Aspie & Cooking

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Do Aspergers have trouble cooking?

I cook. It's taken years for me to really get good at it, though.

Maybe.

I'm scared of the stove because when I'm using it I feel like I am playing with fire.

If I burn myself I am likely to inadvertently drop whatever's in my hands on to the floor as a subconscious response to pain.

I worry that I'm going to undercook meat, even if I follow the instructions carefully.

I am terrible with measurements.

Too much multitasking or multithinking and keeping track of time.

Or maybe I am just too lazy to want to learn.

In my case, I'd likely read or hear instructions wrong.
Issues with consistent timing and multitasking second.


It gets worst if I'm not alone -- I'd be either a sitting duck not knowing what to do because someone else ought will or be someone completely independent.

... I don't get a lot of chances to learn cooking. It is because I'm lazy and not very motivated as much as I like the idea.

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Some do, apparently. I think it comes from having to remember to do a lot of things in a certain order and the fact that missing or messing up one step might mess up the whole thing. Simple meals that are prepared step by step and don't reguire multitasking are good to start with for this reason.

My AS mother was a good cook. I buy mostly ingredients and never use restaurants. I only make variations on a few recipes, but they provide complete nutrition. I even have a kitchen in my car so I can travel on the same diet.

I can cook instant noodles and toasted cheese sandwiches

Nope. I get pasta wrong, often! Most meals I do for myself involve no cooking.

I cook most days.
But I have a tendency to get distracted and let things burn.

I am a very good cook for the types of food that I eat. Chemists tend to be excellent cooks because we can follow recipes as written. I have been complimented on some of my experimental food creations that I have come up with on the grill or stove. My bbqed baked potatoes are always popular, as I bake the flavoring into the insides of the tubers.

I do not seem to have a problem. Once I bought cookbooks and measuring spoons, it was easy to cook. When I went off on my own to my first apartment. I would cook a very large pot of chili, stick it in the refrigerator and eat if for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week. This I did for several years before I got married. It was good chili. A family recipe.

I can get distracted or misread recipes.

Sometimes I’m alright. I’m a very lazy cook and rather have a frozen microwave meal than making something.

I can make a really good Chicken Fried Steak with Cream Gravy, mashed potatoes, and peas.

I use a toaster oven, not a microwave, but it still has a handy self-timer. For things I might burn, I always use a mechanical kitchen timer. Dials are far more convenient that entering times digitally. I just heard a ding for my pizza, a rare treat using whole grain bread, coconut oil, pasta sauce, artificial cheese, red pepper, green onion and mushroom, cooked in the toaster oven. It is very simple to make.