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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Lerios@hexbear.net to c/food@hexbear.net

hiiiiii communists who live in my pc, do any of you know how to cook?

i don't. at all. a few days ago my roommate taught me how to scramble an egg, and i had never had broccoli or cauliflower or (most other vegetables ๐Ÿ™ƒ) until he let me try some of his, so that's approximately where i'm at with food knowledge. given that i'm clueless and live with several people in a completely open plan house, i try to avoid cooking anyway because i'm constantly being watched in the kitchen and people are making their little comments. BUT work is sending me traveling so i have a kitchen all to myself for 2 weeks and an affordable supermarket about 10 minutes walk away. i plan to use this time to try to learn a bit <3

the only problem is that i have absolutely no clue where to start. i can make rice and boil pasta and that's about it. do any of you have recipes that are accessible for a noob and will help me grind my skill up? gamer-gulag or any idea of places online for my situation?

i have no dietary restrictions and i'm open to trying pretty much anything once. i'm just confused and every recipe i click on online seems to be some artisan shit that needs 2 hours and tools and ingredients i've never heard of

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[-] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Thirding this comment. This is what you want to do. Start getting stuff that's partially premade, and get comfortable doing the steps from the box. Hamburger helper type stuff is a great choice, or things like boxed mac and cheese. As you get more comfortable with it, start adding little touches to it (maybe a little extra pepper, or some hot sauce to taste, or steaming some broccoli and adding it to Mac and cheese). You'll get a feel for how a dish comes together, and as you get more confident, you can start looking up substitution recipes, and eventually move toward making things from scratch. A surprising number of "wet" recipes (sauces and the like) need some "dry" ingredients like flour or cornstarch to come together right. Using boxed stuff will get you used to seeing that transformation, but takes the guesswork out of measuring and lets you focus on first just making the pasta or browning the meat, and later on flavors. Don't try to do everything from scratch at first.

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