Baking/cooking impaired?

[CathyBogart]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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!

[Cookiebaker]

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.