Do you enjoy cooking...or do it becuase you have to?
By kayla_7602
@kayla_7602 (704)
Canada
November 23, 2010 8:57am CST
we all have to eat, so unfortunetly not cooking in not an option. Eating out is way to expensive especially if it was every day and it's not healty. So I personally have no choice, as I am sure most of you dont have a choice either.
I like to cook sometimes, I will get recipes to try, experiment with imgredients and see what I can come up with. But sometimes just the though of having to cook could drive me up the wall.
Sometimes I just dont want anything...nothing sounds good so it makes it really hard to even decide what to cook, and sometimes I just plain and simple do not want to cook! Usally for night like that I have a frozen pizza in the freezer, or we will have soups and sandwhiches or something really easy and premade!
So do you like to cook, expirement with cooking?
20 responses
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
23 Nov 10
We eat meat here, but I have to vegatarians in my family. It must be a little annoying that you always have to make your own food and cant eat what everyone else is eating. I love when I make something that is really good, the problem is trying to remember everything I put into it to make it good, and usally I cant remember :)
@Xansus (946)
• Bulgaria
23 Nov 10
I'm not against the mean i eat with my parents too i just pass the meat and head for the sauce its not bad ^.^ well i eat some meat but i dont like it cooked and some others :) .
Well everybody for them self if i don't have something to eat when my mom is making it just make something ;)
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@Robincon (12)
• China
23 Nov 10
i like cooking by myself, i like eating, when i go to a new place, i will eat the especially food the place only have, then i want to learn how to cook, i will search the recipes to learn the way to cook, then i will try to make the food in my house. through this i can eat delicious food in my home, though it not eat so appetizing as the restaurant cook.
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@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
23 Nov 10
I know...why is it that you can never make food taste the same as in the restuarants? I guess thats why people keep going back to thier favorite restuarants!
@ljlisas (76)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
I am not really fond of cooking. I'd rather eat than cook anytime! haha.
I am from a typical Filipino family so i still live in the same house as my parents. And well...my father loooves to cook. He's our cook in the family...not my mom.
Sometimes when they're away then I cook. Nothing fancy...just simple, uncomplicated stuff that can still fill my tummy.
My sister inlaw though is a great cook and she makes the best applie pie and I am hoping to learn some cooking from her sometime soon.
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@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
23 Nov 10
My husband is a fabulous cook...much better then myself I would say. I try to learn from him but I can never make it taste the same. However he works so he cooks on weekends for pleasure, and all the meals and cooking through the week is up to me. There is some things I can cook better then my husband though and then it bugs him and he keeps trying to make his better then mine, and usally he succeeds! :)
@careasl (257)
• United States
23 Nov 10
Now that I actuallt have to cook, I actually learned to love it. Before I moved in with my fiance and had a baby, I always ate frozen dinners or ate from fast food restaurants. I normally make simple meals with pasta such as spagetti, chicken fettucine alfredo, or baked ziti. I also make simple stuff like chicken wraps, jambalaya, and pizza
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@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
23 Nov 10
I am the opposite, I used to LOVE to cook. It was relaxing and one of my favortie things to do in my spare time. Then I had kids and a husband and I HAD to cook everyday, and now I find more days then not I just dont feel like cooking!
@andrey0109 (297)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
23 Nov 10
i always love and enjoy cooking especially if i am making new recipe. It is just making me feel good when I am cooking especially if I am cooking for my loveone and they like it a lot.
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@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
23 Nov 10
That is one of the best parts of cooking a good meal, seeing all your loved ones full and happy after having a delicious meal! It's neat being able to create such yummy and tasty meals out of all these basic ingredients....it is really like art :)
@arreolabryan (856)
• Philippines
23 Nov 10
I love to cook but I don't have time to cook. I enjoy cooking and learning the basics of it. I am no chef, just a newbie. Hope you guys can teach me :)
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@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
23 Nov 10
cooking is alot of fun, especially when you get to do it for fun and not because you have to. A great website is allrecipes.com. Not only do they have thousands and thousands of recipes but also lots of tutorials and information.
@ganeshprabhuk (1722)
• India
24 Nov 10
I like cooking and try to do experiments each and every time I cook. If we cook with delight than the food turns out to be very tasty. I like experimenting watching TVs, books and other journals. Sometimes even I find it difficult to think what to cook. Its just difficult to think what to cook.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
I have that problem all the time, I can never decide what I should cook. I run out of ideas and find it hard to find inspiration. Especially something that everyone will like, becuase they all have different likes and dislikes with taste.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
That must suck, not liking cooking at all ever, but still having to do it. For me is sometimes really fun, most times it's ok and only sometimes I dont want to and have to.
@mandy8611 (154)
• China
25 Nov 10
I don't enjoy cooking, t takes a lot of tiem, but I have to do cooking myself now,because my husband and I don't live together with our parents. eating out is so expensive and nor healthy, so we have to cook for ourself. everyday after work, I have to buy vegetables and meat from the market and cook them, after dinner I have to do cleaning, the whole process usually take me around two hours.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
29 Nov 10
Cooking and dishes does take a long time. I dont always have the time I need to now what I do is for some things I will cook alot of the food...like meatlof and then eat and freeze the rest and have another meal of 2. I love just being able to take a meal out of the freezer in the morning and the warming it up at dinner, and much less dishes!
@Angelgirl16 (2171)
• United States
24 Nov 10
I enjoy cooking and trying new recipes. When my children were growing up, they rarely go to eat fast foods because I loved to cook home cooked meal on a daily basis.
I still love to cook, but I don't do it as often anymore. I still have all of my old cookbooks from Betty Crocker and other great cooks. I think when I retire and have grandchildren, I will start to cook more often.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
Thats so cool, then your children can tell your grandchildren how you use to cook these meals for them. It also gives you something to look forward to!
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
24 Nov 10
Yes I love cooking specially when I'm home.I cooked specially on Sundays where all members of the family are present.After eating I would ask everyone what they can say about my cooking.Sometimes comments are a bit negative but mostly positive.Sometimes every one helps in the preparation but mostly I do the cooking, and I enjoy it...
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
I do love big sunday dinners. We usally rotate in my family, one week we will go to my moms house, then my sister, then mine. So we will all take turns cooking and everyweek we get to come together as a family.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
I do love making deserts and baking still. I love it still becuase it's not a routine is like dinner. I dont have to bake all the time so when I do it's something I am doing for fun, beacause I want to and love it.
@mhypie03 (683)
• Philippines
24 Nov 10
I just learned to cook yesterday. Guess what, I made a buttered tuna steak! LOLZ! It's was easy. It just became a bit salty because I have added more than enough of salt used for marinating. But overall, my bf liked it. And I am now liking cooking. =)
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
How exciting! I am glad your boyfriend liked it! Alot of cooking is about expierementing and very rarely do things turn out perfect the first time, each time you cook something you learn a little something of what you should so different, add, change something.
@shiningmoon (30)
• China
24 Nov 10
When i was in college i liked cooking very much, although when it is at home that i can cook. The satisfaction that seeing my families eat what i cook and smill spurs me for a long time. I even made two dishes for our gusts once in a dinner party. On holidays, i surfed on the internet for new recipes and exchanged experiments with my friends. Wo..
After graduated, i found a work which is far away from my parents. Now i lives with my boyfriend and scarely cooks cause my boyfriend also likes cooking, moreover, facts have proved that his skill is better than mine, so i'm now only responsible for soup cooking and washing dishes. hoho~~
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
My husband is also a much better cook than I am. But he works so through the week the cooking is up to me, except for on the rare occasion that he gets home super early, but usally I have dinner ready when he gets home from work.
Weekend though he usally always cooks, unless we eat out on occassion, or we go to familys becuase we were invited thier for dinner.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
24 Nov 10
Yes I love cooking specially when I'm home.I cooked specially on Sundays where all members of the family are present.After eating I would ask everyone what they can say about my cooking.Sometimes comments are a bit negative but mostly positive.Sometimes every one helps in the preparation but mostly I do the cooking and I enjoy it...
@junil_jk (496)
• India
24 Nov 10
i learned to cook not too long ago so my cooking range is very limited. before that i'd score a big ZERO in cooking. as such, i know how to cook only a few styles. yeah i do love cooking whenever i do and try and make sure that i cook it the best way i can. as a matter of fact i don't cook everyday as others are there to do it. it's occasionally that i cook and so it can expected pretty well that i cook when i'm in the mood and when the right things are there for me to cook.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
I am jelous!! lol That is exactly how it used to be for me, and every single time that I would cook it was becuase I wanted to. I miss those times! Although I love my family and my children, so cooking everyday and not loving it everytime is a small sacrafice!
@jinjer168 (1596)
• Philippines
24 Nov 10
Hello! yes, i love to cook because i was used of doing that ever since I am a young girl. Its so nice to buy, prepare and mixed all the ingredients and watched what you'll arrived at. Whenever I saw how my loved ones liked what ive cooked, then its a joy on my part knowing that ive prepared something delicious and healthy for them. And not only that, by cooking something by yourself, you'll be able to mixed whatever ingredients you like most and you could be able to follow what your taste buds wanted.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
Hello :) I also have been cooking since I was a young girl. My mom taught me to cook when i was young and I loved it. I still enjoy even love cooking sometimes, but I think having to cook makes it not as enjoyable. I do love being able to use the ingredients I want and get the tastes that my family likes the most.
@vangie26 (445)
• Philippines
24 Nov 10
It will come to the point of your life when you have to learn cooking, whether you like it or not. When you marry or when it is about time that you have to live alone. I started cooking when I got married, I have to cook for my husband because he obliged me to do it. And it will not be practical to eat outside when you have a family already. Now, i love to cook and still looking forward each day to cook for them.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
Sometimes I still look forward to cooking for them. Most days I dont mind cooking for them, but then thier is the odd day when I really dont want to cook! But I always cook anyways. Well except for on weekends when sometimes my husband cooks and he is an amazing book.
@kayla_7602 (704)
• Canada
24 Nov 10
I do love seeing my family sit down to a nice hot home cooked meal, and enjoy it. I love when they leave the table full. Sometimes I just dont have energy to want to cook though!
