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I am 24 years old and I want to a crash course in being able to cook some meals. Along the lines of - "LEARN TO COOK IN A MONTH"
or something like that
I'm quick study generally

How do i start? How do i learn how to make food?

All i can do now is eggs.

>> No.11067352

Just turn on the fucking gas and never turn it off

>> No.11067359

>>11067348
What sort of foods do you like/want to know how to make?

>> No.11067364

>>11067359
Good things that hamburgers hot dogs spaghetti

>> No.11067371

>>11067348
Go to allrecipes.com

Find simple recipes and follow the instructions.

Cooking is literally just following god damn instructions, how are people so god damn stupid like you OP

Literally the only challenge to learning cooking is learning the heat settings of your stove and pan combination, which takes just a couple of weeks of cooking unless you are a fucking idiot

reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>> No.11067378

>>11067371
>replying to bait

OP will never open this shitty thread after posting it. We ARE being invaded

>> No.11067383

>>11067352
I get your joke.
But I don't even know what 'the gas' is for really.

I literally need an intro to the items you find in a kitchen and their proper use.
>>11067359
well for example, meat
meat should be pretty easy to cook in a way that's edible and delicious as long as you put in some spices
should i just buy some and try to cook it off an online guide or something

ideally i want a good 'how to think like a cook' that teaches you some dishes but also teaches you how to teach yourself new things quicker

i am so tired of eating canned food and eggs man
>>11067371
>Cooking is literally just following god damn instructions
thanks
that's already very valuable input

i actually know nothing about cooking

>> No.11067384

>>11067348
If you can cook eggs properly you can cook anything just follow the instructions

>> No.11067391

https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/02/spaghetti-cacio-e-pepe-recipe.html

try this

>> No.11067392 [DELETED] 

>>11067383
die you stupid liberal numale cuck soiboy cock sucking degenerate piece of fucking llama shit

hope you get raped to death by a pack of ferral niggers

>> No.11067396

>>11067392
>not knowing all niggers are feral and omitting that term

lurk more

>> No.11067495

>>11067383
The hardest part of cooking is not the actual cooking but getting the right ingredients, especially when it comes to meat.

>> No.11067510

watch the brother's green eats indian food video.

Basically if you can cook an onion properly and season it, then anything you put in it will taste good and people will think you can cook.

>> No.11067546

>>11067383
Watch ultimate cookery course on youtube. there's countless videos and Ramsay does a good job of briefly explaining why you do things. These understandings and examples build upon each other.

I watched a few seasons and within 2 weeks was making things i didn't think i could do. Side note: yes I fucked up several times... usually with simple things like too much salt.

>> No.11067557

Watch countless youtube videos. Food wishes, etc. Learn how it works, why you do things.

Pastas, soups, stir frys and mexican dishes are simple to learn.

>> No.11067560

Oh and remember you will fuck up, that's how you learn. Every dish you make at the beginning will have a miatake. Just try not to do it again.

>> No.11067681

>>11067495
this is such a wrong and faggy thing to say, I hope you don't talk like this in public

>> No.11067716

>>11067352
If he could bypass the step that ignites it, even better

>> No.11067792

Watch and listen to your food as it cooks and try to remember what is was like when you get it right. It'll help you learn if your pan is too hot, too cold, overcrowded, etc. Also try to gain an understanding of what's actually happening to your food in the process of cooking it. Alton brown's good eats show is very good at expaining the mechanics behind various cooking techniques and ingredients for beginners, so if you can find some episodes you should watch them.

>> No.11067900

>>11067383
>how to think like a cook' that teaches you some dishes but also teaches you how to teach yourself new things quicker
Learn the basic techniques that virtually all cultures use, i.e., sauteing, steaming, roasting, braising, stewing, frying, starting with recipes from your own culture which you know how they should turn out. Once you reach satisfaction with dishes of your culture using that technique, move to another cultures dishes using that technique but with different ingredients. For example, a curry uses the same technique as say, french style braised shortribs, but with vastly different spices. Then start thinking how you could fuse several of those cultures dishes together to create something completely original and cause hipsters to literally and figuratively cream their pants if you give it a creative name. Then move to the coast, open a fusion restaurant and retire in 5 years to some flyover shithole and live like a king.

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>>11067348
You need to build your own menu.

>Get one of pic related.
>Write down the recipe for the food you are trying to prepare.
>Taste and analyze.
>Write down what went wrong along with other ideas for improvement.
>When preparing the dish the next time, consult the records.
>Rinse and repeat until you are happy with the result.

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11068059

Here's another recipe site: bbc.com/food/recipes
Be wary of sites that let any random person submit recipes, 90% of them are godawful.

Get a good knife and look up some absolute basic "how to prep x" videos for each ingredient, you'll only need to do it the first time you use them unless you have a broken memory.

If you really don't cook at all, you probably need some shopping advice. You want "pantry" items that you have a constant rolling stock of to use in most meals, then more specific / perishable ingredients that you want for individual dishes. Pantry stuff includes:
cooking fats (oil, butter, lard, etc.),
staples (pasta, rice, potato, etc.),
salt,
sugars (white sugar, honey, etc.)
acids (vinegar, lemons, etc.),
milk,
eggs,
flour,
herbs, spices and aromats you like (pepper, chilli, parsley, bay leaf, garlic, ginger, etc.),
vegetables you frequently use (onion, carrot, celery, etc.),
sauces, pickles, preserves and other cured stuff you like.

You just check the pantry stuff before you go to the store and mindlessly replace anything that's run out, then you can pick a handful specific proteins and vegetables for the next few meals.

Everything probably needs more salt than you expect.

>> No.11069270

>>11067681
You know how I know you've never cooked?

>> No.11069286

Its all trial and error my boy. Pick a recipe and it doesnt come out to your liking then change something about it or think about what could have gone wrong. just cooking daily should give you a handle on general stuff

>> No.11069306

>>11067378
>haha i'll post on a food and cooking board asking about beginner cooking tips and then people will post them! The ultimate troll!

>> No.11069332

>>11069270
what? You can turn Wal-Mart steaks into a delicious meal if you have actual cooking skills, saying the "hardest part of cooking isn't the actual cooking" is fucking retarded. It's one of those nonsense idioms people say without a shred of actual reflection.

>> No.11069336

>>11069332
>You can turn Wal-Mart steaks into a delicious meal
For your palate, maybe.

>> No.11069347

>>11069336
Ok. Give me a Michelin star chef with shit tier ingredients and a chump with zero cooking experience with the same ingredients but of much higher quality. Who do you think is going to produce a better meal?

>> No.11069353

>>11069347
Mcdonalds

>> No.11069359

>>11067348
This wont help but i started cooking around the same time as you, and holy shit, eggs were so hard at first. I tried making every egg dish, including that stupid french omelette. Learned a lot. Plus cheap and quick to restart.

>> No.11069361

>>11069353
Please use your brain before you make these kinds of statements in public, I say this for your own benefit.

>> No.11069364

>>11069347
The latter

>> No.11069374

>>11069364
Cringe

>> No.11069375

Its really expensive to learn how to cook in that short amount of time. If the food doesnt come out good you have to throw it away or try to salvage it somehow, but at beginner lever idk if you would know how to. Plus if you really wanna learn youll have to get out of your comfort zone and make odd dishes/sauces you wouldnt usually eat.

Expect your crash course into cooking to be expensive

>> No.11069378

>>11067383
buy a cookbook, don't start with youtube videos or you will miss 99% of the foundation skills and skip straight to plating average meals. If you start with youtube then all your dinner guests have to do is google what you've made to discover your scam

>> No.11069404

I think that many people (specifically autismos) are turned off from cooking by two factors: expensiveness (what >>11069375 said) and, more importantly, lack of precise algorithms. How much salt do you need, what level of heat is proper, how to ensure that it's really done, etc. Those little things quickly pile up and people become frustrated from uncertainty. Moreover, there's nothing worse than finding out that meal you took your sweet time on is fucking shit.

>> No.11069428

>>11069374
reddit

>> No.11069431

>>11067352
oy vey

>> No.11069448

>>11069428
enjoy your 100 dollar steaks burnt to a crisp

>> No.11069450

>>11067348
You don't know how to boil pasta?

>> No.11069452

>>11069448
Are you cooking?

>> No.11069477

>>11069452
No, because I would probably budget and buy something like a chuck roast that I would be able to cook down with herbs and spices until it was falling apart tender. You know, the hard part of cooking, the actual cooking.

>> No.11069480

>>11069404

Im by no means an awesome cook but I do appreciate honest feedback from the family when I cook

My mom and older bro really wont hold back lol

Ps... HOW MANY GRAINS OF SALT IS IN A "PINCH" WHAT IS A "HEAPING TEASPOON"

>> No.11069515

>>11067348

Don't listen to these food snobs.

Just mix and match individual foods that you like. You like eggs? You like brocolli? Then just eat some eggs and brocolli together. Add salt, pepper, butter, soy sauce, hot sauce, whatever so it's not bland.

>> No.11069596

>>11069477
I know man, I'm just fucking with ya. I'm not even the same anon.

>> No.11069602

>>11067348
"i'm a quick study generally"
Unfortunately creativity doesn't come with that skillset.

>> No.11069621

>>11069596
I kind of figured, but fuck me I do love a good argument

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>>11068000
trips of truth

>> No.11070310

>>11067348
JUST PRACTICE YA FUCK
your first tries will suck ass but thats how you learn what to and what not to do
fuck people are so stupid, they want guidelines in every little fucking shit they do

>> No.11070326

>>11069602
Well, it's a good thing you don't need creativity to learn to cook i.e. follow recipes. Making up your own "recipes" needs creativity.

>> No.11070506

>>11068059
>spatula
>measuring spoons
>weighing scales
>this is autism
?

>> No.11070593

>>11067348
Watch how to cook well with Raymond Blanc, each episode he picks one cooking technique and shows several examples of how you can use it. Then use that information and practice recipes.
>Wala

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>>11067348
Sad truth is that tons of recipes are gated by your equipment. Investing into a bunch of decent pans, blender and a meat grinder might be a good idea. Also buy hand milk frother, it allows you to bypass autistic whisking sometimes.

>>11067383
>well for example, meat
Meat is the easiest tbqh. You can just slice/grind and fry it. Here's what I do:
a. Soak sliced chicken in soy sauce (or any marinade you like) for a while, add starch, mix it, fry on high heat. Turkey or pork would work too.
b. Grind some beef liver, add garlic, spices and some starch, make patties or pancakes, fry it.
Trick with starch is that it works as kind of cement, forming very thin crust around sliced meat that seals the taste or binding ground meat so the patties won't fall apart.
c. Saute any ground meat for a while with spices n shit, then add spaghet or rice to the pan. In fact, you can do it for literally everything you have in you fridge: saute, add spices, add spaghet or rice.

And yes, just google recipes for ingredients that you have or want to use.

>> No.11070787

>>11067348
learn the basics of saute, braise and stew.....most recipes will follow similar patterns......learn measurements like the difference between "t" and "T" and honestly just be attentive at first it'll all come naturally as you do more.

>> No.11070791

>>11067371
this guy likes suckin his own dick