Cooking Woes | Pad Patter 8.23

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  1. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    I'm in the process of finishing up some cube steak and gravy in the crock pot, so of course everyone has requested mashed potatoes to go with it. It used to be that my family would eat nothing but instant. These days they are all about the homemade, which I much prefer, BUT I absolutely hate peeling potatoes. It is the cooking thing that I despise more than anything. Sometimes I can get DH or DS to do it for me, but they scattered today. I wouldn't mind leaving the skins on, but I'm the only one.

    Soooo, that got me to wondering....is there something related to cooking that you really don't like doing??
     
  2. HavaDrPepper

    HavaDrPepper Space. The final frontier

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  3. Tree City

    Tree City Get a stepladder, I'm busy

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    Yes: the shopping, the prepping, the cooking, the complaining (from kids), and the clean-up.
     
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  4. littlekiwi

    littlekiwi I charge by the hour for anything before noon

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    ^^^^
    this, I’m not a confident cook yet so right now everything scares me apart from grocery shopping. I’m sure as I cook more I’ll feel more comfortable and confident
     
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  5. Dalis

    Dalis Jose Cuervo is NOT a good friend

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    For me it's the cleaning, but if I had to choose, dicing onions!!!!!!!
     
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  6. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    :giggleI have my days like this for sure!
     
  7. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    :compcoffee I have these days, I feel you!
     
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  8. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    It definitely takes practice to feel really comfortable!
     
  9. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    Best purchase ever! So easy and fast!
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  10. Dalis

    Dalis Jose Cuervo is NOT a good friend

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    What is it? But does it pulverize them or chops them? I like mine chopped really tiny! LOL!!!!
     
  11. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    The more you pull it, the smaller the pieces. I really do love it so much! Walmart has it HERE. I think there are similar ones around that might be even cheaper.
     
  12. Tree City

    Tree City Get a stepladder, I'm busy

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    Even though I have continually admitted I am not my family's cook, I want this! I wish I had a holiday coming up to give this to my husband...maybe I could make up a holiday?
    Anyway, thanks @Dalis fot asking about it because now I have a gift idea for my DH. :)
     
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  13. Cherylndesigns

    Cherylndesigns All glasses should be bigger than 1.5 oz

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    :lol:lol:lol

    I was going to say the same thing!!
     
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  14. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    I gave them to everyone in my family :giggle
     
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  15. IntenseMagic

    IntenseMagic Some grannies cuss a lot. I'm some grannies.

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    :lol
     
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  16. Nemla

    Nemla Stretching my skill set

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    I don't much like cleaning up afterwards, because I always seem to use so many utensils, even to cook te simplest things. I am not fond of cooking fish either, it can get dry so easily.
    Side track joke- Sort of....
    Yesterday I was going to do a Chickpea salad. Soaked the chickpeas the night before, had the garlic , parsley, onion, olive oil mix ready, popped the chickpeas in a pot, and went to watch My kitchen Rules Australia. I love this program ,checked on the pot, they needed 5 min more.
    On TV she was making a warm chickpea salad, I never had this so I was looking for a great idea....35 min later, she was ready.... I noticed a burnt smell.....Any one for charcoal chickpeas ? :rofl
    As a matter of interest (- maybe- ) baking powder is great for getting a burnt pot clean if you are out of bicarbonate...
     
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  17. bestcee

    bestcee In love with places I've never been to

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    I like cooking in general. I'm not a fan of cleaning the cast iron pan. Sure, it does amazing things when you cook with it. But it's a pain to clean.

    Also, lunch. I really don't like doing lunch. Leftovers never reheat quite the same, and I hate coming up with new ideas.
     
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  18. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    What I don't like about cooking is the planning. So I barely plan and just repeat a lot.
     
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  19. michelepixels

    michelepixels A pun is not fully matured until it is full groan.

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    Oh, I though of an actual cooking thing I dislike. I really don't like frying foods. It's unfortunate, because I like eating fried foods. But I hate dealing with the vast amount of oil afterward.

    May I start a second line of questioning in this thread? How do you dispose of your cooking oil after frying food?
     
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  20. BevG

    BevG If I can't remember it, it didn't happen

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    I love fresh minced garlic but hate using the press and cleaning the skins out of there. But I do it because -> fresh garlic. I have the Pampered Chef garlic press and it is the bomb, probably may favorite tool of theirs.
     
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