/ck/ - Food & Cooking

youtube can be really helpful. there are some pretty good vids by Gordon Ramsay (Ultimate cooker course) or Laura Vitale on there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGr1s5qSNmI

>>5213698
Not here.

youtube, google, buy a good cookbook like Joy of Cooking or How to Cook Everything.

lurk here to see what not to do 9 times out of 10

>>5213708
>I want to heat Ramen, but I don't know anything about it. where do I start?

You've come to the right place.

>>5213698
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAekQ5fzfGM

How to debone a chicken

Gordon Ramsay has 39084658904677979 videos on YouTube. They're all awesome.

Purchase the Flavor Bible ASAP. Doesn't give you recipes, but tells you what flavors go with what flavors. Absolute life saver.

thanks guys, I'll check out the gordon ramsay videos and some of the cookbooks.

>>5213814
You really don´t net to buy stuff.

When I moved out I was also a cooking retard.Just browse cooking websites with recipes and try some of the very simple ones.

After a while you will realize what you should always have at home to cook etc. it´s really not that hard.

>>5213836
Also: Youtube videos are also fine since seeing sth getting cooked is better than just reading about.

>>5213836
hmm ok. so just buy the ingredients I need specifically until I learn what I keep using and should always keep on hand?

>>5213698
These threads are so vague. How much do you know? Microwave level, eggs level, what? How much so you want to know? Are you trying to just learn to cook for yourself, or do you want to cook to impress?

>>5213734
too bad I can't debone your mom

>>5213698
Soups are really easy to make and an excellent starting point. Move on to cooking meats after that.

>>5213734
Mesmerizing, thank you.

>>5213847
The only thing I ever really try to cook is bacon and eggs. Sometimes they turn out well, sometimes not, and I never really know what I'm doing. I'd like to learn to cook different meals for myself or for when I have people over, and also to see if it would interest me as a hobby. My dad who is no longer with us worked in restaurants and loved to cook and used to do it all the time. Elaborate dishes and such. I was never interested in it so he never taught me anything except for how to make an omelette, which I've forgotten by now. As I've gotten older it's interested me more and more, but I never did really learn anything about it. So that's basically where I'm coming from.

>>5213907
Whoa there I wasn't asking for your life's story.

>>5213939
Just trying to be thorough

>>5213734
Holy fuck

>>5213734

he is the master of technique

You go to the grocery store, buy things that aren't Hungry Man, and then go home and cook them.
The barrier to entry is so little there's nothing to be afraid of, you just see something you want to learn how to cook (maybe it's on sale at the store or just looks interesting), bring it home, look up wtf to do with it, then cook it. If you fuck it up, come ask /ck/ what went wrong and you'll get made fun of but probably get useful advice because it's a specific situation.
You can also use a recipe and go to the store with the ingredient list in mind, but select a simple recipe if you do that. A lot of recipes are complicated with like 20 ingredients, and maybe they're not on sale at the store you're at, and half of them could just be substituted or left out, and you end up spending $50 on making one meal because you had to buy fucking saffron and you'll be like 'fuck this it's cheaper to go out to eat'. Just start simple.

>>5214025
Thats the most stupid thing I read on /ck/ ever that is probably serious.

> go to store
> buying without a plan

>>5213855
#rekt

>>5214079
I'm in the USA, grocery stores here do a thing where some random items are 'on sale' at a low price and everything else is a high price. If I go to the store with specific ingredients in mind, the ones that aren't on sale will cost like twice what they should. I know I'm going to get some kind of meat, some kind of vegetables, and some kind of starch, what I actually get will depend on the sale.

>>5213734
I think he's done that once or twice before

>>5214111
> I'm in the USA, grocery stores here do a thing where some random items are 'on sale' at a low price and everything else is a high price.

Yeah like thats not the case in Europe....are you serious?
I guess you´re troll nobody can be this retarted.

Start with basics, anon. There's nothing wrong with mastering easy recipes. There are tons on the ck booru as well. I don't know if you're a struggling college kid or just have time and money to cook, but some of the easiest recipes are also the cheapest. Use what you know and work from there. Some packages of things like noodles, rice, etc will actually have okay recipes on the back. A bag of rice here had a pretty nice looking paella recipe I've been meaning to try.

Ask your mother

>buy things that aren't Hungry Man, and then go home and cook them.
The barrier to entry is so little there's nothing to be afraid of. s'kay. cept' the pricks like me.
amen ck might appear to be alotof neckbeard (what does that even mean? I'll be 54 either feb 28 or 1 Mar. and people go off on tangents and forget the other parentrhesise and what does the parthenon have to do with baclava, dumplings meat pies, (i before e, except after c.) Hope you get my drift.Friends can be hard to come you need to try an and keep 'the ones you have.sometime.I my self am perfect.( gotta go

>>5214195
> the ck booru

w-where can I find this ck-sama ;_;

>>5213734
Amazing! It makes me happy to see people so good but sad too because I'll never be that good a cook.

>>5214204
coulda googled "ck booru" ya dingus!

http://ck.booru.org/ here it is! Some of them are good, some are quite shit (like the mug cookie, etc.) but you'll learn over time which ones are okay. There's many types of cuisines on there and also contributions from all over. Don't forget to convert your measurements

>>5213734
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAekQ5fzfGM
This was fantastic!

>>5213855
Nice one actually.

>>5213698
>Where do I start?

I would suggest starting with scrambled eggs. Here's a very good vid. (leave out the mushrooms if you're new to cooking).It will teach you about basic ingredients, heat application, serving. One step at a time. I sometimes add cream to mine or smoked salmon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKWsOLR4wOE

Don't let them go dry. Serve with toast.