/ck/ - Food & Cooking

CAST IRON FAGGOT

I'd recommend just learning basic stuff first. Cooking eggs, rice, meat, essential stuff.

Basics with Babish is a pretty great video series, although it's aimed towards a slightly higher level of cooking than I think your looking for

>>12634849
>Basics with Babish is a pretty great video series

>>12634951
His videos are fine. They're well produced and someone without much cooking knowledge could use them as a learning tool.
How about contributing rather than crying about things you don't like all day?

>>12634969
>His videos are fine

Baffling that people recommend shit YouTube channels with people that can't cook to newbies when there's countless books aimed at beginners made by people who can cook.

>>12635034
How is that baffling? A youtube video is just a click away, is free, and shows you exactly what to do. That's not to say books aren't useful, but it makes more sense to suggest a free easy way of learning to someone at first. Then they can go buy a book if they form a genuine interest in cooking.

>>12635066
Because the youtube channel you recommended is garbage. That's why.

>>12635070
I didn't recommend babish though.

>>12634808
You're makjng the classic /ic/ mistake, Anon. Don't use begginer mentality block you from trying shit out. Pick something you like no matter how complicated it is and just go for it following a recipie to the fucking letter, and research why they're doing things that way. And next time adjust to taste accordingly. There's youtube now so there's no excuse to fuck up. If you want the normie answer, eggs. Only because they're slightly easier to fuck up if youre a retard and if you can cook a good plate of eggs, you can pretty much do anything.

i made a lasagna a few times... the spices were $50 since i didn't have many of them to start.

>>12635070
what's so bad about babish?

>>12635127
He's popular and you're on a site that thrives on being contrarian.

>>12635107
This is the correct answer. I basically just looked up recipes for food I wanted to make, and when I got really stumped I would call my mom, who's a great cook. You could do the same with someone you know or you could look it up on the internet. Seriously OP, pick something you want to eat and make it. Chicken is good meat to start with because it's decently cheap, versatile, and extremely forgiving if you fuck up.

>>12635127
He's bad at cooking.

>>12634808
Chef John from food wishes is an absolute ledge. Look up his vids on YT or the blog on the food wishes website. Follow exactly what he says to the letter and you literally cannot go wrong. I've made a ton of his dishes and they all turned out great

>>12635309
They're okay. They're mostly like soccer mom level meals. But you could definitely do worse.

>>12635324
He literally asked for beginner stuff you god damn mong

>>12635328
Learning easy meals from a skilled chef will teach you better in the long run than learning easy meals from a mediocre chef.

>>12635283
Could you elaborate?

>>12634808
Just binge watch Good Eats

>>12635353
I could. But basically you have to be a shit chef to think babish is actually good.

>>12635353
Let me spell this out since you are new here. Anything that is popular and mainstream will be labeled as shit on 4chan. At best, their argument comes down to nit picking minor problems the object or person might have. Just ignore him and move on.

>>12635361
You could but you won't?

>>12635427
Yes I could watch his videos and dissect them carefully, pointing out every thing he does poorly to your faggot ass. I don't feel like wasting my time doing that. Don't reply to me you little bitch.

>>12635440
>Don't reply to me you little bitch.
Wow, someone is sensitive. I was just wanting for you to elaborate on your opinion. But I guess since you won't give me any reasons to not watch Babish, I'm going to go ahead and watch some of his videos and even try out some of the stuff he cooks. I'm sure he gives decent advice has more than a few decent recipes up his sleeves, otherwise he wouldn't be so popular.

>>12635461
I'm sure you will think he's great since you're cooking retarded. Have a nice day.

>>12635471
You have a nice day as well, retard.

>>12635486
I'm not the one watching a crap youtube channel thinking it's good. So if I'm a retard I can't imagine what that must make you.

>>12635492
The burden of proof is on you to prove it's crap, anon. I don't see what's so hard about this. I'm watching his pulled pork recipe and it looks pretty good. Probably going to try it this weekend.

>>12635506
I don't have to prove anything, numbnuts. I'm not debating whether he's bad or not. I already know he is. You can do whatever the fuck you want.

Good Eats the TV series, and the book I'm a Just Here for the Food. Both have lots of great info on both how to cook stuff and why you want to use certain methods to cook.
Also for Chinese food Yan Can Cook.

>>12635689
If he's so bad, why aren't you honest and tell me why? Could it be you're jealous of his cooking skills?

What is the source of the last part of that gif?

>>12635689
In the time it took you to write out all your assmad replies you could have just explained to him why babish videos are bad. Just admit you hate popular things and move on.