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Baking Cakes

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    #32
    kylith
    Registered Users Posts: 17,736 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    Actually, I have to confess; I can't bake bread. I balls it up totally 9 times out of 10 :(


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    #33
    Jawgap
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    Women know you can't beat a good muffin......


    ......anyway, I cook and bake (I do nearly all the cooking in the house) and I'm currently trying to persuade my teenage sons that a guy who can whip up a half decent three course meal gets a lot more lady attention than a guy who knows the number of the local Chinese by heart.......

    .......I was fighting a losing battle until the eldest lad's 'girlfriend' was around the house and was having a bit of food with us and asked him if he could cook like me - cue, sudden interest in cooking!


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    #34
    The Peanut
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    Jawgap wrote: »
    Women know you can't beat a good muffin......


    ......anyway, I cook and bake (I do nearly all the cooking in the house) and I'm currently trying to persuade my teenage sons that a guy who can whip up a half decent three course meal gets a lot more lady attention than a guy who knows the number of the local Chinese by heart.......

    .......I was fighting a losing battle until the eldest lad's 'girlfriend' was around the house and was having a bit of food with us and asked him if he could cook like me - cue, sudden interest in cooking!

    Love it!

    My mam made sure we could all cook before we left home to go to college. I still enjoy cooking and would do most of the cooking at home. She was a terrible baker though and I've inherited her ability.


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    #35
    TheBeardedLady
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    Jawgap wrote: »
    Women know you can't beat a good muffin......


    ......anyway, I cook and bake (I do nearly all the cooking in the house) and I'm currently trying to persuade my teenage sons that a guy who can whip up a half decent three course meal gets a lot more lady attention than a guy who knows the number of the local Chinese by heart.......

    .......I was fighting a losing battle until the eldest lad's 'girlfriend' was around the house and was having a bit of food with us and asked him if he could cook like me - cue, sudden interest in cooking!

    It is a very attractive skill. I was seeing a chef for a while who'd trained in France and jaysus, the stuff he whipped up. Some aphrodisiac that was.


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    #36
    The Peanut
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    TheBeardedLady wrote: »
    It is a very attractive skill. I was seeing a chef for a while who'd trained in France and jaysus, the stuff he whipped up. Some aphrodisiac that was.

    Tell us more.;)


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    #37
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    TheBeardedLady wrote: »
    It is a very attractive skill. I was seeing a chef for a while who'd trained in France and jaysus, the stuff he whipped up. Some aphrodisiac that was.

    My Dad is a retired chef so I worked as a chef through college and just enjoyed cooking.

    If you can cook steak, chicken, fish and veg (properly!!), master a couple of basic sauces, a basic risotto recipe and a decent Spag Bol, you can thrive!

    After that, it's just fresh food, take your time and experiment!


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    #38
    Esterhase
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭Esterhase


    Man cooking and baking > man not cooking and baking.

    It's the cooking part that's more important to me. I hate cooking and am perfectly happy to leave himself to do the dinner while I make nice cakes and desserts. Perfect teamwork!


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