At what age did you learn to cook?

Ireland
January 18, 2009 2:03pm CST
Who taught you to cook? Wats your favourite thing to cook? Are you good at it? Do you enjoy it? I remember I always thought I wanted to be a chef but then decided against it because i thought d be too lazy for it and went a different direction, however I enjoy cooking and I was able to cook from a very early age!
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@ank_47 (1959)
• India
3 Feb 09
from my 9 years ,i learned making tea and coffee by seeing my mother, after 11 years ,i learned to make omlette and after 20 years i made one or two dishes in my house, when my mother is not there. but doesn't learned more till marriage. after marraige only , i learned perfectly on my own . but i experimented daily with different dishes on my own. now i am a good cook and all people will praise me when they eat in my house in parties. i make variety dishes when there is party in my house.
@arianex (21)
1 Feb 09
Back when I was 9, if you could make your own cup of hot Ovaltine, you were considered pretty handy in the kitchen. xD That said, I've been cooking for about just less than 6 years now (I'm 16), starting off with boiled eggs and rice to pretty handy stir-fries. I should mention, though, that until I took Food Tech for GCSE, I didn't get much cooking practice - so I improved more in less than the last 2 years compared to the 4 years before that. XD
@k1tten (2318)
• United States
18 Jan 09
I was learning to cook as soon as I could help my mother in the kitchen. That was years ago. More than ten I believe. I'd like to think that I'm ok with cooking. Not a professional by any means. My favorite thing to cook is actually cookies. I love cookie dough!
@thyst07 (2079)
• United States
18 Jan 09
I started learning how to make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving when I was about three years old. My grandma showed me how to measure in the spices, and then she would let me mix everything with one of those old hand mixers that you have to turn the crank on to make the mixer go. By the time I was about 8 I was making the pies by myself. I didn't really learn to cook real meals until I was about 15, and I pretty much taught myself. Now I love to cook, and I've considered trying a semester of culinary school to see if I would like it.
@kezabelle (2974)
18 Jan 09
Ive been able to cook for at least 10 years now (im 24) we learnt some at school but my mum taught me the basics and the rest i have taught myself even more so once i had my girls and wanted to make sure they were getting the decent meals they deserve!
@ninaluv (338)
• Nigeria
18 Jan 09
i actually learnt to cook when i was seven years old. i know this might sound strange, but it's the truth. my mum always want me in the kithen when ever she's cooking, and she makes me do some of the cooking. and she also taught me the right name for things, that my mates then dont know. i remembered i loved eating the stock in form of soup then, and i always call it meat water, but she keeps saying it's called stock, and eventually, i learnt it. it's really fun. i love cooking.