/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.15092590]

How do I learn to cook?

[Anonymous No.15092593]

boil water

[Anonymous No.15092595]

>>15092590
Step 1: Don't visit /ck/

[Anonymous No.15092597]

If you have never, ever cooked before check out videos on youtube of things you think you'd like to make.

[Anonymous No.15092607]

>>15092597
I've cooked before, but it always turns out like shit. I'll follow a recipe to the T and it will still end up terrible somehow.

[Anonymous No.15092611]

And if you have no pans or utensils, go to a thrift store.

[Anonymous No.15092614]

>>15092590
Netter question
How do you not know how to cook?

[Anonymous No.15092615]

>>15092590
Start experimenting by watching videos. Don't watch too many without experimenting. you won't learn much unless you actually start cooking.

[Anonymous No.15092623]

cook something and post some photos of it and we can talk about it

[Anonymous No.15092635]

>>15092590
Start with the basics
>frying an egg
>cooking rice
>cooking meat
>cooking beans
Then keep doing that till you get the hang of it. It also doesn't hurt googling/youtubing stuff like
>fundamentals of cooking
>beginner cooking tips
>how do I cook food
Stuff like that.

[Anonymous No.15092686]

>>15092590
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL435B8F0CB00AF764

[Anonymous No.15092787]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJy1ajvMU1k

[Anonymous No.15092850]

Start with the simplest possible recipes.
Get consistent with them, so that you can always get them good.

The two most important skills to develop:
Knowing when something is done cooking. (Texture changes, sound changes, smell changes, appearance changes - use all those to "know".)
Knowing how much salt something needs. (You pretty much learn this by repeatedly tasting it and adding a little salt at a time, to develop an intuitive understanding.)

If it cooked (and is not overcooked) and has enough salt (and does not have too much salt), it may not be perfect, but it should be ok.

Once you've got that down, then you try more challenging things.
I suggest starting with basic egg dishes and vegetable soup.

https://youtu.be/CshkecuFfMc

Watch that, get a copy of Joy of Cooking, and try stuff.

[Anonymous No.15092855]

>>15092623
i dont give a FUCK about some CUNT and her NEW CAR, give me some actual news and tell me if MCDONALDS fixes their FUCKING ICE CREAM MACHINE PROBLEM!

[Anonymous No.15092871]

>>15092590
watch this dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXapsyuzChk

[Anonymous No.15092874]

Follow recipes until you get consistently good results, then continue following recipes but start adding touches of your own that you think might improve them, if you've been following different recipes then you should start getting a touch for what will and won't work.
Try to pick a few favorites to learn by heart, cook them every now and then until you no longer need the recipe to make it.

[Anonymous No.15092875]

>>15092607
Try simpler recipes and dishes
Often following a recipe for even a slightly complex dish is gonna turn out shit for a newbie cook cause a lot of cooking involves making your own judgement. You gotta work from the ground up

[Anonymous No.15093299]

Start with the hardest recipes with the most expensive ingredients. Chances are not matter how bad you suck the ingredients will save it. Keep trying until you get it right. Open a new credit account if needed to fund your endeavor.

[Anonymous No.15093458]

>>15092590
start a new thread about knives. buy the most expensive one people suggest. step one done. buy cast iron pan and make it crusty as shit however you can. step two done. but bread in pan. step 3 done. cheese on bread. step IV done. heat bread. step V done. eat. youre now qualified to shit on everyone elses creations on /ck/.