Tonamel on 16/1/2010 at 07:36
Dude, buy some fruit. You don't even have to cook it before you eat it.
Renzatic on 16/1/2010 at 08:03
I get apples, oranges and...hell...even some cereal on occasion. Point is I don't have alot lying around to make good food. At least nothing beyond apples and corn flakes doused with beer and a sandwich on the side.
edit: after much internal debate, I've decided it's time to move up to the next step. Tomorrow...I buy some thyme.
Nicker on 16/1/2010 at 09:56
You can start with one sturdy pot and see how much good food you can make bachelor style. Extra points for eating it from the saucepan. Hunt the second hand stores for those Visions glass saucepans - then you can see the water boiling and your food cooking (unlike a microwave). It's magical. And glass saucepans add elegance points when you are eating from them.
Eventually you can reverse engineer your concoctions into discreet dishes which can be physically recombined as portions on a plate. This eliminates the single pot bonus but the class multipliers really start to add up and you'll be making 200 plus Exp points per meal in no time.
Scots Taffer on 16/1/2010 at 10:21
I reported the above post for excessive geek humour.
Vernon on 16/1/2010 at 15:44
lol
discrete or discreet?
Anyway, Renzatic that book is made for you. It is the solution to the problems you are describing. Here I even looked the stupid southern fairy up for you:
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jamies-Ministry-Food-Anyone-Learn/dp/0718148622/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b)
Quote:
Sixty years ago food was in short supply and malnutrition rates were high. The Ministry of Food was set up to teach the public how to make the best use of the food available to them. Fast forward to the present day, where we have unlimited choices and plenty of food, yet we're living in a world of junk food, additives and preservatives. Our war is now against obesity, as most people have little or no idea about how to cook and what makes a balanced diet. We need to learn from the past. We need to look back at the way our grandmothers and great-grandmothers cooked – wholesome, tasty food that was simple and quick to prepare. If you're a complete beginner in the kitchen, Jamie's promise to you is that you'll be making some great dinners within hours of reading his book. A little knowledge and a few basic tools can go a long way, and this book is your first step . . .
HOURS
On a related note - (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRLqLACXFC8)
Nicker on 16/1/2010 at 22:05
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
I reported the above post for excessive geek humour.
Moderator's Pet! :p
Renzatic on 16/1/2010 at 22:41
Hey, the more books the better.
So I went out and bought my thyme today. The pure heady rush of it was so enthralling, I decided to go ahead and buy a whole bunch of other foody stuff as well. Enough to make (
http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/carne_asada/) CARNE ASADA, (and also Rooster Beak Salsa). I figured if I want to save money by not plunking down $12 for a plate of said food at a good Mexican restaurant, I'll go ahead and spend $25 on groceries to make the same thing at the house. I'm so goddamn economical.
To celebrate, I planned on calling up the old GF and get her over here for a nice romantic dinner. A night of getting loaded up on red meat protein, having angry sex until one of us cries (usually me), and watching Power Rangers afterwards sounded like a great way to bring about my newfound cooking skills.
Long story short, she dumped me after figuring out I was cooking instead of getting takeout. She said something along the lines of "I love you, but I can't go through that a second time. I just can't. We need to see other people".
So fallback plan. Get a couple friends over and eat some food. After figuring out I was cooking, they all suddenly had other things to do and wouldn't return my phone calls. Bastards. They'll eat my food when I pay for it, but not when I make it? Ingrates. :mad:
Last resort. I call mom and dad. Mom said that if I wanted the inheritance that bad, I should just come in and shoot them cuz it's more honest, and dad told me to mow the lawn.
It sucks having a reputation. Guess I'll be eating this soon to be delicious Carne Asada by myself. :(
Also if anyone here is looking for a date, I'm apparently available now.
steo on 18/1/2010 at 03:08
Wow, tough break. Maybe you need to do something about your reputation, I hear giving large sums of money to the nearest temple helps. Or else you could try perfecting your own cooking, making some new friends, showing the new friends what an amazing cook you are and getting the new friends to talk to your old friends/girlfriend/parents about how great a cook you are. Also, unless you turn into some kind of hulk-like monster in the kitchen, you girlfriend probably isn't worth your time if she dumps you because you tried to cook her something.
In other news, the garlic prawns turned out pretty good, if rather salty, with some added curry power, cumin, black pepper and the scotch bonnet, served with sweetcorn, peas and rice. Since then, I've bought some milk and eaten most of the muesli, plus one of my housemates had some nice hummus which went out of date two days ago, which meant she wouldn't eat it. I thus had pasta with peas and a whole tub of hummus for dinner today. I now have to consider whether it is possible for me to eat another meal, other than muesli, without going to the shop... I mostly have all the ingredients I did before, minus the garlic, sweetcorn, pasta and prawns.
CCCToad on 18/1/2010 at 03:36
Quote Posted by steo
Or else you could try perfecting your own cooking, making some new friends, showing the new friends what an amazing cook you are and getting the new friends to talk to your old friends/girlfriend/parents about how great a cook you are.
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Be warned, its a bit time consuming. Most of the cooking ingredients can only be found in lower-level areas, and are not well stocked on the auction house. Also, remember to keep a flint/tinder and some wood on you whenever you want to skill up your cooking.
