I wouldn’t say I’m a culinary genius, but I can make myself a meal.
Things I’m good at: Cereal, eggs/omelettes, any kind of pasta, anything frozen. Rice pilaf, salmon ( I love salmon!). Actually, I’m really good at pasta. It’s my specialty. Pasta with shrimp, with sauce, with steamed broccoli, and other things. I love using the Trader Joes sauces. Ashley and I want to make linguini alfredo soon. I just need to get the alfredo sauce. We’ve got linguini already. hah, that sounds so funny.
I have yet to try more difficult things like steak or other kinds of protein. That doesn’t bother me though, because I’m not much of a carnivore at all. I hate using the oven, because somehow, the oven and I don’t click… But I do it when I have to.
Hmm, this is making me want to improve my skills! It might be helpful… heh.
Ashley on the other hand is very insufficient in the kitchen. She can make ice-pops, as filling and nutritious as those are… She relies on me and the mom.
That reminds me of when I was little. I used to make my own “soups” by mixing different things together in water. Haha, it’s funny when I look back on it.
I did the very same thing, but instead, it was liquid ice cream and I put everything/anything sweet I could find into one bowl. It was really fun, and really exhilerating too.
I don’t mean to brag, but my bread brûlée is renowned throughout the lands.
If you’re on a diet I also make a mean boiled water a la carte.
Okay, that’s a little misleading. You see, boiled water a la carte is for you to cook. I want to share my expertise with the world, so it’s the canvas, if you will, for your culinary paints. I supply the water; you go to town with macaroni or whatever.
In other words, cooking + me = no. The oven will probably forever be a place of terror and confusion for me not unlike a caveman confronted with a can of Pepsi. I can use P2P software and blog with the best of 'em, but that knob on the stove? Haven’t the foggiest.
Ha! That’s brilliant. I love how you word things… (snigger)
Truth be told, I’m the same way, only to a rather…elevated degree in that I can’t cook, period. I tried making pre-packaged soup once… It tasted like slugs, I kid you not.
I tried cooking soup this morning. It was great, I followed the recipe perfectly and it was so close not to be a disater. THe only disaster was I spilled the soup right after I was done with it.
That’s why I’m excited for college. Only squares can cook in college. If you’re not subsisting on instant ramen you’re not getting the whole experience. It’s like camping out in your backyard – if there’s no danger of a bear coming in your tent and eating your food, you’re not really camping.
I can heat things in the microwave, but I have a general lack of manual dexterity that makes things tricky. I once was making a tuna sandwich and dumped a whole mountain of onion powder in there. It made my eyes weep, but I ate more than half of it because I’m a trooper.
So I don’t have any real cooking mishap stories, but if you enjoy hearing about mishaps due to general uncoordination I can tell you about the time I stabbed myself in the eye with a toothbrush or gave myself a two-inch-long cut on my hand with a hair clip, and I also run into things on a daily basis. Bruises are to me what little animals are to Snow White.
kageri - Heh. You and me both, dude. We both have trouble cooking and we also can endure a substantial amount of pain like it’s nothing. (snigger)
Yeah, I agree. If you don’t trek all the way through the mountain you’re not living the majority of the experience. I wouldn’t mind learning how to cook if I didn’t hate it so much, but such is the life de moi. Cooking sucks. (No offense – eheh.)
I just need to get the alfredo sauce. We’ve got linguini already. hah, that sounds so funny.
