primitives discuss what bad cooks do wrong

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115713399

Oh my.

Viva_La_Revolution (25,862 posts)

5 Simple Things That Every Bad Cook Does Wrong

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-simple-things-that-every-bad-cook-does-wrong/

good info, with a heavy dose of humor

I went to the link, so others don't have to (condensed from the original):

5 Simple Things That Every Bad Cook Does Wrong

#5. Cutting Meat Too Soon After Cooking It
#4. Using High Heat on Everything
#3. Not Knowing Your Pans
#2. Going Crazy With the Seasoning
#1. ****ing With It Too Much

The defrocked warped primitive, who's as mean and ugly as a rattlesnake:

Warpy (64,293 posts)

1. They missed the worst one

6. Use paring knives for everything and never sharpen them.

Whenever I meet somebody who hates to cook and is a bad cook, I invariably find one worn down, dull paring knife and a bunch of pristine chef's, boning, and bread knives sitting in a dusty block. My first lesson always covers knives: how to hold them, how to fit your own hand, how to maintain them, and then how to use them. People who bitch about cutting up onions find it a revelation when they start to use a sharp chef's knife (Santoku or French) and cut them properly. The job is done too quickly for a single tear to form.

They turn into v****e choppin' fools. Using a boning knife to cut up a chicken instead of paying more money for a chicken in pieces is also a revelation. Then there's the bread knife on that first bread--usually Irish soda bread--they turn out. Who knew? Well, other than people who like to cook.

It also comes as a surprise to them that the bigger the knife, the fewer lacerations they'll have since the big blade protects their hands instead of threatening them.

Knives are central to everything in cooking. Once someone learns how to use the proper knife properly, the other stuff starts to fall into place.

Well, except for the fried chicken welded to the bottom of a skillet. I've had it go black in a stainless skillet and still not release. That's why my skillets now are Calphalon and used to be cast iron when I could lift them.

NMDemDist2 (48,138 posts)

2. my step mom is an excellent cook and had the worse knives in the world

i bought a good chef's knife to leave there for me and when i left she used it and ended up with a brand new set that she's still raving about

The above's the whole campfire.

I was sort of hoping Mrs. Alfred Packer's Wild Bill would show up, to show off his collection of cadaver carvers, gotten from the county coroner's surplus-property auction.

[NHSparky]

I dunno, maybe you could look at Pam's chicken enchiladas and make a list of things.

[andhe78]

Forget needing all those knives.  My jackknife gets used for everything from cutting baling twine to castrating hogs to turning screws, it does a grand job in the kitchen too.  (My wife usually kicks me out of the kitchen when I whip it out though, so it has that going for it too.)

[Freeper]

Forget needing all those knives.  My jackknife gets used for everything from cutting baling twine to castrating hogs to turning screws, it does a grand job in the kitchen too.  (My wife usually kicks me out of the kitchen when I whip it out though, so it has that going for it too.)

You really shouldn't whip it out in the kitchen.

Oh you meant the knife. Never mind. 

[Celtic Rose]

I'm a decent cook, and I've found that as long as knife cuts what it needs to cut it doesn't really matter which one you use    

[andhe78]

You really shouldn't whip it out in the kitchen.

Oh you meant the knife. Never mind. 

Lol, totally missed that innuendo, sorry.

[Freeper]

Lol, totally missed that innuendo, sorry.

Get your mind in the gutter dude. 

[67 Rover]

Forget needing all those knives.  My jackknife gets used for everything from cutting baling twine to castrating hogs to turning screws, it does a grand job in the kitchen too.  (My wife usually kicks me out of the kitchen when I whip it out though, so it has that going for it too.)

Another vote here for any opportunity to whip out and use the Spyderco Endura.

[GOBUCKS]

My first lesson always covers knives

Someone takes lessons from the hateful, grotesque DUmpmonkey Warpy?

[obumazombie]

I'm a decent cook, and I've found that as long as knife cuts what it needs to cut it doesn't really matter which one you use    

Cheshire cat cookbook ?

[Lacarnut]

Using excellent cooking pots that spread heat evenly is a hell of a lot more important than what kind of knife used.