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Old 09-05-2014, 00:03
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I'm learning how to cook at the age of 25 (I know a bit late) and wanted know what is the first thing you learnt how to cook? And do you have any advice.
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Old 09-05-2014, 00:13
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Toast.
Don't burn it like my Mum always did then scraped it.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Delias-Compl...th+how+to+cook
Also, if you're away at work all day get a slow cooker - they are so cheap and so useful if you want to come home to a hot meal.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slow-Cooker-...cooker+recipes
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Old 09-05-2014, 07:20
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Victoria Sandwich, aged about 7 and taught by my lovely Auntie Peg.
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Old 09-05-2014, 07:59
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Savoury- mushroom risotto
Sweet- lemon drizzle cake
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Old 09-05-2014, 09:34
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I also learnt quite late, I was around 25.

I hated cooking at school and never bothered when I was at uni. I just slid into the habit of having rubbish ready meals and stuff. Then one day I just woke up and realised I didn't really enjoy ready meals and that food should be something you enjoy, not just fuel for your body. I bought a couple of cook books and never looked back. I'm 33 now and I'd class food and cooking as one of my main hobbies, I cook all of our meals and do everything from scratch. It annoys me a little bit as I wish I'd got into it earlier and I may even have approached it as a career.

The first thing I cooked was a curry. I can just remember being really pleased with it and thinking how much better it tasted than ready meal curries. Obviously buying a few cook books is a good start and looking around on the internet for recipes. Don't be afraid to experiment once you've learnt the basics though.
Also, you may not enjoy doing everything. I love cooking but I'm not really a fan of baking. I'm not sure why, I'll happily attempt anything savoury, I've even started making my own sausages but I just can't get into baking. I do like making desserts like cheesecakes and mousses though.
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Old 09-05-2014, 13:02
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A Jacket potato cut in half ~cooked potato was scooped out and mixed with grated cheese ~then refilled into the 2 empty skins
this was when I was about 11 at secondary school in our first few housecraft lessons
Cabbage & Carrot coleslaw = was the first food we made - the week before
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Old 09-05-2014, 13:13
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At school in home economics it would have been pizza.

At home we had a slow cooker so me and my brother would experiment making all different kinds of stews in it. Just chop a load of meat and veg up and bung it in with stock / gravy and seasoning for a few hours! Easy!
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Old 09-05-2014, 14:09
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Swede Gravy and Roast potatoes - helping mum out on a Sunday.

We didn't do home economics in school, we did bridge.
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Old 09-05-2014, 17:31
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My mum used to make tuna turnovers with us - pastry filled with tuna, mayonnaise, sweetcorn and onion. That's the first thing I remember cooking anyway.
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Old 09-05-2014, 17:37
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It was scones at a very early age. Then bread at the age of 5.
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Old 10-05-2014, 02:08
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A fry up, then at school we did scones then cheese and potato pie, which I still cook even know.
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Old 10-05-2014, 13:49
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Pasta meals mainly, bolognaise, tuna, etc. oh and chilli con carne

Like Jambo_c above I always lived on frozen meals etc then woke up one day with the determination to learn how to cook properly. I can safely say I can cook very well now and much better then my Mum ever did!
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Old 11-05-2014, 20:10
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The first proper thing I did on my own was a scone-like recipe from the Belling Format cookbook that came with my parents' new cooker. I was about 10.

They were a bit of a cross between a scone and a rock cake; you made a hole in each and put in a teaspoonful of raspberry jam prior to cooking.
Looking back at the recipe years afterwards I noticed that the mix was meant to produce '8-10 cakes'.... but I'd always made 4 big ones with it!
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Old 11-05-2014, 20:30
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I dont think I ever really learned to cook.

My first experience of making food was in the boy scouts when we used to prepare and cook food on fires.

Then at home making a bacon sarnie, after assuring mum that the fire brigade would not be needed.

Then at university, where cooking generally involved boiling ricew or pasta.

It was only when I got my first place and was determind not to be a stereotypical batchelor with the curry house on speed dial that I started thinking about cooking, and it was mainly through trial and error that I picked things up.

My reportoire is fairly limited, but I can rustle up a decent roast dinner, spag bol, chilli, that sort of thing.
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Old 11-05-2014, 21:32
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Scrambled eggs. I defy anyone to make better than mine.
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