I usually do all my cooking on the weekend. I make 3 or so big batches of stuff that will keep in the fridge and eat that for the week. I don't go out much.
Do you cook?
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mike from st pete
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Pleasures of Life
I love to cook.
I find that cooking and eating are one of the pleasures of life.
I love to cook.
I find that cooking and eating are one of the pleasures of life.
Gran Torino
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I love to cook....I never had time when I was working 60 hours a week. Now that I'm retired and the wife isn't 
I get to cook for both of us. She's not complaining either...
I get to cook for both of us. She's not complaining either...
Just like Grand Torino, I am retired and wife is still working. I buy all the groceries and do most of the cooking for the family. Two kids still at home.
I enjoy cooking and must admit that I am pretty darn good at it.
Got to be careful while going out for groceries, if I pass a gun shop, American Legion Hall, golf course or bar, it may take a while.
I enjoy cooking and must admit that I am pretty darn good at it.
Got to be careful while going out for groceries, if I pass a gun shop, American Legion Hall, golf course or bar, it may take a while.
Stop! Stop! Stop!! I'm trying to lose weight, and all I see is the most delicious looking food ever produced (except Barb's fishead soup). I barely fit through the door now; you guys are going to do me in.
beach elvis
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I love to cook and I do it as much as my wife will let me.
She has a culinary degree and as much fun as it is for me to make chowder or chicken and dumplings or whatever, it's MORE fun to watch her sit at the table while I cook. She watches me, twitching and smoking from her ears, while I prep with no refinement whatsoever to my technique.
She has a culinary degree and as much fun as it is for me to make chowder or chicken and dumplings or whatever, it's MORE fun to watch her sit at the table while I cook. She watches me, twitching and smoking from her ears, while I prep with no refinement whatsoever to my technique.
I cook some. I was raised by great cooks and a little of it rubbed off. I really like to do a porketta. There's not much to cooking it. The butcher shop does the hard work, selecting the spices. I like a lot of fennel and cayenne.
My wife's oldest daughter used to suffer from a severe eating disorder: she was a vegetarian, and had been one for as long as I had known her. One Thanksgiving, I put a plate of porketta in front of her, and she tried it, just to be polite. Well, it cured her on the spot. Now she eats bacon, steak, bratwurst, chorizo, you name it.
Although my skills are modest, I am pleased to be able to say I helped turn this young lady's life around.
My wife's oldest daughter used to suffer from a severe eating disorder: she was a vegetarian, and had been one for as long as I had known her. One Thanksgiving, I put a plate of porketta in front of her, and she tried it, just to be polite. Well, it cured her on the spot. Now she eats bacon, steak, bratwurst, chorizo, you name it.
Although my skills are modest, I am pleased to be able to say I helped turn this young lady's life around.
BarbC
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HEY! If I served that soup to you, you wouldn't be able to get enough. By the time it hits your plate, it's a clear, sweet broth with diced carrots and potato, and a bit of chopped dill floating on top.
And it's healthy eating. In 3 months I've lost two pants sizes. Of course having no car helps too - I have to carry the groceries back from the store so I'm selective about what I buy.
This guy gave us soup, 4 good steaks, and salted fish, which is very easy and delicious. You salt the meat slabs with a 3:1 salt:sugar, wrap in foil for a couple of days (set on plate to catch the juices), and you have the most tender, tasty cold fish you could ever hope for.
beach elvis
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Barb, you eat that COLD?
Ain't you worried about gettin' "mad fish"?
Ain't you worried about gettin' "mad fish"?
joeintexas
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I enjoy cooking, mostly on the grill, I have found you can fix almost anything on the grill you can on the stove or oven. Favorites are ribs, brisket, steaks, chops, chili, hot wings and most of all jalapeno poppers, jalapeno peppers wrapped in bacon and grilled over mosquite smoke. Veggies are especially tasty when grilled. A good grill, cast iron skillet and a dutch oven and you're set.
BearBio
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Soak an ear of corn really well and put it on the grill with a tri-tip roast................
I confess the corn and tri-tip are my wife's specialties.
I confess the corn and tri-tip are my wife's specialties.
BarbC
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I was at first. You cut the meat away from the bone and salt both the skin side and the meat side. In 2 days, you just eat it. You peel the meat away from the skin pretty easily with just your fingers, and the bones just slide out.
The first time, I did wash it down with vodka just to be on the safe side, but now I have it for breakfast on black bread.
Salted fish is really easy to make and really comes out delicious. As my friend says, "Don' be fraid."
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Funny story that explains why my wife does not cook. It's become a multi-generational theme in the family. My father-in-law tells the story the best.
Apparently, my mother-in-law thoroughly impressed my father-in-law by inviting him over one night for a casserole. The impression was profound enough they quickly married (this was the second marriage for both, since each loosing their spouses relatively early in life). They were in a stage of their lives where eating out was the norm and the casserole at home was the exception. This gave quite the impression that my mother-in-law knew her way around the kitchen. The ruse was eventually discovered.
Now and forever, this has become known as the "man-catcher casserole"!
Apparently, my mother-in-law thoroughly impressed my father-in-law by inviting him over one night for a casserole. The impression was profound enough they quickly married (this was the second marriage for both, since each loosing their spouses relatively early in life). They were in a stage of their lives where eating out was the norm and the casserole at home was the exception. This gave quite the impression that my mother-in-law knew her way around the kitchen. The ruse was eventually discovered.
Now and forever, this has become known as the "man-catcher casserole"!
enfield
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Yep, I cook!
and I can eat my own cookin'.
and I can eat my own cookin'.
I love to cook. I learned how to cook when I was young since my mom and dad both worked.
Here are a few pictures - all with protection.
and of course bacon
I've got lots more, but I didn't want to get carried away
You WIN!!
doublesharp
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BlindRef...all I can say is WOW!!! Don't know which looks better, the food or the guns? Fun stuff. 
I cook pretty good. I spent a lifetime in the fresh produce business and in independent grocery stores. One of my lifelong heroes is a master meat cutter plus my mother and my grandmothers, aunts, uncles were good country cooks. My specialties are stews, hearty soups and chili but pot roasts, baked chicken and pork loins generally turn out, too. My wife cooks italian real good and her corned beef and cabbage is a tradition.
Here's a shot of the makings of a 4th of July bash a few years ago.
I cook pretty good. I spent a lifetime in the fresh produce business and in independent grocery stores. One of my lifelong heroes is a master meat cutter plus my mother and my grandmothers, aunts, uncles were good country cooks. My specialties are stews, hearty soups and chili but pot roasts, baked chicken and pork loins generally turn out, too. My wife cooks italian real good and her corned beef and cabbage is a tradition.
Here's a shot of the makings of a 4th of July bash a few years ago.
By choice I do 65 - 70% of our cooking, and enjoy doing so, I was also taught that a good cleans up as he goes along.The Lovely and Charming and I decided years ago that the cook does not do K.P. I hate doing K.P. and she does not mind doing it.
The main problem is I've never gotten portion control for two down. So I just make full sized meals then freeze leftovers for a later date, which comes in handy.
The main problem is I've never gotten portion control for two down. So I just make full sized meals then freeze leftovers for a later date, which comes in handy.
mwtdvm
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The perfect Lasagna
Well my Mother was an excellent cook. We never wanted to eat at other kid's houses because we knew we would come up short. When we told my Mother this in her late 70's, she positively glowed. BUT in 1975. I made a perfect Lasagna. The layers alternated between spicy Italian sausage and ground beef. I have not been able to reproduce the '75 recipe but I keep trying. I like cooking and consider it a mark of a civilized person. The hallmark of Chinese cookung is making a palatable meal out of "nothing".
Well my Mother was an excellent cook. We never wanted to eat at other kid's houses because we knew we would come up short. When we told my Mother this in her late 70's, she positively glowed. BUT in 1975. I made a perfect Lasagna. The layers alternated between spicy Italian sausage and ground beef. I have not been able to reproduce the '75 recipe but I keep trying. I like cooking and consider it a mark of a civilized person. The hallmark of Chinese cookung is making a palatable meal out of "nothing".
ljmvaw124
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I cook - made an excellent batch of linguini carbonara the other night - the perfect 5 ingredient meal. Linguini, parmesan/asiago cheese, eggs, panceta, and coarsely ground black pepper .......
Your cardiologist might not approve, but it's a definite treat meal !
Your cardiologist might not approve, but it's a definite treat meal !
