/ck/ - Food & Cooking

i learned how to cook from /ck/ and life is all pain now

chef john on youtube

Work part time, 2-3 nights a week, at the best restaurant that will hire you (like a generic, non-chain place somewhere downtown), and in 2-3 months you will know how to cook.

>>6506390
Salt and Pepper (maybe).
Go easy on everything else.
Color is important.
Butter is the secret ingredient.

>>6506390

You could try doing traditional ethnic foods to see what spices and herbs they use. At least that's what I'm doing right now. For example, Italian foods generally use basil, oregano, parsley, garlic; Mexican uses different chillies, onions... you get the idea. Later you can experiment.

>consider which foods you enjoy eating
>google recipes for new dishes utilizing said foods
>study and execute the recipes
>cook the dishes multiple times
>adjust the ingredients to your liking each time
>try new ingredients and combos
Something like this...

>>6506856
This.

And if somehow the internet fails you on recipes there's always the booru http://ck.booru.org/

>>6506438

Real butter and whole milk.

This is how you make what you cook taste restaurant-quality. This is the difference that most home cooks make.

>>6506390
Seriously, experiment by coupling meat with veggies, then sauces, and then consider what spices go best with combinations of those veggies and sauces. Once you figure out a handful of spices and sauces you enjoy, the rest will be easy and you'll always be able to add little touches to whatever recipe you follow if you're feeling creative.

Also read up on different cultures and themes their foods follow. Many countries seem to have their own small group of preferred veggies and spices. Knowing these mixes lets you, say, add a bit of an Indian twist to something.

Another thing: Cook alone as often as you possibly can. Knowing you're the only person you're feeding will make you so much more open to experimentation. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to do something stupid to a stew or curry but never got the chance because my gf was over.

Good luck, OP!

>>6506390
> where
grandmother taught me, hands-on. easy stuff at first, like kneading, then knife skills, then poaching, boiling, pan-frying, sautee, baking...

we made soups, cake, stews, fries, eggs Benedict, meatballs, sausage, we pickled green tomatoes and canned goose confit.

then I went away from home and started doing things my way, and never stopped learning

Cooking with someone who knows how to cook. It was sort of a hobby for my ex-girlfriend, so we would cook together. I mostly watched and handed her stuff, but I learned the basics, which gave me the confidence and foundation to start teaching myself from recipes and youtube vids.

Can your mom cook well? I guarantee she'd love to teach you (read: spend more time with you)

>>6506390
>where did you learn to cook
After I shifted from India I missed the food and learned to make using Skype and the internet in general.

>and how did you get better at cooking?
Started small. Made boiled eggs, then american style scrambled eggs,then country omelette, then french style scrambled eggs. Along with baked potatoes, then hash browns, then something like fondant potatoes. For Indian food I started out with simple stuff like dal, egg curry and maybe a paneer dish. Also did stuff like soups which might have many steps but are hard to fuck up.

Initially I didn't pay attention to knife skills but they're really important.

I'm a decent cook now after about 1.5 years. I can only do Italian, Indian and some Asian and American.

For spices and herbs stick to the traditional favourites. Rosemary with potatoes. Chives with eggs. Oragano and Basil with tomatoes. Coriander and turmeric with sauteed onions and tomatoes. A simple olive oil, chilli flakes and parmesan dip with good bread is better than you'd expect. Simple recipes and good ingredients are you friends

>>6506390
I learned how to cook from Alton Brown, Chef John, chefs on Diners Drive-ins and Dives, /ck/, and fucking up on my own a lot.

I wouldn't recommend /ck/ anymore. It used to be a lighthearted, helpful board where people would discuss techniques and post recipes. Now it's a turbo-autistic troll board that shitposts about fast food and youtube attention whores.

>>6507802
Says the retard that thinks 'chefs' cook food at diners.
Stick to television, son.

>>6507802
>Now it's a turbo-autistic troll board that shitposts about fast food and youtube attention whores.
I agree with you on most of that, save the fast food. Granted, it's kind of shitty, but it's still on-topic. But I agree that we shouldn't have 50 threads over it. 1 or 2 is fine.

And then there's faggots like >>6507812 who get mad that others have the energy to learn to cook from places that aren't some local restaurant or Le Cordon Blew.

>>6507812
>splitting hairs between chef and cook when everybody knows what is meant
>son
>being a literal example of a turbo-autist troll

Thank you for demonstrating my point.

>>6507820
I know, right? I learned so much from Chef Guy Fieri.

>>6507835
Nobody ever mentioned Guy, autist. Re-read his post and try again.

>>6507823
What's your take on Chef Rachael Ray?

>>6507845
Do you even know what Diners Drive ins and Dives is? Guy doesn't cook anything on it and no one ever called him a chef you absolute dumb fuck.

>>6507839
>Diners Drive-ins and Dives
>With your host, Guy Fieri

Either way, you nigs are getting really off-topic. No one cares about your pissing match

>>6507857
I learned how to cook from the french fry chef at mcdonalds.

>>6507861
>With your host, Guy Fieri
>Guy Fieri
>host
>not chef
>host

>>6507868
I'll take that as a no.

>>6506397
10/10 bro

Not OP but asking ITT anyway.

I just moved into my own appartment and now I need to buy some frying pans. Advanved cooking skills.

I was going to buy 1 stainless steel pan for deglassing and 1 nonstick solution for pretty much everything else. Anything wrong with that? And how much should spend on them?