Baking/cooking impaired?

[Ginger's Mom]

Hahaha, I am a really awful cook. If you want to see my family leave in a hurry, just have me offer to cook them dinner. My first dog (Peaches) would not eat anything I cooked. I would put left-overs in her bowl, and she would sniff it and walk away. Now, you know that is pretty bad.

I am alright with baking though (I make good chocolate chip cookies ).

[sparks19]

I can cook and bake. It just kinda comes naturally to me and the more I do it the more creative I find I can be. I made a chicken and mushroom casserole last night and I just made it up as I went along. LOL

I never really used to like cooking but now that I am with my husband and he likes everything I can experiment. when I was living with my dad it was spaghetti, fried egg sandwiches, hamburger gravy, or hamburgers and fries LOL. My dad doesn't like anything "new". With my husband he eats all veggies and likes a wide variety of foods. I think I am pickier than he is. so now it is exciting to cook new meals.

I have been baking for years. used to bake with my mom when I was a kid. Can't wait to make christmas cookies lol.

However, our friend marjie can't cook ANYTHING. she has top of the line cookware and everything you could imagine but she couldn't cook grilled cheese lol.

[luvofallhorses]

I can bake but not cook.

[Cookiebaker]

i love to bake and cook!!!!!!!!!! Nothing too "gourmet", but i love new recipes!!

[mina'smomma]

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

[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.

[Uabassoon]

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]

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.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Well, I lived alone for 3 years and managed to keep myself alive!
So I guess I can kind of cook.

I've "stayed alive" (or almost so) for a few more than 3 years!
And I did it before the MicroWave was *invented* and frozen dinners ??
tasted mostly like warmed cardboard!

However, if it wasn't for my George Forman grill,
I think most of my meals would have come out of the freezer.

What's George got to do with the freezer??

George cooks a LOT of my meals - and most of them originate from the Freezer!

Good thing Mickey doesn't sell *Frozen* Big Macs!!

[Dorothy39]

Oh GEEZ, Phred, I am laughing too darned hard to reply,

Gotta Pray for that "frozen Big Mac" huh!!!!!