domesticaly disabled

OLP

i'm domesticaly disabled, i cant cook, clean, help around, anything. and i'm not lazy 'cause i try, it just goes arse ways. so do tell about you're domstic mis-haps.

rugbug86

i think domestically challenged would be a better expression.

Naos

Can you explain the term "i'm lazy cause i try" please... confusing me a bit.

OLP

sorry its supposed to be I'm not lazy

besty

i regularly come home from nights out and try and cook stuff but fall asleep and wake up with incinerated food in the oven... :rolleyes:

Pet

Surely you can put clothes into the washing machine and hang them out when finished? It's not rocket science like..Same goes for dishwasher (if you have one).

Surprisingly, not many people can actually cook well, so you're not on your own there.

rugbug86

besty wrote:

i regularly come home from nights out and try and cook stuff but fall asleep and wake up with incinerated food in the oven... :rolleyes:

ive tried to cook but always end up eating food out of tins... cold.

Gordon

OLP you are lazy.

Also your signature is breaking the boards sig rules. You will have to get up off your arse and find the sig rules thread and alter your sig accordingly.

OLP

Gordon wrote:

OLP you are lazy.

Also your signature is breaking the boards sig rules. You will have to get up off your arse and find the sig rules thread and alter your sig accordingly.

so.....to change my sig, which is done on the pc.....i have the get off my arse?

simu

Yes. Get up and do a dance to appease the sig god. And never question Gordon.

besty

rugbug86 wrote:

ive tried to cook but always end up eating food out of tins... cold.

mmmmmmmmmmmm

pred racer

rugbug86 wrote:

ive tried to cook but always end up eating food out of tins... cold.

Ill never understand this. You put stuff on to cook, when it is done you take it off!! its even easier than the washing machine thing coz you dont need a degree in applied engineering to understand the bloody dial

Naos

Since I came to Spain and had to learn to fend for myself.
Cooking, far as I can tell, is all about experimentation. If a herb/spice smells like it fits, throw it in. And remember the result for next time.
As for the heating I just keep cooking until it looks alright.
Im doing okay.. Im well fed.

DrIndy

Mear wrote:

Since I came to Spain and had to learn to fend for myself.
Cooking, far as I can tell, is all about experimentation. If a herb/spice smells like it fits, throw it in. And remember the result for next time.
As for the heating I just keep cooking until it looks alright.
Im doing okay.. Im well fed.

I concur. I am a half-decent cook (no food poisoning ever and make quite palatable meals). Experimentation is key because the proper recipes you have on the internet involve about 100 ingredients and you have only 5. Thus you need to vary it to see if it works.

Herbs and spices are great, keep a good set at home (I have about 20 different ones) - adds zing and flavour without much effort so long as you know general combos such as basil/oregano with tomato sauces, rosemary for meat. Ginger and lemon go well together and then you can buy curry powder from any asian food shop and make it up yourself - far superior to the jars.

Finally soysauce/fish sauce flavours any rice/chineseish meal.....

Sarky

A tiny amount of chilli powder in a hot chocolate is surprisingly tasty.

That is all.

Naos

Oh, and ive become quite the expert at good aul beans and toast and scrambled eggs and toast.. Ill let you in on the best, and I mean best to date, eggs dish ever..

Scrambled eggs, cooked in frying pan add the following:
Pimenton(Spice), Laurel(herb), Oregano(herb) and Perejin(herb).
Couple of slices of toast, NOT with butter, but with Vinagreta Italiana(like a salad cream, Helmans)

Genius.. I shock myself at times.

rugbug86

pred racer wrote:

Ill never understand this. You put stuff on to cook, when it is done you take it off!! its even easier than the washing machine thing coz you dont need a degree in applied engineering to understand the bloody dial

i only do that when im drunk. im a really good cook when im sober. can make most things. i'd even invite yiz to dinner to prove it!

rugbug86

Sarky wrote:

A tiny amount of chilli powder in a hot chocolate is surprisingly tasty.

That is all.

did ya think you were putting more cocoa on?!!

Flashling

I love cooking! I've always done it, and ignored the recipies, and nothing bad has happened so far! (back to the problem, you could go to a cookery course, they're fairly commen and easy)

Sarky

rugbug86 wrote:

did ya think you were putting more cocoa on?!!

No, I thought I was trying out an idea.