Do you like cooking ?

During holidays, I love to cook breakfast, and some times I experiment with some, for me cooking is difficult, and it needs a great sense and care to prepare nice dishes.

It is best to start with some easy to prepare simple dishes where you cannot go wrong and then try others.....Omlettes, french toast,Sandwiches are all easy to prepare and also fill you up. Most importantly when a person is living alone it saves him or her from totally depnding on take aways and restaurants...

If one cannot cook at all, he can keep some stock of ready to eat dishes like bread and jam, cake bread, biscuits, pickles. Also it is easier to boil rice. One may also just boil potatoes and eat these with salt.

I agree that knowing cooking is a great help and I see many single men cooking nowadays because of the health concerns...I share many simple recipes with online friends so that they can rustke up a nutritious and healthy meal in a jiffy ! Soups are very nutritious and all that you need to do is put loads of vegetables, water,salt and pepper and some rice or noodles -pressure cook . This is so healthy and nutritious ..

During holidays, I love to cook breakfast, and some times I experiment with some, for me cooking is difficult, and it needs a great sense and care to prepare nice dishes.

It is best to start with some easy to prepare simple dishes where you cannot go wrong and then try others.....Omlettes, french toast,Sandwiches are all easy to prepare and also fill you up. Most importantly when a person is living alone it saves him or her from totally depnding on take aways and restaurants...

If one cannot cook at all, he can keep some stock of ready to eat dishes like bread and jam, cake bread, biscuits, pickles. Also it is easier to boil rice. One may also just boil potatoes and eat these with salt.

That's the reason why I did not pay attention to learn cooking. Ready to eat food foods made me lazy. Still, I decided to start learning cooking with my wife's supervision.

When I was at school we had a cookery class once a week and this was something we really looked forward to and when I told this to my children, they were feeling bad that they dint have since none of the schools have cookery classes now... So I would ask them to cook at home whatever they wanted and today I am glad I did that since they are all able to take care of themselves without having to depend on outside takeaway food....

Even we never had any cooking classes so we missed all that fun! But my mum always made it a point that we learn a dish every week and also ensured we get good practice. I started learning to cook at the age of 8 and by the time I was 12 I could cook even chapatis very nicely. I now try to teach my son too, he has started helping me peel and clean veggies, especially peas and garlic although half the peas make their way into his stomach! :laugh:

Honestly I can't make more dishes.. But I love cooking. Just recently I have manage to learn few more dishes. So at least I can feed my self properly when I am alone.

When I was at school we had a cookery class once a week and this was something we really looked forward to and when I told this to my children, they were feeling bad that they dint have since none of the schools have cookery classes now... So I would ask them to cook at home whatever they wanted and today I am glad I did that since they are all able to take care of themselves without having to depend on outside takeaway food....

Even we never had any cooking classes so we missed all that fun! But my mum always made it a point that we learn a dish every week and also ensured we get good practice. I started learning to cook at the age of 8 and by the time I was 12 I could cook even chapatis very nicely. I now try to teach my son too, he has started helping me peel and clean veggies, especially peas and garlic although half the peas make their way into his stomach! :laugh:

Thats really sweet, the very fact that he helps you out and takes an interest at such a young age is good enough :) , ot used to be the same with my kids, they would gather round me with the idea of helping me in the kitchen but in the end I had double the cleaning up to do LOL...

When I was at school we had a cookery class once a week and this was something we really looked forward to and when I told this to my children, they were feeling bad that they dint have since none of the schools have cookery classes now... So I would ask them to cook at home whatever they wanted and today I am glad I did that since they are all able to take care of themselves without having to depend on outside takeaway food....

Even we never had any cooking classes so we missed all that fun! But my mum always made it a point that we learn a dish every week and also ensured we get good practice. I started learning to cook at the age of 8 and by the time I was 12 I could cook even chapatis very nicely. I now try to teach my son too, he has started helping me peel and clean veggies, especially peas and garlic although half the peas make their way into his stomach! :laugh:

Thats really sweet, the very fact that he helps you out and takes an interest at such a young age is good enough :) , ot used to be the same with my kids, they would gather round me with the idea of helping me in the kitchen but in the end I had double the cleaning up to do LOL...

Very true Usha..but the main reason I keep him in the kitchen is so that I can keep an eye on him or he keeps getting in trouble all on his own. The mess he makes is too much to clean away later but worth the efforts seeing his interest in all that goes on in the kitchen! Every day when I make chapatis, I have to let him roll out one chapati and then cut eyes and smile into it! :)

I like cooking but due to less amount of time it looks difficult to cook every time. Whenever I got some free time I cook for myself.

Cooking is a life skill and everyone should know at least the basics of it irrespective of gender. Some can do it as a hobby, extend it as a profession, others might do it for utilitarian purpose and some might outsource it owing to other priorities and responsibilities.

In my case, I am the cook in the house and take care that my family gets a healthy meal each time. Somehow, we as a family enjoy cooking and it is sometimes a great bonding time for all four of us in kitchen on weekend. Like all the mothers, I too enjoy sharing recipes and experimenting in kitchen for my children. My children like most of my dishes but prefer a few o be cooked by their dad.

However, like everyone, I sometimes feel bored of kitchen or there are times when other works call for my attention more. In that case, either my husband and daughters take the charge or we order food from outside.

I  can cook small things like Omelettes . But I do not how to cook special items like Chicken. On the whole I can manage when my wife is away for a brief period

Cooking is not my forte... I have an aunty at home who cooks awesome food, so even if try to cook something it will never be anywhere near what she makes.. So for the sake for my family i more often than not refrain from cooking.

My family prefers non veg food more..  a few things that I make which i feel are edible would be chilly chicken, kebab, cutlets, kadi, kofta. my son loves them. And i love to see his happiness when he enjoys eating something that i make. It is the one reason which makes me feel i should visit the kitchen more often.

Cooking is an Art. It is not everybody's Cup of tea. As far as I'm concerned I avoid eating out because I'm not used to it.On some unavoidable situations like during my wife's sickness, I'am forced to go in to the Kitchen. But my cooking expertise is limited to simple items.

Divya wrote:

Cooking is not my forte... I have an aunty at home who cooks awesome food, so even if try to cook something it will never be anywhere near what she makes.. So for the sake for my family i more often than not refrain from cooking.

My family prefers non veg food more..  a few things that I make which i feel are edible would be chilly chicken, kebab, cutlets, kadi, kofta. my son loves them. And i love to see his happiness when he enjoys eating something that i make. It is the one reason which makes me feel i should visit the kitchen more often.

My husband and daughters love non-veg while I am preferably vegetarian or fishitarian. I tried non veg after my marriage but developed taste buds only for fish. My husband is known for his non veg culinary skills. In our family we have a contract for cooking non veg. We have non veg for wednesday and sunday lunch. These two days, my husband is at home. If the contract is with him, he cooks. My daughters are the judge to rate us on a scale of 5. If you score less than 3, your contract is cancelled and given to your spouse. We get points for how well we cook. So far, for last three years I am owning the contract of fish curry and chicken biryani and have not let it slip off, while my husband holds it for mutton curry, chicken curry, chilly chicken and tandoor or barbeque chicken. SO cooking is like a fun. Off late, my elder one has shown her eagerness to join us for this race of contract as she is now well equipped to serve a decent chicken biryani. 

It is an honur to get your lost contract back

And the fun is when my younger one gives us suggestions and remarks like those of professional Master chefs. Cooking is fun with all the foodies around in my family.

Arunima Singh wrote:

Divya wrote:

Cooking is not my forte... I have an aunty at home who cooks awesome food, so even if try to cook something it will never be anywhere near what she makes.. So for the sake for my family i more often than not refrain from cooking.

My family prefers non veg food more..  a few things that I make which i feel are edible would be chilly chicken, kebab, cutlets, kadi, kofta. my son loves them. And i love to see his happiness when he enjoys eating something that i make. It is the one reason which makes me feel i should visit the kitchen more often.

My husband and daughters love non-veg while I am preferably vegetarian or fishitarian. I tried non veg after my marriage but developed taste buds only for fish. My husband is known for his non veg culinary skills. In our family we have a contract for cooking non veg. We have non veg for wednesday and sunday lunch. These two days, my husband is at home. If the contract is with him, he cooks. My daughters are the judge to rate us on a scale of 5. If you score less than 3, your contract is cancelled and given to your spouse. We get points for how well we cook. So far, for last three years I am owning the contract of fish curry and chicken biryani and have not let it slip off, while my husband holds it for mutton curry, chicken curry, chilly chicken and tandoor or barbeque chicken. SO cooking is like a fun. Off late, my elder one has shown her eagerness to join us for this race of contract as she is now well equipped to serve a decent chicken biryani. 

It is an honur to get your lost contract back

And the fun is when my younger one gives us suggestions and remarks like those of professional Master chefs. Cooking is fun with all the foodies around in my family.

Looks like real fun. I would love to be part of the judging panel :P

I like eating. My wife is a good cook. At times, we together go out  for eating to a Andhra Hotel. But we never relished the Restaurant food. We together got used to Home cooked food.

Before  this was said "  way to man's heart is through  his stomach " but now a days men themself are good cooks. 

Food is one of the most important factors in life and to be able to prepare it makes you self sufficient, so there is no question of gender differences..in most India households even today men rwfuse to enter kitchen while making demands on their wives to cook what they like and it is an accepted practice like all other age old practices where the wife is perpetually tied to the house, kitchenen and her duty towards the household. While personally I enjoy cooking for my family , it shd not be forced on any woman as her duty to remain glued to her kitchen.

Many years ago, I expressed my desire to cook to my wife.. Then I started my cooking as an apprentice under the guidance of my wife.One day hot groundnut oil spurted and my hands were burnt. I was rushed to the Hospital. After this kitchen accident, I was never allowed in to kitchen. My desire to learn cooking remained unfulfilled.

I like cooking and also like to try new one. I can prepared soups and sandwitchs. In need I can also cook vegetables.

That's really Great . To know Cooking  I tried my best, but could not learn. I envy  you.