itt blogs instruct you how to be a man

as A Real Man i was hoping to find a cookbook that would also tell me WHERE i can cook, since i don't know these things being A Real Man and all

what: foie gras
when: yesterday
where: garage
how: car battery
why: to attain true enlightenment

i totally endorse men being willing and able to cook for themselves (and and others!) and i hope to live to see the day when "bitch make me a sandwich" lols are no longer lol'ed. if it takes a 'man's cookbook' to set a guy in the path to learning those skills then... good? it's just sad & weird to me that 'for men' books apparently have to give permission for guys to learn this stuff and assure them it won't make them any less of a man?

which is kind of doubly weird if you think about celebrity chefs and even just regular restaurant kitchens and how they tend to be dominated by real manly macho dudes (read: insufferable assholes), which i mean there's probably an interesting point in there about cuisine and gender and trade/capital but my brain can't figure it out

Just a Bunch of Recipes

Zien, creator and host of the television show Sam the Cooking Guy, is very clear from the onset that he is not a chef; he also believes that certain things, like measuring ingredients (unless baking), are a "waste of time" and that 350 degrees is the "universal temperature" at which to cook everything. A self-proclaimed "regular guy," Zien thinks that people have "been wrecked by cooking shows with their millions of complicated steps and crazy ass ingredients." His recipes are for people who want to cook, but want to spend as little time and effort in the kitchen as possible.

(Pocket Companions)

so people who don't want to cook

real men want to cook but do not want to do a good job i guess?

Choose from recipes like Shrimp Tacos,Buffalo Chicken Pizza, and Steak Salad withBlue Cheese Crumbles as well as super-fast favorites such as Chili Corn Chip Bags and Tomato and Potato Chip Sandwiches

His recipes are for people who want to cook, but want to spend as little time and effort in the kitchen as possible.

"men are lazy fucks who don't like to do detailed tasks" is kind of a shitty way to pander to your intended audience

How To Cook Like You're A Bennigan's

Sam the Colon Cancer Guy

if I ever encounter anyone who claims one of their favorite meals is "Tomato and Potato Chip Sandwiches", I will instantly and bloodily murder that person and everyone they ever knew and/or loved

dn makes that post

Do real men cook? Of course they do. From the great chefs of France to the rough-and-tumble short-order cooks, real men have been preparing manly dishes for centuries. With dry wit and wisdom, W. J. Rayment dishes out recipes, reflects on the state of society and solves the world's most pressing problems.

I really love his "Wild Mushroom Risotto with Raisins and Financial Solvency for Greece"

hah you and the person who wrote the back cover of the book are in sync:

He points out how chicken in a Gorgonzola sauce can bring us peace in our time. His bean soup recipe is a sure fix for the energy crisis.

Homelessness and Chimichurri Chicken

Sam the Cooking Guy: Just a Bunch of Recipes

I get a kick out of the fact that we're being marketed to with these too-stupiod-or-fragile-to-do-basic-tasks books, but istead of being sold hammers with flowers painted on them, we get whisks that look like socket wrenches.

A personal favorite: guy in a commercial is handed a vaccume cleaner and he gets all flabbergasted like he's some sort of idiot child who can't figure out basic, common machines that he's seen used every week of his life.

Hopefully there is a recipe for Ham Cybele in there.

just a bunch of testicles

i took a picture of this advice from "guy food" by rachael ray:

https://p.twimg.com/Ah6vlLbCIAAakQD.jpg

Cooking My Scrotum At The Universal Temperature

350 degrees is the "universal temperature" at which to cook everything.

uh can we get back to how insane this is

Now serving "Scrot Au Feu"

I do the large majority of cooking for my family and find this shit patently offensive

Smash the patriarchy w yr frying pans etc

i'm really into this universal temperature idea; i think it has a lot to offer

I've grown up around dudes who cook my whole life, it's not even a thing. That it's *even* a thing is like, 'omg I know this woman who votes'.

otm, i don't think there's even a little gender gap w/ kitchen interest/capability amongst ppl i know <40

350 degrees is the "universal temperature" at which to cook everything.

uh can we get back to how insane this is

― Roger Barfing (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, June 1, 2012 4:06 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah why would it even be that good of a thing to cook all food at one temperature.

i mean you don't need to know calculus to set the oven.

and I know as many women who could give a crap about cooking as I do men. it's a non-starter.

kinda feel like this stuff is being stealth marketed to male college students who haven't yet figured out how to cook and are still eating cafe food and ramen

it's not really for men it's for "MEN"

my parents gave me a book like that when i was first out of college but it was targeted at college students/people just out of college in general, not MEN

I have copies of "Cooking for Dummies" and "Gourmet Cooking for Dummies" which my mom gave me, along with a long "honestly, I don't think you are a dummy, I just like these cookbooks" preamble. She was not reassured when I took the books and said, "It's okay, Mom; I know what you really think of me... *sniff* Can you help me tie my shoes? I always seem to tie them together."

what these do-gooders don't understand is that ramen is an essential rite of passage.

"Keep the cookbooks, Mom. I need to go poopy."

I cooked ramen from scratch during college more times than I ate instant ramen. And I have a penis!

fwiw, i think that college aged women also often need to be taught how to cook, but obv these books aren't being marketed towards them. different products are marketed towards them

http://willwalker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/easybakerecallpromoimage.jpg

(jokes, obv)

men know how to cook these

http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/hungry_man_old.gif

soy + peanut butter + ramen = satay

WELCOME TO COOKING

look, it comes with the dessert! xp

just looking at that thing is making my colon hate me

a lot of our cultural relationships to cooking food are really weird tho, gender aside like in Finding Betty Crocker:

“At this time, the company was still refining their approach to marketing. While they sought to promote a quick and easy product that still retained a “fresh, ‘home-made’” quality, ‘the market was slow to mature’ (p. 168). The company called upon the market research of Dr. Burleigh Gardner and Dr. Ernet Dichter, both business psychologists:
‘The problem, according to psychologists, was eggs. Dichter, in particular, believed that powdered eggs, often used in cake mixes, should be left out, so women could add a few fresh eggs into the batter, giving them a sense of creative contribution.’
As a result, General Mills (who own Betty Crocker) altered their product, abandoning the powdered egg in their mixes. The requirement to add eggs at home was marketed as a benefit, conferring the quality of ‘home-made’ authenticity upon the box cake mix. (Whether using fresh eggs instead of powdered eggs actually enhanced taste was beside the point.)”

ok, maybe gender not totally aside but i always found that really weird. we need to feel assured that we're actually cooking, even if that assurance comes from the arbitrary number/type of ingredients we're adding at home

I just wish all my food could be made out of engine blocks and breasts. And that I could cook it with my cufflinks.

I'm surprised Axe and Ed Hardy haven't teamed up for a cookbook yet.