2006-06-30 12:39:39 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Start a group that takes turns cooking and showing each other the recipes. A round robin.
2006-06-30 12:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find inspiration to be crucial. If you have inspiration you have the drive and through practice you get the feel of it while trying to reach your target. In this case it's cooking.
To have a specific meal in mind may help you concentrate on the result rather than questioning the process. Which is a great fun part of cooking actually. But enjoying the process may not happen instantly. So get rid of perfectionism and voices in your head and concentrate on the result.
You may realize in time that you grasped the feel of cooking in general through practice, and learning happened almost as a side effect.
Good luck and save some of that desert for me
2006-06-30 19:52:12 · answer #2 · answered by virgo77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have taught culinary classes on a college level. All classes be they algebra or saucier are based on the idea of building skills. Cooking is all about starting to develop basics skills and then getting more proficient.
My advice to you would be to make normal ever day food PERFECTLY !!!
This is a lot harder than it seems.
Something as basic as oven roasted chicken with scratch made mashed
potatoes ,hand made gravy and fresh green beans has been made fair to mediocre by millions of cooks.. to make it perfectly requires skill
Quality Standards:
Chicken : shall have a crispy skin, be flavorful and properly cooked
Mashed potatoes; shall be hot , of the proper consistency ] not gummy] and be flavorful
Gravy ; shall not taste of flour, be free of lumps, be of sauce consistency taste of chicken, and be hot
green beans : shall be a bright green, be somewhat crunchy, be hot and of course flavorful
If you do that with everything you do you will have a good summer.
Bon appetit
2006-06-30 21:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take a cooking book and follow the instructions i think thats the best way of learning how to cook without lessons/classes
2006-06-30 19:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by .·´¯`·-> вавіі-ѕнаz <-·´¯` 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well since you have the time to be on the computer to ask this question, I would think you have enough time to try and Internet cooking course. Just a suggestion.
2006-06-30 19:51:36 · answer #5 · answered by helana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to your local community college book store and purchase the cookbook they are using in classes for the quarter and start experimenting. I say this because it contains a list of all the equipment and explanations that are not in most cookbooks. Just remember you have to eat your experiments.
2006-06-30 21:30:56 · answer #6 · answered by The Squirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch food network.I love to cook but I always get great tips and ideas from the shows I like.
2006-06-30 19:43:35 · answer #7 · answered by ashlie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy a cook book and read
2006-06-30 22:45:10 · answer #8 · answered by AL 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy some simple good recipe books with illustrations or watch videos on the net.
2006-07-06 14:56:13 · answer #9 · answered by VelvetRose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Buy cookbooks, watch cooking shows, and put them into practice. Good luck!
2006-06-30 19:42:54 · answer #10 · answered by Michelle C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋