I was just reading the "Feel Good Thread", and I noticed that one thing many people named as a positive attribute was their ability to cook scrumptious food items. :happy: Are all INFPs good cooks?
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I'm good at using the microwave and baking sweets..
Does that count?
I really don't like cooking all that much, but I'm good at it when I decide to..
Does that count?
I really don't like cooking all that much, but I'm good at it when I decide to..
I suck at cooking... I think it's the fact that you have to watch it and at the same time you have to wait for some things. Good thing my ESTP SO was raised by a chef.
I like to bake though. Mix everything together then pop it in the oven and set a timer!
I like to bake though. Mix everything together then pop it in the oven and set a timer!
I can make a normal victoria sponge cake, but I end up eating the mixture more than anything else.
Apart from that, nah, if it wasnt for my family my diet would be AWFUL!!
Apart from that, nah, if it wasnt for my family my diet would be AWFUL!!
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I am a fairly good cook when it comes to meals, but I suck so bad at baking. I get compliments on my dinners and such, but when it comes to cookies- it's best for me to just stick to the dough. Once it hits the oven, it's all downhill from there. D:
I am a better cook than baker. With cooking, one can improvise and have fun with recipes or use no recipe. Baking on the other hand, requires more precision in measurement and a more scientific bent. Lazy, detail-inattentive bakers end up with cookie-esque rocks, brownie-esque rocks, biscuit-ish rocks while lazy cooks can still create pleasing dishes.
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Cooking does not come naturally to me. I feel that in order to be a good cook, you have to have a good sense of time and temperature together and how it affects food. This sense just doesn't come naturally to me. People always say, "just practice" and sure practice will help me, but I can even mess up things I have done dozens of times.. because the temperature isn't quite right or I mess up the timing. Its those little "tweaks" in timing and temperature that can make or break a dish.
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However, lately I've been excited about cooking dishes from around the world. Every successful dish gives me a little more confidence. My favorite things to prepare are Indian dishes and Sushi!
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I'm a work in progress.
However, lately I've been excited about cooking dishes from around the world. Every successful dish gives me a little more confidence. My favorite things to prepare are Indian dishes and Sushi!
roud:I'm a work in progress.
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I'm a great cook when I actually cook when I actually clean the kitchen which happens only when I have cute company which happens when I etc
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Bot cooking and baking are crafts that I love. I somewhat follow the recipes (usually several at a time), think of what kind of end result is satisfactory concerning the taste and the look of the food and then mostly go by what feels good to me. If the recipe tells me to use one tablespoon of sugar I just spill the amount that feels right using my senses and intuition. I don't get the point of following a recipe 100 per cent, I love using my imagination in all daily activities. My boyfriend also loves my cooking. He (ESTP) doesn't ever really know what to expect until he tastes the dish. He is too frank to lie about it and I'm too good at reading him to believe he would be lying to me about that he likes my cooking. He says I've only once managed to cook bad food and I was doing it in a rush :happy:
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I'm a pretty good cook and baker when I actually have the time/ingredients/motivation. But I'm a university student who has to buy groceries for herself and eat them before they go bad, so microwave meals, kraft dinner, and minute-rice are my usual meals right now. When I visit my parents I help a lot with the cooking and baking.
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I am 14 so I'm not really allowed to use the oven but i can cook! I taught myself how to bake desserts and people love it!
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Maybe I am good cook, but too lazy to do it. Maybe if I get married, I will often to do that.
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I love to cook and am pretty good. Not that I don't have the occasional flub, but cooking is both meditative and creative for me. I'm usually more spontaneous. Recipes for me are just a starting point.
But I have to say this. People who make chicken picatta by squeezing a half a lemon into it are not making picatta. That's lemon chicken. Picatta has only a tiny squeeze of lemon. It's all about the balance between the lemon, the wine, and the capers. It's a very delicate flavor that will be overwhelmed by too much lemon. So there. :tongue:
But I have to say this. People who make chicken picatta by squeezing a half a lemon into it are not making picatta. That's lemon chicken. Picatta has only a tiny squeeze of lemon. It's all about the balance between the lemon, the wine, and the capers. It's a very delicate flavor that will be overwhelmed by too much lemon. So there. :tongue:
Uhm.
Well, three out of every five times I make a simple bowl of noodles it goes wrong. Anything up to second-degree burns is not abnormal. I can just about heat things up in a saucepan. I can just about make an omelette which is the right colour.
I'm pretty good at using the oven. And the microwave. And I cooked noodles in a kettle once. Those are the limits of my cooking abilities.
But on the bright side, no-one's died yet.
Well, three out of every five times I make a simple bowl of noodles it goes wrong. Anything up to second-degree burns is not abnormal. I can just about heat things up in a saucepan. I can just about make an omelette which is the right colour.
I'm pretty good at using the oven. And the microwave. And I cooked noodles in a kettle once. Those are the limits of my cooking abilities.
But on the bright side, no-one's died yet.
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I love cooking with people! I made fried chicken with my hard-to-talk-to INTJ roommate and it was fun. I used to be a cook at a daycare and well, they didn't fire me! Hahaha. I can make pretty good homemade mashed potatoes without a recipe. Really, cooking is all about timing and using your taste/smell senses efficiently. Sort of an art, really.
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i'm a good cook, but a terrible baker!!
the only thing i can bake is chocolate chip cookies, but they're usually hit or miss.
the only thing i can bake is chocolate chip cookies, but they're usually hit or miss.
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I've made some mistakes before, but I've never had huge disasters that people tend to joke about. I also learn very quickly and can adapt.
I'm pretty decent. I'm better at it than my girlfriend. She's been getting better though because we often cook together. When we first started dating, she didn't even know how to make pasta. She grew up an only child and as a diabetic therefore her diet growing up was pretty strict so her mom always cooked for her. Now she has an insilin pump rather than the needles so she doesn't have to watch what she eats as much.
I enjoy cooking but sometimes I get in a rut where I don't know what to make anymore because it seems like I'm always making the same thing. In those instances, I tend to go out to Quiznos down the street a lot.
I enjoy cooking but sometimes I get in a rut where I don't know what to make anymore because it seems like I'm always making the same thing. In those instances, I tend to go out to Quiznos down the street a lot.
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