Cisco44

Ok, lets start with the most obvious, NO I CAN'T COOK! The only things I know how to cook are... Eggs, Hard boiled eggs, rice and anything microwaveable like popcorn or bake potatoes.
The reason I made this topic is so poor people like me who would have died from starvation long ago without someone cooking for them have a chance to learn how to cook, so I ask all of you, people who know how to cook good meals to teach us how to by posting a small how to cook post!
I'd also be very happy if you could categorize the type off cooking and its difficulty between Basic, Average, Advanced, Chef & Gourmet Cooking , although I doubt thats theres a gourmet cook among us theres always a possibility.
By the way I find cooking beautiful in its own way, I really respect people who dedicate there life's to cooking I think its very admirable.

This is how I think the page should look (feel free to modify if i'm missing anything):
Ingredients:
How to make the food:
Extra notes:

Just incase, if its a really long list you can use this code if you like:
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list=1][*]list item 1[*]list item 2[/list][/code]
Remember to open the brakets and if you do use it the code will apear like this:
Idk I think it could save space.

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10001001100100111000101001001100 = 13 bits
Now lets use math!
1TB = 1,024 GB = 1,048,576 MB = 1,073,741,824 KB = 1,099,511,627,776 Bytes = 8,796,093,022,208 bits. I pity the fool who thinks a terabyte isn't alot of space, 'cause I highly doubt that they're willing to write atleast 8 trillion one's...
I'm going to be off for a while due to tests. Cya later.

Ra-in

All you've done is made me hungry. Now I'm mad.~_~*

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Skotophagotis

A small how to cook post? Eh? I know how to cook, I cook everyday, from homemade pizzas to simple steamed food. But a small post? :p

What do you want to know how to cook? There's a lot of food out there. I guess there are guidelines for some basics I can provide, but I'm busy right now so I'll add something later.

Caver

Me too vladimir..... me too...

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Defjammer610

whoa a cook post huh i don't know what you want but i guess ill go with what i know PASTA and sauces
you will need the following

olive oil only a little bit
200g of sliced bacon - chopped
3 garlic cloves - crushed or you could buy the already crushed garlic doesn't matter
4 eggs but with with 2 of them you only need the yolk
half a cup thickened cream
and
Parmesan cheese finely grated (i don't measure how much i use so yeah)

first thing cook the bacon in a frying pan preferred if it was non-stick in the oil until crisp after that drain off using paper towels.

then whisk the egg yolks and the eggs cream and an fair amount of Parmesan and if you want to add salt and pepper for flavour

Then the final step would be to mix all ingredients together and cook on a low heat until they combine and then serve with any sort of pasta. enjoy lol

i would tell you how to make pasta e.g fettuccine, tortellini and so on but i don't if people have a pasta machine (the stuff that rolls the pasta)

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Silverstone

Ahh... makes me glad I know how to cook. A big chunk of what I can cook is the korean food my mom makes. Moving and getting an apartment with a couple buddies when I transfer colleges, so I'm glad I can cook. I'll post recipes if I get a chance.

Cisco44

Def you got it, thats what I was looking for. I'll be editing the last post so you guys know what I mean.

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10001001100100111000101001001100 = 13 bits
Now lets use math!
1TB = 1,024 GB = 1,048,576 MB = 1,073,741,824 KB = 1,099,511,627,776 Bytes = 8,796,093,022,208 bits. I pity the fool who thinks a terabyte isn't alot of space, 'cause I highly doubt that they're willing to write atleast 8 trillion one's...
I'm going to be off for a while due to tests. Cya later.

Rock4ever3399

Type of Food: CANDY
The Difficulty of the Recipe: Beginner
Ingredients:

1. 4 cups sugar,
2. 1 cup water
3. string
4. glass jar

How to make the food:

1. heat 2 cups sugar and the water until the sugar is completely dissolved.
2. Add food coloring if desired
3. Add the other 2 cups of sugar
4. Mix until that dissolves
5. put sugar solution in the glass jar.
6. put string in glass jar
7. Let sit for four days to a week!

Extra Notes: The candy should start to form after a day. you can eat some, but let the rest grow! And who doesn't love rock candy!

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Skotophagotis

oh, I see. :]

Miso soup!
It's super easy. The hard part is finding the right ingredients.

Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 tablespoon dashi *
1 tbsp shiromiso *
Tofu (Soft preferably)
Green onions
Serves 1 person.
(* these can be found at asian markets. These are also estimates because people change it up depending on how you like it.)

Directions:
Put the water in a pot over medium heat until it is warmed up. Add the dashi and stir a bit. Chop up the green onions and tofu to how you like it, set aside. With a big spoon, put the shiromiso in it and let some of the dashi stock run over it. With chopsticks or a fork slowly mix in the shiromiso (there shouldn't be any chunks). Add tofu and let simmer; take off of heat, then add green onions.

Serve with rice? Or with the japanese omelettes. Either way, I thought a japanese recipe would fit well here.

Notes: The way I usually do it: I never measure anything, I just put water in the pot, add the dashi flakes until it gets smoky looking. Sometimes the tofu goes in before the miso, sometimes not, and cubes are usually best since they're easily picked up by chopsticks.

Ra-in

Anyone know how to make rice balls? ^_^*

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onigiri:


Here's how to make plain onigiri by hand, without too much difficulty. Once you've mastered this, you can try adding fillings and furikake to jazz up your onigiri.

1. Cook a suitable amount of rice for the number of people you want to feed. Important: do not rinse the rice before cooking! You want it to be sticky and clumpy. For this reason, Uncle Ben's and other rice varieties guaranteed not to stick together are unsuitable. White shortgrain rice is the best kind for both onigiri and sushi - in supermarkets it's often sold in a pack marked 'sushi rice,' or if you can't find that, look for 'pudding rice.' I have also been able to make onigiri with long-grain rice - it's just not as authentic, and tends to have a slightly messier appearance (grains sticking out from the surface). If you are savvy you will be using a rice cooker for this part, but if you don't mind the inconvenience, you can do it on the stove or in a microwave - follow the instructions on the rice package.

2. It's important to work with the rice while it's still warm and sticky, but let it cool a little first so you won't be scalded. Five minutes should do it. Turning the rice from the cooking container into another bowl and fluffing it with a fork or rice scoop will help it to cool slightly.

3. Fill a bowl with cold water and stir in a couple of teaspoonfuls of salt - keep this in your work area and dip your hands before beginning each onigiri. This will ensure that the rice sticks to itself, without sticking to you! Some people wet their hands and then rub them with salt. I think this transfers rather too much salt to the rice, but you may prefer the flavour.

4. Having dipped your hands, scoop out a small quantity of warm rice. Depending on the size of your hands, this may be a palmful or half that - remember that, like making a snowball, you'll be compressing the rice together, so the finished onigiri will be a little smaller than the scoop you start out with, and size it accordingly. Always take an amount that you can easily work in your hand. If you have tiny hands, just accept that you will make tiny onigiri. They're cuter, anyway. Also, make sure the onigiri are the right size to fit in the bento box without being squashed when you put on the lid!

5. For disc-shaped onigiri, you need to squeeze and shape the rice with both hands at once, which is why some people find it a little tricky. Make the shape of a C with your left hand, and keep turning the wad of rice against this to give it a round edge. With the thumb and fingers of the right hand, press the rice into a flat shape - so your left hand makes it round, and your right hand makes it flat, turning it all the while, and both contribute to squeezing it together.

It sounds complicated, but once you have some practice you can stop thinking of it step-by-step like this and it becomes simpler and more intuitive. Squeezing too hard will smush the onigiri up; too light a touch will mean it doesn't stick together properly. You will be able to feel and see when you are applying enough pressure. For triangular onigiri, straighten the fingers of your left hand and angle the thumb so that you can give the rice slightly rounded corners as you turn it (you could also make a square - some people do by accident!). You can also modify the disc technique to make capsule or cylinder-shaped onigiri, but I've never had much success with this. Fancier shapes will usually require a mould, which couldn't be simpler - scoop rice into the mould, put on the lid, press it down, then turn the onigiri out of the mould. When the shape is complete, you can add a pre-cut strip of nori seaweed if you wish, folding it around one edge of the disc or triangle, or wrapping around the middle of the capsule.

6. Set the completed onigiri aside on a plate and dip your hands ready for the next one. Chilling the onigiri in the fridge helps to set them. When they are cool, arrange them in the bento box. Quantity will depend on individual appetite, but I find three small onigiri or two medium-sized ones a good amount for lunch.

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Cisco44

Wow soph you really know you stuff! I mean you even told them how to position they're fingers! Rep granted! As soon as I spred some rep around since it won't let me till I do! XD

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Oreyupo ne! Wawawa 忘れ物~~...

10001001100100111000101001001100 = 13 bits
Now lets use math!
1TB = 1,024 GB = 1,048,576 MB = 1,073,741,824 KB = 1,099,511,627,776 Bytes = 8,796,093,022,208 bits. I pity the fool who thinks a terabyte isn't alot of space, 'cause I highly doubt that they're willing to write atleast 8 trillion one's...
I'm going to be off for a while due to tests. Cya later.

Skotophagotis

To add something, its common to add umeboshi to rice balls. Umeboshi is preserved plums. there's the japanese kind and the chinese kind. Japanese kind is very bright pink-red and much more bitter. You add it under the nori seaweed, after you deseed it and split in half.

Good job Soph. :] I love making rice balls, but never dared further than just triangle shape (the only shape I can really do for some reason.) <3

Ra-in

Thanks, Soph!

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Buttercup99

My hubby received a book when he was in college that is called "101 ways to cook Ramen". They are some of the easiest things to make. So I thought I would share some with you.

Chinese Style Ramen with Veggies
Beginner
Pasta

1 pkg Oriental ramen noodles
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 cup mixed vegetables (fresh, frozen or canned)

Cook noodles and drain. Add seasoning packet. Cook vegetables and add to noodles. Use soy sauce to taste.


Ramen Fajitas
Beginner
Pasta

1 pkg any flavor ramen noodles
1 skinned chicken breast, cut in strips
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup onions, sliced
1 cup salsa
1/2 cup sour cream

Cook noodles and drain. Brown chicken in skillet in oil. Add onions and salsa; cook over medium heat until onions are tender. Serve over noodles and top with sour cream.

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