Cook?! Are you kidding?
Each person is different. Some of us like to cook and others won't be caught dead in a kitchen but one thing is for certain, we all need to eat. I know grown people who cannot cook but they still manage well. They're always at someone's house for dinner and their fridge has always got leftover restaurant-bought food.
Is this going to be you in ten years? I hope not. Being able to learn the basic survival skills of today's society speaks to how independent a young person can be. Think about it, if you and your friends can have a get-together and not need paren'ts to do stuff for you then paren'ts are less likely to hang around, they trust that you know what to do. Better yet, when you go off to college or out on your own you can feel confident when inviting friends over to your place.
Most of us learn to cook from our paren'ts but we can also try simple cooking classes. You don't have to go to a special school, some of the larger grocery chains, as well as, the school boards offer classes. It may be fun if you and your friends took the classes together and the bonus is you get to eat the food at the end of class, yum. Recipe books are great too, but sometimes they can be a challenge and it's no fun if your creation looks nothing like that glossy picture. The books on the "Cooking for Teens" booklist have very simple instructions and are easy to follow. There are also great videos on the internet.
What would you like to learn to cook and would you prefer a hands-on lesson or a recipe book?
15 thoughts on “Cook?! Are you kidding?”
I would totally love to emerge myself into the culinary arts. I would definitely prefer a hands on lesson.
Honestly I love cooking but I really don’t understand how much salt, spice, or sugar I have to put and my mom says that one should have common sense or basic knowledge when putting salt or sugar etc. I find it irritating to have to ask my mom how much salt or how much onion should go with this much spice etc!
I enjoy cooking, since you not only learn how to cook recipes but you also get to eat them and see the outcome of what you made. I would like to learn how to cook different dishes from different cuisines. Also, I prefer a hands-on lesson though a recipe book helps as well.
Cooking is supposed to be hands on. Recipe books are only guides, but a hands on experience helped me learn how to cook better. What I would like to learn to cook is a basic omelette. I like cooking in the kitchen, but the omelette always turns into scrambled eggs whenever I fry them.
Same here! Seriously, how are you suppose to know this kind of stuff??? Professional chefs would say things like “This pie needs 2 more minutes in the oven” or “This salmon could do with a few more drops of lemon juice to balance out the earthy taste”.
To be honest, I dislike cooking. I know it’s an important skill that I need to learn, but throwing together a meal can’take ages. I suck it up though, and I now have a general sense of what to do in the kitchen. I love baking, however, because I actually crave eating whatever I make. I guess that’s the trick to cooking – make what you actually want to eat.
I’m a terror at cooking. I think I’d need hands-on lessons and a very, very patient teacher…
I guess this is where the recipe book might help.
Have you checked out a grocery store for upcoming cooking classes? Those are great.
Hey William, try watching this video. <“>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgHgbn_sVUw&feature=player_detailpage>
I also like the hands-on lesson.
I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.
If you can’t get a family member, try a cooking class or video tutorials.
I really like cooking. When my paren’ts are cooking I am always in the kitchen helping them. When I was little they would let me put in the salt and they always made me taste it. I know they would taste it too when I wasen’t looking to make sure it wasen’t too salty. That is how I have learned. I would like to learn how to make a few more things that they do not cook and surprise them at what I have learned.
I would much rather have a hands on lesson since I actually see how something is made. Instructions can be so confusing since you have a limited amount of space to write. Whereas if it is a lesson then you can ask questions.
But then if you take classes, people aren’t precise with measurements so how can you get the recipe straight?
In other words, people I think that a little bit of both is good.