Comments | teknotus: I hope this year is better, and I think it will be

teknotus

I hope this year is better, and I think it will be

Jan 01, 2007 22:55

Last year three family members died, and I knew they probably would when the year began, but that still didn't really prepare me. I've changed so much as a person this year, and I think I am still changing rapidly. I don't really feel like I know who I will be next month. I do have some hopes of what I will be though ( Read more... )

new year

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erica057 January 2 2007, 16:15:06 UTC

If you're looking to learn to cook, I highly recommend investing in a good knife. It makes life sooooo much easier. For starting out I would go with a 6" or 8" chef's knife with a carbon steel blade. Keep it in a knife block (NOT the drawer), keep it honed with a steel, and never let it see the inside of a dishwasher or one of those ghastly electric knife sharpeners.

I'm also a big fan of this site.

Learning to cook teknotus January 3 2007, 03:58:14 UTC

My current housemate used to be a professional caterer, so I'm mostly covered as far as equipment. I just need to convince her to give me more lessons. She was explaining to people about me "you don't understand he knows NOTHING". My knowledge level is so low that I need books to help me understand the books. :/

The link looks pretty good. Most resources love to say things like "season to taste" which is completely useless to me as I have no sense of the art. Perhaps I can understand something like this better. Thanks!

Re: Learning to cook snarble January 3 2007, 08:52:31 UTC

that's not true, you can cook cheese and macaroni :D

Re: Learning to cook erica057 January 3 2007, 14:31:31 UTC

Cool. I wrote an article a while back on seducing women through cooking if you don't know how to cook~> http://thanksforthemammaries.net/written/host/index1.html

It's very...specific, but some good general tips there ;)