i love cooking but i still manage to fuck up pancakes somehow, even tho i've made them several times
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
o i have no idea how to cook broccoli either lex, fyi
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
I've burned every pancake I've flipped...
I lost my fear of boiling when my mom forced me to cook my own Quaker Oats in high school.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah pancakes are tough
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
any good ideas on what to do with excess bacon grease/lard btw? was thinking corn muffins maybe
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
refried beans
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
make a pie crust with 1/2 lard 1/2 butter and make a savory tart
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
you can fry pancakes in bacon grease, if you're dirty like that
OOOOH that is an idea. maybe leek and goat cheese?
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
holy christ I'm hard
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
also bacon fat is v nice for skillet-roasted brussel sprouts or potatoes
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
i have heard that about potatoes but to be honest i don't feel comfortable using bacon fat to cook anything except bacon
that is just one step too far for me
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit yeah, potatoes cooked in bacon grease = all-time
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
i just . . . . the very idea
like let's use this fat from a pig
to cook my vegetables
no. i can't. i mean i'm sure i have no idea what i'm putting in my mouth half the time but yeah even animal broth freaks me out.
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
it's like what?
it's like making out with a sow
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
i mean i'm sure i have no idea what i'm putting in my mouth half the time
opengoal.jpg
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
:D
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
pancakes are one thing i am very good at. golden brown on both sides.
although, i flip with a spatula, and the implication i am getting from lex seems to be that he like...flicks his wrist while holding the pan or soemthing.
The key is to have the pan fairly hot and flip JUST as bubbles appear in the batter.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
i can imagine u being really good at pancakes.
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
....
it's instructions like this that stress me out so much when i try to cook
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i use an electric griddle for pancakes and flip them with a spatula. omelets require the high-flying wrist action imho.
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
I've no problem flipping omelets; they're easier to control because I like them a bit cooked on the bottom.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
i usually make scrambled eggs because they require the least amount of effort when i'm hungover on sunday mornings
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
tbh one of the reasons i bought a rice cooker is to make brown rice & quinoa etc, so I can maybe make 'light cooking' easier on myself? in the kitchen i tend to default to rich / hearty / comfort foods that are not so good for you.
which reminds me, I need to buy a pork shoulder for easter
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
I looooove cooking for/with my boof
― Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
steve are u still vegan? is he?
― i think this is serious (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
boof cooked for me once (salmon/asparagus/potatoes) and we had a picnic date where we each brought something (i made cheesecake brownies)
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
xp no and no
― Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
jason used to love to cook for me because i would get very excited and devour everything. i could never return the favor though. the best i could do was pay for the groceries.
i mean, i can make some mean french toast! and i used to be able to do a good job approximating my mom's mac 'n cheese, but i can't bring myself to eat that much dairy all at once anymore.
i would TOTALLY watch a show on A&E that just profiles people who try and boil rice but in the process break down and cry and nearly go insane
ha- haven't seen it but i'm pretty sure food network has something like this.
i've no idea how one even begins to bake chicken or indeed do anything with raw meat.
yep. plus raw meat makes me want to hurl. :) and marinating? i'd inevitably find a way to fuck that up real good. maybe i could learn! i'm as anxious about cooking as i am driving. i stress out if i don't know exactly what i'm doing, and my inclination is to panic as soon as i do something wrong. but once i've done it like 5, 6, 7 times, then i'm set.
― handy ban (lou), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
yeah. driving is the grown-up thing i still don't do.
parents split and cars became inaccessible partway through getting my full license (we have graduated licensing) and now I live somewhere where I never really need to. I know that I should but at this point it just prompts so much anxiety and i'm all about public transit and walking places.
I mean, future road trips with boy etc. want to be possible, but it's tricky. Boat may have sailed there.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I was wondering if lex drives.
lou, we should meet up and compare Brooklyn notes soon!
btw Veronica Peoples club bar in Greenpoint is closing this weekend! At least I got one gay metal night w/ Dr Druna there.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
i stress out if i don't know exactly what i'm doing, and my inclination is to panic as soon as i do something wrong
oh god, this is exactly it for me too.
i don't drive, i live in london! i think i know maybe two people who can drive.
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know how people drive, what a ridiculous thing
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
selling my car was one of the better decisions i made in the past year. i'd much rather have the giant synth i bought with that $.
morbs- i'm down! i guess the EMP isn't too far off. maybe we can all arrange something then.
― handy ban (lou), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
I drive and dislike it but it's the only other way I can listen to new pop music on the radio.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
i don't drive. terrified of it tbh
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
sucks if i ever want to go to the desert tho
― althea and (donna rouge), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
I don't own a car, but I love driving and do it at every opportunity. I never feel more at home than behind the wheel and on the freeway.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
I don't understand how I ever afforded. I owned cars for 11 years - since I was 17 years old - until I moved to Chicago and I always paid for my own gas, insurance, and maintenance. And tickets. So many tickets. And lawyers.
Now it seems impossibly expensive even though I'm making far more money than I was in my late teens.
Just counted: I've owned 8 cars.
― free societies must let drunken gay Texans have sex (Je55e), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
i love driving too i just find it terrifying, but one day i'm telling u i will be able to drive, and listen to music, and drive
one day
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:56 (twelve years ago) link
surm, if you haven't driven with the windows down and elbows to the breeze while smoking and listening to Mariah's "Someday" you haven't lived.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
I KNOW :( o god u just hit it home
i need to learn
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
oh u americans and ur driving culture
when i first went to atlanta and met up w/a friend who drove me round it did give me a whole new insight into hip-hop though - rap rhythms are MADE for driving
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
driving can suck and in the long run owning a car is a total pain the ass, but it can be really fun and freeing and yes i really miss listening to the radio
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
xp umm yeah
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
sometimes i'd find sitting in traffic on my way home to be very zen
― 3hunn O))) (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
i mean i have a thing, like whenever i first hear a big song on the radio, spesh in the summer, i know it's time
u can't even imagine Motivation in ny cars last summer
― surm, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
oh is that what you called it
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link