Measure or guess?

Isn't that the hight of rudeness, tellign someone what to do in their own kitchen! I'd be chasing them out with kitchen tools if they even dared, hee-hee. Shame I usually get kitchen tools attacking me really.

Yup, I think so too, but I mostly ignore people and just do my own thing. There is never anything left over so they must force themselves to eat it :-) I think they just have to interfere, life time habit. They are just as bad when we go shopping, there is nearly war - "what do you need that for, what are you going to use that for" etc etc blah blah blah. I know what you mean about kitchen tools attacking you. Mine do that too, wonder if we got them from the same factory? Isn't that the hight of rudeness, tellign someone what to do in their own kitchen! I'd be chasing them out with kitchen tools if they even dared, hee-hee. Shame I usually get kitchen tools attacking me really.

Ah well, you do plenty of other things without having cooking added to the list and your family love their food so you can't be doing much wrong. I have no problems with other people using scales etc, just being told what to do in MY kitchen lol.

Yes, it does, doesn't it? I don't like chilli myself but my partner loves it and I tend to add just a pinch to his portion of food and he thinks it is wonderful. I think it is about one twentieth of a teaspoon, so who would bother with that lololol.

You are a rebel in very aspect so that does not surprise me. Your meals are delicious too, so you have a very fine instinct :-)

Hahahaha you know me to well

Now, how did I know I could count on you to be the same as I am lol. I bet you are a great cook though.

lol ya guess I guess and not sure if I am good or not if they eat it they like it if they dont they dont like it and if they do that to often they do thier own cooking lol. Acutually my youngest son is better than me he really makes ideas. The 2 kids I had with this last hubby learned how to cook when they were real young for I told them I didnt want them to depend on any one else to cook for them specially my son. For if his wife couldnt cook he would know how and he would never go hungry ,I think it is sad if a man dont know how to cook my hubby didnt and when he had to go to a job I couldnt go with him on he had a time of it and know he didnt eat all that good but I tought him how to boil eggs and he could fry them too also showed him how to fix a steak in the microwave so he got on a little bit better when I wasnt along!

Well, they all seem to thrive pretty well so you must be doing something right :-) I know what you mean about men not being able to cook, I think all children should be taught basic survival skills and cooking is one of them. I think it is very sad that a lot of children never get to cook with their parents or grandparents and don't know the simple joys of shelling peas (one for the bowl, one for the mouth, lol) etc.

I am going to get a screen between myself and them, is the only way lol. Mostly my food is OK and everyone eats it and usually asks for a second helping so I must be doing something right. I love my partner's cooking but I swear he uses very single item in the kitchen!

Yup they would lol. Shame you can't come round and cook with me then we could drive them double bats in the belfry and I would enjoy eveery second!

Ooops! however, when you have made lots of pancakes you will probably find that you are more successful at guessing, because if the batter is too thin you will know to add a little more flour until it is just right for you. I lurve pancakes!

Ah, long time no see my friend I am pleased to hear from you :-) Yes, at school you have to do as you are told, maybe that is why I get so cross when being told what to do now. You and I are wonderful cooks!

;-) oh yes we are lol

Yes I believe most chefs work without measures because they do so much cooking and indeed create their own signature dishes so nobody can say that the ingredients are wrong lol. I had an idea you would be a chucker inner just like me :-)

Yup, the washing up is a big factor in learning how to guesstimate, isn't it lol.

I don't think many things taste the same every time because the chemistry within our tastebuds can alter from time to time as well. Enjoying food is a wonderful adventure and I think tinkering with the ingredients and producing wholesome and delicious food should be fun, not something fit for the chemistry laboratory. I have up to a dozen people turn up here for a meal so I must be doing something right along the way lol.

I think the reason that it turns out better than the original recipe is that we instinctively fine tune the ingredients to suit our tastebuds lol.

Oh yes I love that word - improvisation! one of my favourites. I am pretty careful with spices, I put them into my hand then into the recipe rather than shake shake as we all know that the gremlins deliberately loosen the tops just ready for that eventuality lol.

Yup, that is true, and in spite of all the temptation and provocation I have never yet managed to poison anyone. I used to cater for darts teams and although I was the best player the men alway shoved all the catering onto me in the hope that I would get fed up and leave. THAT was the worst temptation to poison the lot of them I ever had so far, and I didn't measure then either lol.

Oh dear, it must get very tiring if you have to do things twice too often. You are not a sad cook, you do what works for you and it makes delicious food, so you do exactly the right thing :-)

My niece and nephew used my measuring spoons more than I ever did - for making mud pies lol. I just make sure that all meat and fish is very well cooked, even though the experts would say it was over cooked, and everything seems to go just fine.