deep-fried cooking issues at 26

i think you really should learn to cook.im a man and yet i a ot about cooking.my father taught me cooking while i was young and until now i love to cook.its really easy to cook as long as you know what you are cooking and should have the proper ingredient to make it taste good.whoa!things are hot between you?well you should take some cooking class and prepare a good food for your love one.

My mother is a good cook, she used to work in a restaurant before she married my dad. When I was younger, she just let me look while she cook and give instructions on how to cook a meal. On my teen years, I do the cooking when I am at home, cooking only simple meals. When I get married, I bought cook books so I can learn how to cook complicated dishes for my family. Now that my mother is old, her taste buds is somewhat different, she always say that my cooking is not good, that I have been married so long ago and yet I can not prepare a good dish, that I did not inherited her cooking talent, but my husband and my children said that the meal was perfect. I don't know, maybe, it was my mother's pride that she said so, she doesn't want anybody to be compared to her. I just ask for her suggestion to make the dish good to her taste just to prevent further arguing with her.

I can understand how frustrating it must be to learn how to cook with someone who is so critical! I have a feeling that my husband might feel that way a little in the kitchen with me. I try not to be a monster, but I love my cooking so much that I want it done just right! I consider myself to be a self-taught cook. I grew up with my grandma, and she taught me some basics but not much beyond that. We never went out to eat much and our home meals were pretty simple most of the time. I got interested in cooking when I started dating, partially because I went to restaurants and was exposed to a lot more food options, and partially because I had a boyfriend whose mom was a really good cook. I did a lot of my learning one winter when my grandparents went to Florida for a few months and I had the house and kitchen to myself. I think that was really important- just me and the kitchen, and I was the only one who was going to have to eat the results, so I could just experiment and figure out what worked and what didn't. I tried a lot of recipes and I also tried just throwing ingredients together without a recipe. Then...I got cable TV, and Food Network. I can honestly say that about 75% of what I know about cooking, I learned by watching Food Network. It's like having a cooking instructor in your own kitchen (as long as you stick to the shows that are actually about cooking in your own home...Iron Chef won't help you much!). I really like Good Eats with Alton Brown and 30-Minute Meals with Rachel Ray. The Food Network website also has most of the recipes that you see in the shows, which is really handy. So, after all that, here are 3 things that I believe you need to become a good cook: 1. The ability to follow directions well. If you can follow directions, you can make most recipes. 2. Practice and experience. Half of this experience includes eating a lot of different foods and learning to recognize the flavors and ingredients that work well together. 3. Courage. You have to be willing to try something new without being too afraid of how it will turn out. If it works, great! If not, then you've still learned something. If you can find a friend's kitchen to use instead of your mom's, that'd be great. You could also ask your mom if you could have some time in the kitchen by yourself- maybe there's a night of the week that she won't be around and you could get dinner up for yourself. A cooking class might be a great idea if you have the finances for it. Your local community college might have a culinary program, or there are many private businesses that offer lessons. I'm sure you can find something! Good luck.