Cooking Guide for Amateurs

[Cauldron !!eST0zJq0aGg No.15841577]

Anonymongs:
I need basic resources on getting into cooking.
How do you get someone from the "never cooked in my life" stage to the "can make a dozen dishes out of a barren pantry" stage of cooking?
Books, websites, own advice, etc.

Asking on behalf of a friend who is too embarrassed to make a presence amidst this company of masters and artisans and make their own thread.
I would advise them myself but I am so highly skilled that I can no longer comprehend the lowness of the cookcel and would make them cry if I tried to give instruction.

also if you sponsored the school meals regime by using their services as a child then your blood line deserves to be cut off immediately

[Anonymous No.15841593]

>>15841577
Step one.....touch your tongue to mine.

[Cauldron !!eST0zJq0aGg No.15841601]

what does it taste of

[Anonymous No.15841695]

>>15841577
Start with eggs.
No one here is a fucking master. At best you will find someone halfway decent

[Anonymous No.15841723]

>>15841577
There was a decent cooking show on youtube called "Cooking Alone" that really ran you through the basics and essentials. They're gone now, but I can post a link to an archive if you'd like. "For your friend", that is

[Cauldron !!eST0zJq0aGg No.15841750]

>>15841723
That would be useful for my friend thanks

[Anonymous No.15841763]

Pick a recipe
Google the techniques it mentions until you figure out what they mean
Make the recipe
Improve incrementally
Repeat

[Anonymous No.15841796]

>>15841577
That looks like a prison tray. Just sayin'.

[Anonymous No.15841799]

>>15841577
>find a meal you want to eat
>watch 5 or more youtube vids on how to make it
>pick up general techniques that apply to most dishes
>repeat until you have some foundation of knowledge large enough to feed yourself
i'd generally suggest something complex because even if you fuck it up it'll still be edible and simple dishes requite you to have the basics nailed down because they rely on execution

[Anonymous No.15842091]

>>15841799
Depends on whether you want to impress someone or actually build skills. Simple dishes are better because you can actually notice and fix whatever you're doing wrong, plus there's less shit to keep track of. Having the basics nailed down also means you can actually improvise.

[Anonymous No.15842189]

>>15841577
Get a chef's knife and a wettstone and then look up recipes you want to lern and see what are common things they require
>Tip for the chef's knife. As a beginner if you are an amarafag anything NSF will do and try to get an 8 to 11 inc It's all personal experience in cooking

[Anonymous No.15842245]

>>15841577
Some general advice is be precise in your measurements. A teaspoon is leveled off with a knife, not heaping. A cup of dry measure is leveled off with a knife. Liquid measure are to the exact line. This is especially important with baking.
And then someday they'll understand ingredients ratios enough to be less precise.

[Anonymous No.15842289]

>>15842091
i dunno man, i can't fry an omelette but i can make a full roast dinner with everything timed to be ready together. i've learnt more trying to make complex dishes and fucking up maybe a small part than frying a million eggs until i get the technique down perfect

[Anonymous No.15842334]

>>15842091
>>15842289

Both are viable ways to learn how to cook