Who cooks?

[fatbloke]

:D Hiya,who of you like to cook,what do you like to cook?Whats your favourite meal?What restaurants do you like?I've been a chef all my life so i am just curious:D

[orion]

Hi Chef ..

I'm strictly amateur but I love cooking & specialise in Chinese dishes (which I learned to cook whilst serving in Singapore) and Indian food (mainly self-taught) ... I'm also now branching out to include Thai cuisine ..

I also enjoy cooking Italian food .. especially Bistecca Pizziaola .. Yummy ... :D

As for eating .. I'll eat most things except offal and Parmesan cheese (makes me very ill) ...

[vinisou]

I love to cook. My favorite dishes are japanese. Sushi, sashimi, yakissoba, kare.
I just pick up some recieps on the net and try by myself. People usually don't complain, except when I put toooooo much salt ou spicy

[orion]

Hi Vinisou ...

I'd love to try Japanese cookery .. there's something about Oriental food which just "grabs" me .. I love it ... :D

I'd really like to own a complete set of "Global" Japanese Chef's knives .. but they cost a fortune (I've only got one small "Global" at the moment .. but it's like a razor) ...

They're made in the same traditional method as Samurai swords, with the steel being folded over on itself countless times .. thus giving a wonderful temper & keeping a very keen edge .. .. 'cos if you haven't any, it's a likely trip to the local Hospital with a missing finger (or two) ...

[ila]

I cook, but I've never liked doing it. As for restaurants and type of food I like just about every type - Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Ukrainian, German, Polish, Belgian, Italian, Greek, Turkish. In fact I don't recall any type of food that I don't like. I haven't had much Thai cooking, but I do like what I've tried.

[franalexes]

There are four major food groups:
froozen, microwave, instant and canned.

[vinisou]

Originally Posted by orion

.. 'cos if you haven't any, it's a likely trip to the local Hospital with a missing finger (or two) ...

Better get away of those japanese knives.
I always cut my finger doing dinner. Fortunatelly, most of times only hurts, I don't see any blood. But as a "luck" boy I could get killed by myself with those samurai weapons :D

[cambiadito]

Hehehe, fast food :P

[orion]

I love Kilgoretrout's idea of disposable cookware ... all except for my 3 beloved Woks of course .. having taken the time & trouble to "season" them properly and enjoying the flavour which that imparts to the food cooked in them, I'd be very loathe to lose them ... :D

The same applies to about 6 "favourite" knives, including my Chinese cleavers ..

But the rest of it is just "stuff" ..

I've never tried Korean food, which might be interesting .. neither have I tried any East European (unless you count Chicken Kiev & Beef Stroganoff) ..

I have tried Mexican food and wasn't impressed, though it was in a "Mexican" Restaurant, so was probably not truly representative of the "real" thing .. I have to say though that the Re-fried Beans resembled the sort of abortion my then Teen-aged Son used to leave in the bottoms of pans when we left him alone some weekends ...

[smc]

I live in the Boston area, and we have a wonderful selection of seafood. I love to cook and eat anything from the sea -- I'll try anything at least once. I make a lot of dishes with mussels, because you can experiment and nothing ever goes wrong. I cook various fish and experiment with sauces in which to bake them, or different kinds of breading. And I make lobster whenever the price is right -- simple and delicious.

My main problem with cooking is that I am of fluctuating confidence when it comes to what I'm doing, and so sometimes I get overstressed. This happens especially when I follow a recipe. It drives me crazy that there is no precise measurement for, say, a "dash" of something.

I can eat spicier foods than 99% of the people I have met around the world. My favorite "ethnic" foods are Thai (especially spicy seafood dishes), Ethiopian, and Persian, and I try to cook these on occasion.

Nice thread. Thanks

[orion]

Hi SMC ..

I love Mussels .. especially when I visit my Flemish friends in Antwerp .. Moules Mariniere, with Frites & a large "dollop" of Mayo .. accompanied by a nice "Bolleker" of De Koenink ..

Talking of Lobster, reminds me of the old joke .. "What do Lobster Thermidore & Oral sex have in common" ? ..... "You'll get neither of them from my Missus" ... :D

Many Indian dishes trace their origins back to Persia, with the medieval invasions of Northern India by the Mughals or Moguls ...