/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Sometimes you gotta learn to run before you learn to walk.

Like “spaghetti sauce?”

Olive oil
Garlic
Onion
Tomatoes
Basil
Salt

What’s so fucking hard about that?

>>12463102
>>12463106
Cuz' I wanna progress slowly. I don't like the information noise. I just want to start cooking the every-day foods at first. I don't want to be bothered with fancy sauces and dressings.

Start with how to cook eggs. Not just scrambled, but every way to cook an egg.

>>12463088
Watch some simple videos, for example by jamie oliver, like the one on spanish tortilla. impossible to fuck up.

>>12463114
>want to learn to cook
>doesn't want to use ingredients
fucking give up retard

>>12463114
>I wanna progress slowly
Obviously don't cook things out of Bon Appetit magazine or "gourmet" shows like Simply Ming, but pretty much any recipe you find on Food Network's website or old PBS shows (like Jacques Pepin or Martin Yan) should be doable by even the biggest retard. Those shows were made for the average person.

>>12463129
But I don't wanna cook Spanish tortillas lol. I wanna start with the mundane first like cook eggs, make spaghetti, cook a steak, make popcorn, make salad you get the idea.

>>12463114
> fancy sauces and dressings
Nigga, what? We're you just gonna make plain spaghetti with nothing on it? Put it in water. Boil it. Remove when wiggly.

>>12463137
>>12463132
I didn't say I don't want to use the required ingredients. Spaghetti can be eaten plain and most of the time I just use ketchup and that's it.

>>12463139
>Spaghetti can be eaten plain and most of the time I just use ketchup and that's it.
Bro. Just google easy spaghetti sauce recipes. Like on Food Network's website or something. Holy hell.

>>12463149
This thread isn't about spaghetti. I was asking about where can I read about the most basic ever-day recipes. And in my country it's pretty much the standard for spaghetti and everybody just adds ketchup.

I understand you fren, most "recipes" on websites are also just ten paragraphs of bullshit and filler and I end up frustrated.
Someone recommend a good site that only has short gifs with the recipe. Maybe give it a try

>>12463158
Thanks fren lol. Is the website called Food Network?

>>12463157
What country? So I know never to visit it.

>>12463169
kek i know its actually a huge meme and people consider a crime to add ketchup on spaghetti. i never understood why is it such a big deal there's nothing wrong with it, its the norm here

>>12463157
If tomato sauce is too complicated for you, you should just stick to noodles and ketchup.
It doesn't get any simpler.

>>12463168
>>12463158
>too retarded to follow a Food Network recipe
Just end it all, m8. You are literally dumber than the average American.

>>12463088
I suggest you to learn the fundamentals of cooking.

>Understanding the equipment/tools
>Cutting/Slicing/Dicing/Peeling etc.
>Knowing which flavors work together
>Knowledge with food. meat/fruit/vegetables/carbs

Watch some home cooking videos here and there. I grew up watching Alton Brown and Gordon Ramsay.

>>12463192
Ok, thanks I'll do that.
>>12463188
Haven't been on that website yet. What are you talking about?

>>12463088
>I want to learn to cook
>but I'm too retarted to follow a recipe
for gods sake man just follow the fucking recipe. you need to develop your skill and also develop a palette that let's you imagine flavors and figure out what would go good together beforehand

>>12463185
You're fucking american, aren't you...

>>12463088
>but the recipe will start complicating things telling me to add different stupid shit to enhance the flavor.
you will be ordering food for the rest of your life.

Dude just read the back of the box, there's usually a super simple recipe right there. You some kinda retard?

>>12463135
>put egg in boiling water
>remove egg after 8-9 minutes (6-7 min if you want the yolk runny)
>peel egg before eating
wa la now you know the boiled egg

>>12463157
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1465435468/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_awdb_qhP.CbV4XZX0R

>>12463202
Lol why is everyone bullying me? I was just trying to ask about a website that has dumb simple recipes. Cuz' every cooking website I visit I see complicated shit like Molten Lava Cakes and Boeuf Bourguignon.

what the fuck do you mean ketchup on pasta. Like this pic ketchup and nothing else? That shit you put on fries? That sound fucking vile.

>>12463157
get over what you think the standard is and learn to cook good stuff. the only excuse for what I've seen from you in this thread is you've got some sort of learning disability and in that case it's gonna take you a lot of time and frustration to learn to cook

>>12463217
>bullying
You're """""acting""""" like a retard. Are you also a woman?

IF THE RECIPES YOU FIND ARE TOO HARD THEN FIND ONE THAT'S EASIER

I want to learn to cook but I can't afford all those ingredients that recipes list... compounds poorly with my lack of cooking knowledge.

>>12463218
Aye, that's what I mean. For the love of god tell me why is this so weird? It's the norm here.

>>12463135
1. Crack a couple eggs into a hot pan
2. Skip for now or read the box
3. Put a steak on a hot pan
4. Get a fork out of the drawer, use it to put some salad into your mouth.

I get that you're a beginner, but this is stretching the limits of what's believable dude.

>>12463217
don't stick to a single website. just figure out what you want to make and google it then look for something that sounds good to you

>>12463217
You fucking retard go to google right now type in bolognese recipe and click the video with the old italian guy that goes SOOO GOOOODD!
Tell me what is so complicate about that.

>>12463231
youtube

>>12463228
you keep saying here but won't say where here is. I call bullshit. also ketchup is just plain nasty on anything

>>12463228
>he puts sports drinks on his pasta
based retard. you're never going to make it, just keep drinking your tomato sugar water.

>>12463217
Just google "*recipe* + easy" to find a specific thing. This isn't hard. Why are you making it so hard?

I googled "beef bolognese easy" and got this:

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada-de-laurentiis/simple-bolognese-recipe2-1956219

This shit doesn't get any easier.

>>12463240
too complicated, he literally wants a recipe that says ketchup sketti is fine

>>12463228
Yeah maybe in a trailer park with inbred miscreants missing limbs and wearing helmets to prevent further brain damage, but not in any sensible civilized society.

>>12463217
there is no website that just stops having recipes if the name id foreign or it has icing sugar and a sprig of mint to look fancy. Why not try those 2? Molten lava cake will teach you how to use a sieve, beat an egg, melt chocolate etc. Beouf bourguignon sounds fancy and difficult but it's just beef braised in wine and will teach you to slice and dice vegetables, what a mirepoix is and how to deglaze but as a recipe it's as easy as it gets

>>12463228
If you can eat and survive on something as horrible as that, why bother to learn cooking? Seems like a waste of effort.

>>12463273
It would be like Bear Grylls wanting to become a sommelier. Why would he do that when he can just drink his own pee.

I enjoy cooking a lot, but I agree that most recipes you'll find online are unnecessarily complicated. You don't need parsley ever, yeast is redundant when baking powder exists, and you can honestly substitute most sauces for ketchup without really missing anything.

Easy spaghetti sauce
> Mince one onion and a few cloves of garlic
>put some oil/butter in a heated pot, less than you think
>When it has started and then stopped bubbling put in the onion and garlic
>Stir every now and then until it is brown and nice. Have the heat at 3-4/5
>at this point you can either put in some mince meat or skip that. stir the pot until the mince meat is brown and nice
>put in one jar/can/carton of crushed tomatoes
>Put a bouillon cube in there
>Salt and pepper to taste
>If it tastes too tomatoey add honey or sugar, just a little bit. It removes the acidic taste, but retains the tomato taste
>Boil pasta in another pot, put some done pasta on a plate
>Add some sauce on the pasta, serve
>When you have done this 3 times try adding Cumin, rosemary or thyme one at the time to get a feel of their taste. You can put some Parmesan on the sauce after it is served if you want to.
There you go, piss easy sauce that will take you about 20 minutes to complete, requires few/cheap ingredients, is super forgiving and some ideas to expand upon it.

>>12463324

>>12463324
THANK YOU THATS WHAT I MEAN

>>12463328
Easy omelette
>Crack 3 eggs in a bowl
>Whisk until it is mixed
>Put some left-overs in there
>Shit like potatoes, sausage bits, onions what have you
>put some butter in a pan, wait until it starts bubbling and wait for it to stop
>while waiting put some salt and pepper in the mix
>when the pan is done pour it all in
>Don't stir
>DON'T STIR
>Wait for the top to get matte and have small holes
>Now you can flip it or fold it across
>Push the omelette until it feels less like goo and more firm
>Next time buy things specifically for the omelette. Mushrooms, sausage and onions go well.
You've made an omelette

>>12463324
What is it with the ketchup ITT? What a bizarre thing to shill for.

> you can honestly substitute most sauces for ketchup

What? No you fucking can't.

>>12463344
Easy salad
>Chop Bell pepper, cucumber, tomatoes and any form of salad (try iceberg first) in a bowl
>Boil some pasta (try Penne) and add it to the bowl
>Drizzle some olive oil on top
>Put on plate
>Consume
Should take very short time to make and costs nothing. Add chicken or something if you want too.

>>12463088
>make spaghetti the simplest way possible
Spaghetti
Canned tomatoes
Garlic
Salt
Black pepper
Water
Olive oil

>bring a large pot of water with a heaped table spoon of salt to a boil.
>boil spaghetti, start checking if done 2 minutes prior to whatever the package said
>stir every 2 minutes
Meanwile
>crush and chop a large clove of garlic and put it in a cold skillet with a few table spoons of olive oil (use the best you've got)
>slowly heat on medium
>when garlic starts to color add a can of tomatoes, salt and pepper
>let simmer for 5 to 10 minutes
>add the cooked spaghetti. No need to drain it first
>stir spaghetti through the sauce
>check for thickness. Maybe add a spoon of pasta water
>grate over your cheese of choice

Wa la

>>12463328
You boil pasta al dente, then finish it in the sauce so it takes on the flavor of the sauce.

Because, conveniently, ketchup is the only ingredient aside from pasta that OP is capable of cooking. He has... Needs... And is off his meds.

>>12463361
Not if you're a complete noob. He should do these things separate at first and then try that. Doing it as I described let's him prepare lunch boxes and shit.

>>12463088
How do you fuck up spaghetti? It's salt in water and throw noodles in when it's boiling. jesus christ anon.

>>12463120
This is best.

>>12463114
If you can't handle something like a spaghetti sauce recipie, just give up man. Cooking requires a few things that you seem to lack: fine motor skills, multi tasking, quick thinking/improvisation, the ability to work under pressure. These things can't be taught, you either got them or you don't. If you're looking at something as simple as a spaghetti sauce recipie with 6 ingredients and you can't handle it just give up now, quit while you're ahead.

>>12463088
If you want to learn how to cook then throw all of your cookbooks and recipes into the garbage.

A good cook doesn't require such restrictions.

>>12463503
You should try using a roux. It will help keep your sauce from breaking.

>>12463088
Just pick random ingredients and use different cooking methods. Keep records and stay optimistic. Afterall, even a chimpanzee banging on a typewriter for eternity will eventually type out the novel, "Ulysses."

>>12463088
Stop looking at online meme recipes and go buy a "workhorse cookbook" (think like, Joy of Cooking or something)

If a cookbook recipe leaves you confused about certain details of technique, look it up on youtube.
If your grocery doesn't carry an ingredient, look up substitutions rather than leaving it out.

Very simple.

>>12463139
If you're talking about "cooking" at this level, the instructions for the pasta is on the package, and a basic bitch jar of sauce is gonna be a huge upgrade over ketchup.

If you want to take it even a tiny step above that, look up "how to brown hamburger" and add that too.

>>12464169
I would say if you're a beginner don't cook a recipe for the first time if you can't find all the ingredients. Once you're more talented and know how a substitution will affect the taste, then you can start subbing out ingredients.

When you get better the rule can be modified to don't cook a recipe from a region or culture you are inexperienced in if you can't find all the ingredients, for similar reasons. You might think you know how to cook chicken for American dishes and have a preference for breast meat, but then you substitute the thigh meat in a Chinese recipe and find out that it taste like shit no matter what you do.

>>12463088
Real talk; can you make a bacon sandwich?
Like fry some bacon in a pan, put it in some bread, and maybe add some condiments

Spaghetti bolognese is relatively simple if you keep it basic as fuck
>Boil a pot of water, throw in some spagetti, add a tiny bit of salt and olive oil, stir and leave alone
>In another pot pour in a small amount of olive oil and heat, add a tiny piece of onion, once it start sizzling add chopped onion, stir every now and then until they look clear
>Add minced meat, stir every now and then until it changes colour, add stock cube/salt/pepper, stir every now and then until it turns dark brown
>Lower the heat
>Add jar of pasta sauce, mix well and cook for awhile
>Heat off, drain pasta, put on plate, spoon bolognese on top of pasta
>eat
That's literally as simple as it gets

>>12464237
when do i add the ketchup

>>12463088
add the word "basic" to your search terms

>>12464357
After you've added the roux. You don't want your ketchup to break.

>>12463088
Read How To Cook Everything by Mark Bittman. I felt the same way, getting into cooking, until I found this book. He assumes no prior knowledge and only gives the absolute bare recipe, but gives alterations + additions you can add after you feel comfortable with the initial dish.

>>12463354
Woah woah woah there, Robuchon. That's some master level shit right there. OP needs something simpler.

Read a book you piece of shit

"Fundamentals of cooking"