You know, you humble me with your cooking
I've never been bothered to learn, but I'm now craving a chicken saag, so might have to set about making it tonight giving myself food poisoning.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:36, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

and me, i still need to learn how to cook a lot of stuff
i always figured it was something i would learn to do when i grew up. along with sewing, ironing, having a savings account, driving without using my mobile, drinking red wine, liking tea and/or coffee....

none of it has happened yet.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:40, Reply)

You drive while on your phone?! *seethes*
My Dad's an amazing cook, and passionate about it too, but every time he tries to tell me how to make something I just zone out. It doesn't help that he says "Then you just chuck in a bit of paprika" without telling me how much 'a bit' is...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:43, Reply)

occasionally i might have done
usually just texting though.

the problem with cooking is that... whilst it is lovely when other people cook for you, it takes a huge amount of time and effort that could be spent in the pub or shopping or in the gym with a ready-made lasagne in the oven!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:45, Reply)

That's worse, your eyes aren't on the road when you text!
Immediate 3 points on your license, even if you're going 5mph.
*has nearly been knocked off bikes or run over on zebra crossings because of people driving while on their phone*
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:46, Reply)

oh i don't look at the phone when i text, or hardly
i text so much that my fingers do it automatically. and only for an emergency. i should really set up my iphone to work in the car though, i admit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:49, Reply)

But you were saying on here the other day that your fancy car
Will connect to your phone.

Just read the manual and it'll be a case of job done.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:48, Reply)

you think i know where the manual is?
actually, i've never seen it.

i bet it's still in the glovebox.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:50, Reply)

Google?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:54, Reply)

what you are overlooking here
is my total and utter lack of interest in how it works. so long as it moves quickly and looks hot, this is as far as i need to go.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I've got a book at home I've dug out of a box that spent three years in the loft at my last place.
A book from 1975 about traditional chinese cooking with recipies from China and Western takeaways too. I'm so totally going to make kung pao chicken and spicy spare ribs next weekend!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:42, Reply)

Nice!
I've got a couple of stir-fry cook books, and a Thai one too, but I've only ever tried one thing in them. I only started cooking stir fry a year ago...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:44, Reply)

I just google recipes and follow them
the biggest problem is having a cupboard stocked with the things you need.
Indian food is pretty easy though because all the spices last forever.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:44, Reply)

Aye, just looked up a recipe, and I have some of the spices already
Living alone means cooking can be a pain, I tend to make things that can last for the next day. Or just eat pasta.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:45, Reply)

this is the chicken recipe I'm using
www.natco-online.com/acatalog/Murgh_Tandoori.html
it's only 6 steps.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:46, Reply)

Ta!
I'm going to give this a go I reckon.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:47, Reply)

I know what you mean about cooking for yourself though
I live with a vegan, so we barely cook together.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:51, Reply)

I'd like to get in the habit of cooking up a big pot of chili
And freezing portions. But I can't be arsed.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:53, Reply)

i don't like anything that has been frozen
apart from ice cream, clearly.

i just bin anything that is left-over. when i do have people over for dinner (i had a fajita and margarita night recently), they look so horrified when i start binning platesfuls that they inevitably end up going home with boxes of stuff. costs me a fortune in tupperware.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:03, Reply)

Buy the takeaway type containers from the supermarket
The foil ones work really well
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:06, Reply)

oh i had some of those once
with the cardboard lids
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:09, Reply)

Really useful when you want to reheat stuff in the microwave

*snigger*
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:10, Reply)

even i am not THAT dim

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:12, Reply)

Considerably cheaper than tupperware!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:13, Reply)

Ha, I just applied for a job in the factory there.
I'll be in ur curriez, spicin' ur flavaz.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:52, Reply)

With bogies?

(Cave Duck, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:54, Reply)

Sure, why not.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 11:57, Reply)

I've got a bunch of their spices
Pretty good value they are.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:06, Reply)

Yup, run by muppets by all accounts
but good products.
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 12:14, Reply)