Baking/cooking impaired?

**mina'smomma** · 09-20-2006, 12:02 PM

I can bake, but I can't cook. Figure that one.

**mina'smomma** · 09-20-2006, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by Kfamr

Not impaired here.

I love to cook and I am good at cooking. However, I am a messy cook! That's why my dogs love me.

The only way I'll cook is if someone promises to clean dishes afterwards.

I have the same baking arrangements with hubby

**Randi** · 09-20-2006, 12:14 PM

I can cook most any ordinary meal, and I'm especially good at making sauce.

I got a compliment from a famous rock star once - he said my sauce was the best he'd ever had, and he had been eating in the best restaurants around the word, so that made me quite proud.

When it comes to baking a bread, it's a total different story.

The taste is OK, but I could use it to defend myself, if neccesary, in case I couldn't find a baseball bat.

**CathyBogart** · 09-20-2006, 12:32 PM

I can cook pretty well....except breakfast food! I have no idea why...Swiss steak? No problem! Pancakes.....Not happening!

Baking though....I'm almost always pretty good at that. I make a sour cream coffee cake...yummmm!!!!

**davidpizzica** · 09-20-2006, 12:46 PM

Strange that for a bachelor I'm cookng/baking challenged! I am pretty good at popping a frozen pizza in the oven (when I remember to take it off the cardboard!) I can microwave and use my George Forman grille!

**jazzcat** · 09-20-2006, 01:04 PM

I'm a really good baker but only a fair cook. Give me a cake to tackle, easy, but have me fix a full dinner and I struggle.

**popcornbird** · 09-20-2006, 01:28 PM

I've been baking since I was 10 or 11 years old. I've always loved sweets, so making cookies and cakes was something I HAD TO learn early from my mom.

I wasn't too keen on cooking, but my mom made sure I knew at least the basics. I used to cook sometimes when my mom wasn't at home, but it wasn't that often. Now that I'm with my husband, I cook almost everyday. If I'm stuck on something, I just give my mom a call and ask her what I'm supposed to do.

I'm starting to master cooking now, and love the compliments I get from my husband everyday, and from my family when I cook for them. Cooking is fun, but making desserts is my passion. I love it! I *have to* *have to* *have to* keep the kitchen clean while I work though. Washing the dishes, wiping the counters, making sure the counters are clear is a must for me when I'm cooking. Dirty counters are a turn off for me, and if the counters are dirty, I just won't cook.

**cyber-sibes** · 09-20-2006, 01:40 PM

Oh yeah, it's in my genes. my mom baked for everybody. My brother made her some business cards, she got so many requests!
Some of my fondest memories of childhood are of my Mom & Dad both cooking in the kitchen. When Mom passed away, I got her recipe box, lucky me!

Even though they're all grease-spotted & tattered, I love using her hand-written recipe cards, I feel like I'm still baking "with" my mom!

*edit* Thanks for posting this poll, after I replied, I got all teary-eyed thinking about my parents (both deceased). What lovely memories!

**pitc9** · 09-20-2006, 01:50 PM

I am good at both... but I am better at baking.
Pumpkin Cheesecake, Cream cheese pound cake, Carmel Pecan pie... ohhh!

**Felicia's Mom** · 09-20-2006, 02:39 PM

I have always loved to bake and cook. Everyone says I am very good too. I have not cooked lately though. Where I now live, I don't have my own kitchen. Everyone living here eats in a common dining room.

**Cookiebaker** · 09-20-2006, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by popcornbird

I *have to* *have to* *have to* keep the kitchen clean while I work though. Washing the dishes, wiping the counters, making sure the counters are clear is a must for me when I'm cooking. Dirty counters are a turn off for me, and if the counters are dirty, I just won't cook.

Ohhh I am so with you on this one, Poppy!!!

If we get lazy and don't do the previous night's dishes, I hate trying to prepare the next meal without doing the dishes first. I am really looking forward to being at home (Thursday is my last day of work) and I am really looking forward to doing a lot more in my brandy new kitchen!!!

Also, for those who enjoy cooking -- is there a season that you like cooking in more than others?? For me, I love fall -- all the harvest vegetables to make soups, stews, and pies, etc.

**Tollers-n-Dobes** · 09-20-2006, 06:03 PM

I can bake and I can also cook as long as it doesn't involve the barbeque.

**Glacier** · 09-20-2006, 06:09 PM

I do all the cooking in our house. Stuart cooks only if it involves fire and he's rarely home to do even that. I bought a new bbq this year that is easy to light so I don't have to wait for him. Our old one was an explosion waiting to happen. I refused to touch it!

I love to bake. I make the best banana-chip muffins ever! I really enjoy making bread when I have time.

I love making big holiday meals and feeding friends!

I am a slob in the kitchen. I'm messy in general. The kitchen is no different! We have plans to renovate our kitchen in a couple years. I am knocking out a wall and adding way more cupboard space--so I can spread the mess out more!

**Uabassoon** · 09-20-2006, 06:30 PM

Well, I lived alone for 3 years and managed to keep myself alive! So I guess I can kind of cook. However if it wasn't for my george forman grill I think most of my meals would have come out of the freezer.

**chocolatepuppy** · 09-20-2006, 07:45 PM

I'm good at cooking and baking. I don't really enjoy cooking though unless I'm hungry for something. I make a pretty good apple pie and sugar cookies.