoves and fire 
but according to my sister i make really good sandwiches
ooh! and last night i made choco chip muffins 
i burnt the first batch >.> but the second batch came out perfect
Both of my parents are chefs and therefore I’ve never learnt how to cook. 
I’m planning to learn this summer as it’s going to be a bit rubbish at uni if I’m in self-catering accomodation and I have no idea how to cook. I don’t think I fancy Pot Noodle every night.
Funnily enough, in my Psychology exam yesterday there was a question which was along these lines- ‘Using two approaches, explain why some people enjoy buying and preparing only fresh food, and why they enjoy cooking for their friends and family’. There was more description to it- stuff about how some people collect cook books and watch celebrity chefs on TV- but it’s funny to get what can be considered quite a normal thing and make it all about being orally fixated and annally retentive and operant conditioning due to positive feedback.
So if you’re a foodie, you’re orally fixated!
But yes, I’ll learn at some point. Just not right now.
Shouldn’t this belong in the Ratatouille forum?
I think I discovered only until I watched Ratatouille again that I really did love cooking. Yes, it could be that I’m orally fixated or that I enjoy the positive feedback when my meals come out right, but I guess it’s the science, the labor, the techniques, and the whole meaning of it that I love. I relish in the physical labor of being in the kitchen, it’s addicting to chop, go back and forth between washing dishes and making sure the risotto on the stovetop doesn’t burn, and having white wine burst in my face when I use the cork the wrong way.
That’s an odd way to describe the culinary arts. I think of it more as an art form. Humans aren’t different animals, we create and discover things that aren’t essential to our survival, so even the basic need of food has been elevated to something much more. There’s also the possibility that these kinds of people can’t handle fast food/premade junk and actually give a toss about what they put in their bodies. Food is the best medicine after all, why wouldn’t you want to be concerned about it?
It’s funny; the less complex the meal, the worse I am at making it. Like, I’m a whiz at Italian food, but I can’t work an egg yolk to make a stupd omelette to save my life!
I can cook a store bought pizza, make mac n cheese, and,… pour cereal, that’s it. I’m terrible at cooking, probably because I’m so lazy!
I can cook well if I want to. Basically I just throw in many herbs and spices and hope that it tastes good, but I think I have an innate knowing of what will taste best and how to cook food, so that helps too.
Hey, cut it out with the vulgar language! 
I consider myself as Multi-less-talented-Remy. I’m great at some Asians’ menu, and quite good at Western food. But I find it’s hard to remember those herbs & spices. I’m not fancy with the spices. 
I probably would be a semi-Remy if I weren’t too lazy to cook. XD But when I do cook, I’m usually unsure of what I’m doing, so I’m usually questioning “I do this, right?” to my mom. But other than that, I’m okay at cooking. That is, when I get off my lazy butt and actually cook.
LOL. At least you know the spices. I’m confuse between bay leaf and corriander. 
Do you guys remember my failed attempt at Remy’s Ratatouille?
If it doesn’t require complicated plating (like that dish!!), I would say I’m a good cook. Am armed with my favourite cooking book, “Easy Entertaining” by Donna Hay. That’s kinda OT, but meh.
I’m a cook. Well, i can make foods like yorkshire puds, spag bol etc.
haha…cool. & smart thinking.
I’m actually more of a “Linguini” really, I can’t cook to save my life!
Just about the only dishes I can cook are Spaghetti Aglio Olio (which is just oil and chili, actually), Spaghetti Bolognese (with meatballs, I know how to make these suckers thanks to Jamie Oliver!), beef and ale stew (again, thanks to Ministry of Food), steamed rice (no-brainer), soya-sauce stir-fried chicken, uh… omelette, um… I’m struggling here… peanut-butter sandwiches and… cornflakes.
Does instant noodles count as a dish?