Can you cook?

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i'm fairly impatient regarding food, i need to feed me but i don't wanna work too hard or spend too much time on it. multi-step recipes with subclauses are not for me. the most i will do is make a broth out of accumulated can washings, add a protein or two, some tomato sauce, some spices, some various veggies, some chopped onions and garlic for savoriness, brown rice or quinoa, put the pot on the burner and cook the dickens outta it for about 4 hours until it is a mush. it will last me about 2 days.

I can cook but I'm very methodical and take my time. I enjoy food and other sensory things too (music, the outdoors).

I'm getting better at multitasking. Cooking several things at once. Or filling my pill reminder or washing the dishes when I have a few spare minutes.

Cooking is a special interest of mine and the only special interest that has been with me consistently throughout my life unlike other special interests that have peaked and faded. My Mom taught me a few basic cooking skills when I was around 10 and let me learn on my own. I got kid centered cookbooks from the library and I learned from those. I still like looking at cookbooks. The first real thing I cooked was sauteed mushrooms with fresh chives in a sour cream and butter sauce. It was very good.

Thanksgiving is my most favorite cooking opportunity and I cook the entire meal and all the side dishes from scratch myself. I've cooked this for up to 13 people. I routinely cook for my family. Between my wife and I, I cook far more often than she does.

I consider myself more of a food experimenter than a "cook or chef". I've had a very nice German ceramic crock for many years and made my own sauerkraut and kimchi long before fermentables were the "in thing" to work with.

I've made my own soy milk, tofu, seitan (aka "mock duck"), yogurt, canned salsa, canned meats, sausages, smoked foods, breads, etc.

Some of my favorite cooking utensils: Cast iron! I have a small vintage Wagner brand cast iron skillet that has a glass smooth cooking surface along with other cast iron cookware including a dutch oven that's great for braising and baking "no knead" crusty breads. I very good vegetable peeler, garlic press, decent kitchen knives, a kitchen-aid mixer including meat grinder and grain mill attachments, food processor and something we've had for over ten years that still gets daily use (smoothies mainly), our Vitamix blender.

Another fermentable I've started making again after first doing it many years ago is making "rejuvelac". I bought a clearance cookbook about twenty years ago for a dollar that was all about raw foods and the recipe with in that. You take 1 cup of any kind of whole grain such as wheat, oats, rye, barley and you rinse them and then soak them in water for 24 hours. Then rinse and add 4 cups of water and keep the jar on the counter or in a cupboard and let it sit for a day. Pour off that liquid and drink it (rejuvelac) and refill the jar with another 4 cups of water and let it sit for another day. Pour that off and drink it and then repeat the process one more time. The rejuvelac is slightly tart and sometimes slightly effervescent. People either like it or they don't. It tastes better than it smells.

As you can see, I can go on and on about cooking in have to watch this when talking to someone because it's hard for me to stop....

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Very nice post

I'm also quite passionate about cooking and a cast-iron fanatic!

I prefer to eat out rather than cook because I get so into my special interests that I don't have time to prepare a dish by the time I'm super hungry. I think cooking can be a challenge for Aspies because it does take a great deal of executive functioning.

If I don't have time to cook, I sure don't have time to go out and wait for someone else to cook, especially with all the new precautions. If I've worked late, I'll have some fruit juice or another light snack to get me through the cooking time. Often, I'll make enough for three days and then just re-heat leftovers, or do other advance preparation for quick cooking. A complex sandwich can also provide a balanced meal.

I can't cook.

I can cook just fine.

I never attempt anything super fancy or particularly good looking like an artistically plated chef prepared meal, but I can cook pretty much any regular food I set out to.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

most of the time i'm just too blinkin' lazy to cook anything. oh, how i wish i could have me one of them sci-fi food replicators.

Yes it's not delicious though. I can make basic dishes.