Who cooks?

[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 ...

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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 ...