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View Poll Results: Can you cook? Do you like to?
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I like to cook and am pretty good at it.
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I like to cook and am alright at it.
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I like to cook, but my results are pretty crap.
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I don't like to cook, but I'm actually pretty good at it.
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I don't like to cook, but I can do alright if I have to.
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I don't like to cook, which is good, because my food tastes like ****.
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December 22, 2003, 08:20
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Can you cook?
A pretty simple question. Do you like to cook? Are you any good at it? With the number of single geeks here, I'm guessing the number of amateur chefs may be pretty low, but then again, cooking is a hobby well-suited to geekery. Maybe I'll be surprised.
As for me, I do like to cook. I'm no expert, but I'm pretty good at following recipes and the results are never inedible and sometimes are quite tasty. For example, I just got done eating a Japanese chicken and cabbage dish that I made myself and I'm pretty sure I orgasmed at least once during the meal. Now to try it out on the fairer sex...
So, let's hear from all you culinary masters out there! Chop, chop! 
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December 22, 2003, 08:29
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I like to cook, and usually my cookings are not harmfull to the health of the individual who eats my cookings.
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December 22, 2003, 08:32
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I like to cook whenever I'm not alone at the meal. My food tastes quite correct, although I lack imagination, and although I have no basics in many fields.
So, "alright" it is, but I'm far from mastering the art 
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December 22, 2003, 08:32
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Don't like to cook (well I do sometimes)
I'm good at it, then again, I'm no geek and neither an amateur. 
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December 22, 2003, 08:33
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Originally posted by alva
I'm good at it, then again, I'm no geek and neither an amateur.
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Is it your job?
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December 22, 2003, 08:34
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Was my job.
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December 22, 2003, 08:39
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waffles?
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December 22, 2003, 08:50
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Originally posted by aaglo
I like to cook, and usually my cookings are not harmfull to the health of the individual who eats my cookings.
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 Same here 
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December 22, 2003, 08:55
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I can make a decent pork-in-plum sauce.
I don't like to though.
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December 22, 2003, 09:17
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December 22, 2003, 09:44
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Yup. To give you an idea, last nights effort was Chicken Cordon Bleu (w. Ricotta & Provalone/Prosciutto San Daniele) in a light dijon/Parrano breading, browned in butter, which was reserved (and added to for the sauce.)
The accompanying sauce was a Sauvingnon Blanc (2002 Villa Maria)/Mountain Gorgonzola Mornay.
Served over yellow rice.
My wife and I loved it.
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December 22, 2003, 10:50
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I enjoy cooking; that I do it well is just an added bonus.
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December 22, 2003, 11:36
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Yeah, I'm also quite good at it.
Don't do no fancy shite though.
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December 22, 2003, 11:39
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Cooking skills?
The only thing I can manage to do right is Spaghetti...
Thank God it's easy to put some pre-made meal in the microoven, and have it done in 5 minutes
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December 22, 2003, 12:06
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I love cooking. Probably my favorite part of the holidays is preparing some special meals.
I only wish I had a bigger and better equipped kitchen.
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December 22, 2003, 12:08
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I love cooking and its usually successful, contrary to some 
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December 22, 2003, 12:16
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I'm a pretty good cook - only thing to elude success was choux pastry (a tricky material to prepare right).
I could be wrong, but I think a lot of people go through the "bolognaise sauce" stage and keep going through the other side... that's certainly how I get started.
Living away from your parents is a great incentive to learn!
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December 22, 2003, 12:21
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I think this poll is biased - how many real men people who hate cooking would click on a thread "Can you cook?"
(btw, I hate cooking and suck at it, being essentially incapable of it).
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December 22, 2003, 12:26
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My staple is a chicken stir fry. You can put anything into them...mushrooms, ginger, onions, peppers, carrots, corn, spring onions.
On a bed of salad.
I don't eat rice, white bread, potatoes or pasta. All bad for you.
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December 22, 2003, 12:29
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I can, if I have to. But when I fell like cooking, which is not often, it turns out good. Not great, but good. But the problem is that my mom makes too good food, so everything taste normal compared to it.
Spec.
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December 22, 2003, 12:32
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I don't eat rice, white bread, potatoes or pasta. All bad for you.
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Wrong. Only bad if that's what you eat ALL the time. Pasta is great for energy but if you spend your time sitting down and eat pasta 50% of the time, yes, it is bad for you. Same thing with the rest mentionned. It all depends on your body activity.
Spec.
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December 22, 2003, 12:34
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I am a good cook, and my food "always" tastes good, though experiments have gone bad now and then... and every cook has burned something...
I hate it when my wife cooks so I generally do it. She makes good food, but she is very inefficient and complains if something goes wrong. Something always goes wrong with her.
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December 22, 2003, 12:35
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i like cooking. i know how to make a few things, but i could use a bit of practice. 
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December 22, 2003, 12:37
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PA, I agree Spec that technically there isn't one food that will kill you or can be "bad" for you, unless you eat it all the time. The foods you mentioned are carbs, and the over eating of carbs are what contribute to weight gain. Still, carbs are stored as long chain sugar and are the most easily accessed form of energy. Thus, if you exercise (as everyone should) carbs are good for you and will prevent you from burning muscle.
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December 22, 2003, 12:39
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I'm a good cook, so long as you like ceyenne pepper.
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December 22, 2003, 13:41
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I used to like to think I could cook, but ever since I managed to make a frozen pizza combust, I've stayed away from everything but the microwave...
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December 22, 2003, 13:59
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Not a big fan of cooking, but I can follow a recipe, and it usually isn't disastrous. The only unquestionable success I ever had was with Bavarian cream.
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December 22, 2003, 14:00
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I like to cook, it's the washing of dishes that I don't like.
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December 22, 2003, 14:45
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I can cook spagheti and Tacos/burritos.
That's about it aside from things like cooking in my toaster oven or microwave.
Oh I can cook on the grill and the george forman grill as well. Everyone should be able to do that I would hope. Any real man should know who to cook meat over a fire . I usually cook chicken or burgers, but occasionally steak.
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December 22, 2003, 14:55
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well in keeping with the season i make a mean potato latke.
A hummus that once impressed an Israeli.
Veggie Lasagna, with several variations.
A nice Thai noodle dish, but havent made it in some time.
So basically I enjoy cooking, but prefer to make "fun" foods, not staples. Havent baked in years, but thats fun too.
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