Can you cook?

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Runa216 said:
Honestly? I'm kind of shocked at how few people here know how to cook! I mean, how can one possibly get by in life without learning how to cook? I learned when I was 6, and have been doing so most of my life. I could have went into culinary arts, but I didn't want to ruin my passion for cooking by making it my career (the stress of working in a kitchen is astronomical...up there in the top most stressful jobs in the world.)

I try anything, really. and to me it's an art. I cook steaks, ribs, pastas, baked goods, meals, whole turkey dinners, etc. You name it and I'll cook it for you, just get me the ingredients.

Sadly my family doesn't share my love for fine cuisine. I get a lot of "it's too spicy" or "it's not what we're used to." when I cook. they like their food bland, and have perhaps a dozen different meals they cycle through constantly. roast beef is done in water and onion soup mix, any attempt to change that is met with a resounding BOOOOO! steak cannot have even Montreal Steak Spice on it because, and I quote, "it's too spicy." Dad doesn't like ANY green vegetables (peas, broccoli, etc), abhorrs mushrooms, and the tiniest spice gives him heartburn. Mom hates rice, hates homemade gravy, hates anything even remotely seasoned or spicy. Brother hates 75% of all meats and is generally picky with everything else (even going so far as to change his tastes on the fly just to troll me.)

My family sucks.

My friends, however, LOVE it when I cook for t hem.

I didn't really start cooking a lot until 15-16, and even then, it was basic stuff like hamburgers.

I don't think I could ever cook professionally; it just gets way too hectic in the kitchen. I love cooking ribs now, although it took a few times to get them just right in the oven (just a rack of pork ribs, with a dry rub and some barbecue sauce smothered on them towards the end).

My aunt won't eat anything I cook, for some weird reason, and my grandmother is very picky (she's old fashioned). My other family members will eat pretty much anything I cook, for the most part, although my one cousin won't eat any meats unless it's chicken.