Men....do you like to cook?

Question

What do you like to cook? How old are you?

Answer 1

I'm 46. I used to be a fair baker. It was my hobby for a few years, right before I got into mead making. I've made all kinds of bread and cakes from scratch.

My best cake was a three layer devil's food cake with cheesecake spacing layers and topped with whipped cream & strawberries. It was so good that I might have to put a "Must Be 18" sign on the recipe somewhere.

Besides baking, I've cooked for myself since 1987 or so. String beans, mashed potatoes, split pea soup, baked roasts, pork chops cooked in cream of mushroom soup, grilled steaks, English peas... simple stuff like that. I made hummus once.

My contribution to the world's cuisine is something that I call "Apocalypse Beans and Rice Soup." I call it that because it's made from very-long-shelf-life cheap stuff that anybody can stock up on, to become prepared for the End of the World. If they start the stocking up in time, that is. Anyway, here's how you make it.

1. Put 10 cups of water into a three-quart pot, put the pot on the stove, and bring the water to a boil.

2. Add 1 cup of dry beans to the pot. (I use half a cup of Great Northern Beans and half a cup of Cranberry Beans.) Cover the pot and reduce the heat to medium low. Cook the beans for about an hour.

3. Add the following ingredients to the pot, and then cook for 15 to 30 minutes:
1/2 cup of chopped onion
1 tablespoon of cajun spice
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1/2 tablespoon cayenne red pepper
1/2 tablespoon cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
8 slices of pepperoni

4. Add 1/2 cup of dry white rice and enough water to restore the original level in the pot, then cook for 30 minutes, or until the rice is done.

Serves four. You can optionally also add some chopped mushrooms or minced carrot, or whatever else you think would be good, in Step 3.

This soup is low calorie: 640 calories in a whole pot (160 calories per serving). It's both filling and fat free, and the pepper leaves you feeling that you "have eaten something" - which is psychologically important. It has 52 grams of dietary fiber per pot (or 13 grams per serving). It has 76 grams of non-fiber carbs per pot (19 grams per serving). The glycemic index is about 64, due to the easily absorbed carbs. The glycemic load of one serving is 12.2.

Answer 2

I cook for a living and love to cook when I get home, my wife just is so pleased that I like to take that chore off her busy hands. I love to cook most things, I add garlic to most things and love experimenting with different fish dishes. I am 55

Answer 3

My hubby's 26 and he makes a dish his family calls "goulash" to use up extra zuccini in the summer. It's basically a spaghetti sauce with ground beef and diced zuccini. The zuccini gets soft and tasty in the sauce. Yum!! He then cooks the pasta till al dente and finishes cooking it in the sauce.

However, he almost always uses every pan and bowl in the kitchen... :P

Answer 4

my boyfriend is a chef, he loves cooking and he's really good at it. he's in his 20s and he likes cooking veggie food for me! and for himself - anything, especially noodles! his favourite thing to cook is Chinese food

Answer 5

i am in my 30's now and love to cook. i started mimicking whatever i ate at a rest. during that week. i love cajun/ creole cooking. spicey and saucy - like my women.

Answer 6

my husband is a chef, ans loves to cook. I don't know what is his favorite though, but he is good at it all. he is in his 30's