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***Official Cooking Discussion Thread*** (2 Viewers)

Great advice. Been cooking since I was a teenager, family rule was I had to cook dinner every Thursday. I love it. Cook for the wife and kid 5/6 times a week. 

 
Wife is normally home before me so she usually does the cooking during the week.  I do the cooking on the weekends to give her a break.  I also do most of the cooking during the summer grilling season or if it is warm enough to grill during the winter.

 
snellman said:
Wife is normally home before me so she usually does the cooking during the week.  I do the cooking on the weekends to give her a break.  I also do most of the cooking during the summer grilling season or if it is warm enough to grill during the winter.
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This is us too. 

 
rockaction said:
I'm sure these are auto-corrects, but they still made me laugh. 

And, yes, it is good to cook your own food. And RIP to your mom, bro. :(  I remember you writing about her.  
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Thanks...especially today (but I won’t muck up this thread with that).

 
bosoxs45 said:
The ladies love it and I’ve had first hand experience this week on dates. 
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I've always played out of my league so, when i got too old (and thick) to close on the dance floor, i needed new game. Found it in cooking. You have to get em over to the house first, but having a woman "help" you make a perfect risotto is a great seduction. Shows the same flow & mastery as the dance floor. 

 
I do 95% of the cooking. My wife is a good cook but doesn't enjoy doing it. I do. It took a while for her to relinquish the kitchen because she's a neat freak and hates a mess. I do the best I can to keep things as clean as possible, so now she's real happy that I cook and often requests meals. In the summer, it's almost all grilling and done by me.

 
Been cooking since I was 6 on a stove, had to do it to survive.  Now a days a lot women don't know how to cook or aren't very good at it.

 
snellman said:
Wife is normally home before me so she usually does the cooking during the week.  I do the cooking on the weekends to give her a break.  I also do most of the cooking during the summer grilling season or if it is warm enough to grill during the winter.
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mr roboto said:
This is us too. 
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Same here.

I was about 10 or so when my parents first left my brother and I home alone when they went shopping. I got hungry so I made some maltomeal. I didn't know how much a teaspoon of salt was so I grabbed a dinner spoon and heaped it up. Yuck. I was in the backyard scraping out the pan when my parents got home. My mom got quite the laugh out of it and showed me her measuring spoons. My parents divorced not long after so my brother and I grew up cooking a lot. 

My wife's family is large and I usually cook the meat for family get togethers. The first two Thanksgivings we were married undercooked turkey was served by different people. I told everyone I would cook the turkey next year and have been ever since. Bringing ham to today's party, got it going in the slow cooker so I can maintain a safe serving temperature the whole game. 

 
My wife did most of the cooking in the household up until her hospitalization and memory loss (info in another thread).  I have taken over the cooking duties, and since she doesn't remember what good cooking taste like, I look like a champ (compared to hospital food).  

 
I worked at an Italian Restaurant in HS.  Took the job for one summer when I was 16 making pizzas and loved it. Stayed there until I graduated from HS.  After a year helped the chef and really learned how to cook..been cooking ever since.

Also I was in a cooking class at Gratzi in Ann Arbor for 4 years.  We met once a month on Sunday  mornings.  12 people and the head chef.. we would pick whatever we wanted to make and he would train and advise.  Always an app, soup, main course and dessert, they also have their own bakery in the basement. We would cook and then all eat around noon.  Learned quite a bit there. It is so much fun cooking in a commercial kitchen when you don`t care about oil splattering everywhere and cleaning up after. Plus is you needed any wine or liquor we just grabbed it at the bar. 

Was so bummed when they ended it.

I did learn that once you become really good at home you are usually disappointed when you go out somewhere and pay 100.00 for dinner for two.  My wife always says..you could have made this better at home.

 
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I do 90 percent of the cooking at our home.   My mother taught me, unfortunately I only know how to cook for a small army 

I’m the oldest of 7 

 
Do all of  the cooking, although that makes sense as Mr. Mom! My mother was a HS Home Ec teacher, so I had a lot of experience with great food growing up.

My wife does bake, is better than me; but that is a more exact science. She loves making tons of cookies for Xmas.

 
So if we're just cooking our own food, should I order some takeout for her?  It might get awkward if I'm the only one with food.

 
Cooking is for suckers...with uber eats and all of the healthy delivery options these days, my kitchen gets less and less love.  

Outsourcing menial tasks will do wonders for your productivity. 

 
TripItUp said:
Cooking is for suckers...with uber eats and all of the healthy delivery options these days, my kitchen gets less and less love.  

Outsourcing menial tasks will do wonders for your productivity. 
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Can cook much healthier, better tasting and much cheaper meals than restaraunts provide.  

 
i feel like the weekly breakdown of food in my house is:

i cook 2-3 nights

wife cooks 1-2 nights

1 night of leftovers

1 night of "take out"

and occasionally 1 another night of take out or eating at a restuarant

 
I cook the vast majoritry of the time. I never seem to be able to cook the exact same dish twice so its always an adveture for the wife. 

Either that or eat the swill she would turn out. 

 
I don't think anyone doubts it's a great idea for guys to cook. But I see a fair number who don't know where to start. 

There are lots of good beginner guides out there. Interestingly, one of the better and more accessible is Thug Kitchen's first book. It's Vegan food and the shtick value is off the chart but underneath, there's a lot of good and valuable - cook for yourself info. Start there or with another beginner type book and take off. 

Biggest thing is don't stress on it. You'll make mistakes. You'll try stuff that doesn't work. :shrug:  Keep trying and you'll get better and soon you'll be able to start creating stuff on your own as you figure out what works and what you like. 

And that's another big thing - do what you like. Don't let everyone tell you that Pork Belly is awesome if it just seems like fat to you. (It is). If you like that, go for it. If you don't like it, you do you. That's the best part of cooking - you get to cook what you like. 

 
I do most of the cooking for the house. I enjoy it and am reasonably good at it. My wife doesn't enjoy it and isn't good at it. Hence, I plan most of the meals and get to eat what i want. 

 
Been doing it for more than 15 years.  Did 95% of the cooking for both my exes.   

Now I'm doing it just for me.  

 
Da Guru said:
I worked at an Italian Restaurant in HS.  Took the job for one summer when I was 16 making pizzas and loved it. Stayed there until I graduated from HS.  After a year helped the chef and really learned how to cook..been cooking ever since.

Also I was in a cooking class at Gratzi in Ann Arbor for 4 years.  We met once a month on Sunday  mornings.  12 people and we would pick whatever we wanted to make.  Always an app, soup, main course and dessert, they also have their own bakery in the basement. We would cook and then all eat around noon.  Learned quite a bit there.

Was so bummed when they ended it.

I did learn that once you become really good at home you are usually disappointed when you go out somewhere and pay 100.00 for dinner for two.  My wife always says..you could have made this better at home.
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this.....since i have the most time, i do the cooking.  i find that if we go out for a meal and like something, i come back home and make itself.

a recent meal is pretty italian.....tri tip or sirloin steak, sliced over arugula.  i season then sear the steak on both sides, then place in a pan, cover with foil and cook at 400 for about 20 minutes.  in a separate pan, i caramelize onions or shallots.  pull the steak, slice thin against the grain and place on top of arugula with onions.  serve with shaved parmigiana and evoo.

on the side i’ll have some crunchy bread and spreadable spicy salami (nduja).

its about 18- out, mine maybe less than 10- for 2 people.

 
Chemical X said:
this.....since i have the most time, i do the cooking.  i find that if we go out for a meal and like something, i come back home and make itself.

a recent meal is pretty italian.....tri tip or sirloin steak, sliced over arugula.  i season then sear the steak on both sides, then place in a pan, cover with foil and cook at 400 for about 20 minutes.  in a separate pan, i caramelize onions or shallots.  pull the steak, slice thin against the grain and place on top of arugula with onions.  serve with shaved parmigiana and evoo.

on the side i’ll have some crunchy bread and spreadable spicy salami (nduja).

its about 18- out, mine maybe less than 10- for 2 people.
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I take the other side of this. I think it's all about expectations. Most of cooking isn't difficult. For most things specialized skills that you don't have aren't in play.

When I go out, it's usually because I'm paying for someone else to take the time or the effort. Yes, I think my BBQ is the best. But I don't always have 18 hours to sit by a fire. So I'm happy to pay for it. I can go out and buy prime steak and grill it as well as most steakhouses. But I"m paying for the nice experience of a great server and nice atmosphere.

Sometimes it'll be something where I do'nt have a clue what I'd be doing (Ramen or Sushi for me) so I'm glad to pay someone that does know.

All about expectations. 

 
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Joe Bryant said:
I take the other side of this. I think it's all about expectations. Most of cooking isn't difficult. For most things specialized skills that you don't have aren't in play.

When I go out, it's usually because I'm paying for someone else to take the time or the effort. Yes, I think my BBQ is the best. But I don't always have 18 hours to sit by a fire. So I'm happy to pay for it. I can go out and buy prime steak and grill it as well as most steakhouses. But I"m paying for the nice experience of a great server and nice atmosphere.

Sometimes it'll be something where I do'nt have a clue what I'd be doing (Ramen or Sushi for me) so I'm glad to pay someone that does know.

All about expectations. 
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I still use your quick restaurant salsa recipe - always get rave reviews.  

 
bucksoh said:
Been cooking since I was 6 on a stove, had to do it to survive.  Now a days a lot women don't know how to cook or aren't very good at it.
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I was 8. Was at a sleepover at my friend's house across the street; and the parents and older siblings were hung over and still sleeping. My friend taught me to cook fried eggs. Ate them in the family room with stale cigarette butts in ash trays everywhere. 

 
Chemical X said:
this.....since i have the most time, i do the cooking.  i find that if we go out for a meal and like something, i come back home and make itself.

a recent meal is pretty italian.....tri tip or sirloin steak, sliced over arugula.  i season then sear the steak on both sides, then place in a pan, cover with foil and cook at 400 for about 20 minutes.  in a separate pan, i caramelize onions or shallots.  pull the steak, slice thin against the grain and place on top of arugula with onions.  serve with shaved parmigiana and evoo.

on the side i’ll have some crunchy bread and spreadable spicy salami (nduja).

its about 18- out, mine maybe less than 10- for 2 people.
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Sounds delicious.   I have not tried too much Italian.  I cook fish or seafood probably half the time.   

 
I don't think anyone doubts it's a great idea for guys to cook. But I see a fair number who don't know where to start.
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A piece of meat. Salt & pepper. That's where a man can start if he doesn't know how to cook. Learn how to use those three items together and everything else will fall into place over time.

 
You guys put me to shame. I guess I need to step up my game. My wife has handled cooking duties for 20 years, though we're 100% takeout & restaurants on weekends.

 
sho nuff said:
Been cooking since I was 15
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dkp993 said:
Been cooking since I was a teenager
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Since I was 17. Bonded with the cool kids in school through grilling steaks at each others' houses. One guy's dad was a trucker and was never around. I was on my own. And we had to eat. He already knew how to fend for himself and his sister so I just looked up to him and learned all that I could. Now I cook better than a lot of people's moms - but I never forget where I came from, cooking outside pouring beer on top sirloin.

 
I cook when I need to.  I hate cooking with a passion and any time I can get out of it I do. Wife cooks 80% of the time, me 10%, rest is order in or take out, or go out.  Don't understand how any guy can "like" cooking. Nothing wrong with it I guess, just don't understand it.  Guess it's the way I was brought up. I see a guy bouncing around the kitchen joyfully cooking I look at him a little weird.

 
Copeman said:
I cook when I need to.  I hate cooking with a passion and any time I can get out of it I do. Wife cooks 80% of the time, me 10%, rest is order in or take out, or go out.  Don't understand how any guy can "like" cooking. Nothing wrong with it I guess, just don't understand it.  Guess it's the way I was brought up. I see a guy bouncing around the kitchen joyfully cooking I look at him a little weird.
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Strange. I LOVE to cook. When my wife and I got married 12 years ago, I did all the cooking. The typical order of an evening was grabbing something out of the freezer after work, thawing it out for an hour or more, cooking it and eating around 9.

Then we had kids. My wife had to become a cook as I worked later. She went from not being able to fry an egg to a really good cook, bordering on great as she is now making really good healthy meals. It's easy to make something taste good with a half gallon of heavy cream. Doing so with greek yogurt and skim milk is much harder.  I obviously rule the grill and cook a lot in the warmer months (sunday morning breakfast on the grill is so much fun and no smell of grease in the house), but she cooks 90% of the time based simply on our schedules. She's a stay at home mom and I'm working a main gig and a number of side hustles. 

 
i used to cook all the time.  married a southern girl, 15 years ago, she doesn't allow me in the kitchen much.   :kicksrock:   i do grill everything, when we use the grill.  

 
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