Is Cooking a skill or just following directions?

[The Black Wolf]

Is cooking a skill or just following directions?

People tell me I'm a good cook, but all I'm really doing is following a recipe or directions. Is it making the recipes where the skill comes in?

By the way, I know a lot of you on PSU are men, so do we have any mean men cooks or chefs on this forum?

[Kuro]

I think its a little bit of both lol. It's more of a hobby i got into. I'm good with chicken and pastas. I don't think I'm good but I've been told many times I cook well.

[-Kwesnoth-]

Its simple. Cooking with a book is following directions. Cooking without the book is a skill.

[spyrde]

It's more of a skill once you start experimenting with different stuff and learning your own ways.

[Dave-The-Rave]

It starts out from a book or learning from someone else..however it fast becomes a skill as you add your own unique spin on recipes. Which is what I tend to do when I cook.

[The Black Wolf]

I think its a little bit of both lol. It's more of a hobby i got into. I'm good with chicken and pastas. I don't think I'm good but I've been told many times I cook well.

Mmmm . . . Do you happen to have any pictures of anything you've cooked? Yummy.

[*goo]

Yes, cooking is a skill. Although, like anything else; there are varying degrees.

I've recently become a big fan of home cooking, trying lots of different recipes etc. An interesting combination of stress and enjoyment, Lol.

Here's a little soup I made last year, really easy - but went down amazingly well. Cook good food and people are amazed, regardless of you knowing how easy it was.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2...nd-lentil-soup

[Kuro]

Mmmm . . . Do you happen to have any pictures of anything you've cooked? Yummy.

I took one on my phone. heres a pic

Some chicken and mash

[DeviousOne]

It comes down to how many risk and things ur will to try when cooking. I can follow directions and food comes out good but its when people add thing and try new ways that u get a difference

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[claud3]

It depends on what you are cooking. If you follow steps no, its not a skill

But you try something different and unique and then yes its a skill

[DreDayDetox]

I can say I have a unique skill of experimenting with BBQ sauce. I try all types of ingredients, mix them up and see if it's good. Some work, some don't. They mostly work, mostly.

[DeviousOne]

I make bomb ass ground beef lol I throw mayo while cooking and a couple types of seasoning as well

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[claud3]

I can make homemade chips and that is the max cook skill for me

[DeviousOne]

I can make homemade chips and that is the max cook skill for me

That sounds good! Lol

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[keefy]

I like the way cup system Amerca uses its so much esier than measuring ut 250g of flour 100g sugar and so on.

i like making an omelette with a pot noodle poured over it, then fold it over. mmmm.

[MATRIX 2]

Well, I can bake cakes.....

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[vegan_mekey]

World class chefs are only notable because they are the worlds best direction followers.



BUT WHERE DO THESE DIRECTIONS COME FROM??

[mankind]

These guys have the skills to cook

[claud3]

I love homemade chips, me and my mum have a funny fight over who makes the greatest homemade chips

[*goo]

No point in you two fighting over it, it's my Dad who makes them.




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[Tofayel]

I think cooking is a art, we have need skill for that.

[Super_Lilith]

Depends on what you are cooking, I doubt even with good instruction most people can cook like this:



The puff pastry, the piping on the potato cases and the carve pattern is incredible and takes training, skill and practice.

[MjW]

It is a skill is to be able to follow directions. This is why a lot of people read the books and only a few can actually cook.


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[TRF]

I think knowing what to put in stuff as per directions isn't a skill. Knowing WHY you should use certain ingredients is skill.

[podsaurus]

Good cooks don't need a cook book. They mix and match different recipes to make something new.