What Ages are The Cooks Here?

Question

I am just curious did you start cooking and I'm talking about real cooking like casseroles, beef stews (homemade meals) that require a lot of preparation. I just want to know if there are young people out there that cook. Any age is fine.

Who taught you to cook?

Answer 1

im 23 and ive been cooking (real meals) for maybe 2 years now....ive helped my mom for as long as i can remember and when i got my first apartment 2 years ago...i found that im pretty good(thats what they tell me anyways=0) lol) my mom was a great teacher and she taught me the common sense stuff like cleaning a chicken and hand washing and temperatures and different methods(baking frying etc) but ive found that the best thing is asking my grandparents for recipes and how they do things...testing out their stuff is awesome..especially when everyone says it tastes great... so yeah i like to cook and i like homemade stuff and my opinion is that practice makes ya better and old family recipes are the best...=0)

Answer 2

I am a guy age 60, and my Mom began giving me instruction when I was in my teens before I went to college. Luckily it paid off there, and I have enjoyed cooking ever since. Some things I am able to cook, you can't find in a restaurant, so I feel sorry for anyone who has limitations when it comes to hauling out the utensils and working on a masterpiece. Cooking has been a progressive learning process - although my Mom initially got me started, I have picked up pointers from almost everyone who cooks themselves (that includes TV). All told, I guess "The School of Hard Knocks" has taught me a lot about the "Do's and Don'ts" of cooking.

Answer 3

I'm 45. Really learned to cook in Grade 9 home ec. I was the fourth of four girls in the family, so I was the one stuck setting the table and doing the dishes - really never cooked at home, maybe cut up stuff for a salad. My mom stayed at home, and had six kids. Everything from scratch, canning and breads, etc.
At university, I stayed in a residence, so didn't have to cook there. It wasn't until I was out on my own at 20 that I started cooking regular homemade food. Even so, it was just cooking for one, or an occasional guest. Real serious, serious cooking came after I was married at 28. I have a tall, thin husband with the fastest metabolism on earth, who eats only once a day - at supper. So I had to learn to cook for at least 6, and now with a teen boy as well, I make recipes for 8.
But just to add, one of my older sisters has three kids , 2 boys and a girl - now all around 30. They all cooked well as teens, and now rival their spouses.
My son did home ec. last year and liked it - usually he's too busy to cook, but I know I need to get him doing stuff. I just have to get into the routine of having him do some cooking on the weekends.

Answer 4

I'm 18 and only recently started cooking.

My grandmother's a certified gourmet chef, and she's taught me most of the recipes I know. However I do look a lot up and sometimes I just kind of throw together random things that normally turn out alright.

Before the summer I never cooked, and was terrible at making toast. Since then I've learned to appreciate the fact that people eat what i've made and compliment it. I love the feeling of someone telling me my meal was delicious.

Answer 5

I am 26 now, and I started cooking as soon as I was big enough to help mom stir stuff : ) My mom, and grandma taught me all the essentials and then I went to culinary school to refine my skills. Now I've been working in a restauraunt for 6 years, and I cook a lot of meals here at home.

Answer 6

I have around 30 years experience. I was taught by my mom and grandma but learned the most after I was out in the real world cooking.

Answer 7

Well, I am 22, and I started cooking real meals when I was 12. Mu mother went to work, and often did not get back till late, so I organised meals for my sisters, and made sure there was enough for myself my mother and father.

Let me tell you, it was a skill that took time to learn - I only poisoned people once, but there were about 6 meals that we just couldn't eat.

Now I just cook for fun - who would have thought something I used to consider as a chore would turn out to be fun????

Answer 8

i started at the age of 6 watching my grand mother in her resturant and as i got older i did more and more thingsthen came school and i keep at it ...then i went into the military and became a cook and retired with 20 years honorable serve and i attended chef schools and trained while in the service on my vacation time with world renowned chefs as robert carrier from england as my mentoor...but he has since passed.....i am now 59 years old so you can say i have been around it for 50 years and still love it and learn something everyday that is what makeds it so interesting you are not restricted you can add alittle this and that and come up with simething totally different...i started my daughter learning things in the kitchen at the age of 4 ...and she is quite the chef to this day...that is why i like answers as i can pass on my knowledge to the younger people its fine to have a recipe but irecipes dont tell you the hidden things like items that can be put in place of....that is why i loved the training i got because it was ojt (on the job training ) a lot of it...hands on...recipes are good as a guide and outline....but it that tlc you can put into it that makes it 1 level above the books...

Answer 9

My mom and grandma taught me how cook. I've been cooking real meals since I was about 14. I'm 37 now.

Answer 10

The first thing I ever "cooked" were flour and water cookies(unbaked, no less) for Santa when I was about 7 or 8. I was very proud of them. Santa ate every last one(he must have 'cause they were all gone on Christmas morning) and my mother never even giggled or snickered--at least not to my face! And I've been cooking ever since. I'm pretty good at it but then I've had about 55 yrs. of practice!