help! help! a poor cook

I don't think I would have turned the opportunity down. I would have had to enlist the help from some friends or forked over the bucks to have the food made for me. I too am a girl that lacks those innate cooking skills. I'm getting a little better now that I have a family that I need to provide for, but they are still mediocre at best.

u should have told them in a jokingly manner so they wont pin u more, "sorry boys, i went beyond ur expectations" :) i hope they're not sexist just because u're a girl and u're supposed to be expert for that task. but it's not bad to know some recipes somehow, for ur own experience, not for anyone else. :)

Learn how to cook. Forget about all the "way to a man's heart" nonsense. Learn to cook for yourself. Get yourself a basic cookbook. Nothing fancy. Start out simple. Use shortcuts and cheats. Look up Paula Deen recipes. They are super easy. You could have managed the picnic with little skill. Boiled some eggs, opened some cans, toss out the KFC bucket and presto chango a picnic! No one even had to know. If anyone asked for a recipe-lie through your teeth.

you just do it like the anything done. you should get a little by little, just like do anything like cook something, cooking things is just like as other anything.it should need the children to do by themselves,by their whole heart and soul and put all energy and time on such this thing like doing other things:reading,studing,and other complicated other things,not innate and nature to do such things like this.you can do first from the simply things, like the cook a egg,and such this simply other things.step by step,you can teach the more difficult things. the most important thing is to built the confidence of them.

Well if you had cooked for the PICNIC they would not ask you again next year.

In fact, cooking can be fan. You will very happy when you can make delicious foods. There are many books about cooking. And you can also find the menu on internet. Tt is not so difficult as you think.I trust in you! What you should do is just try yourself.

neo_matrix, The answer to this question will be no way, at least for sometime. However, I feel that the world today does understand this shortcoming from womenfolks and are quite understanding when they come to realize it. So, you should not feel embarrassed or at odds here. Just be honest, than make a mess of it and be in a much more odd situation. Women today, are ever more active outside the domestic scene and as such culinary skill is just no longer a forte. Let me assure you that it is alright and their concern is not about your current innate but your future when you are required to cook for yourself. Take care and have a nice day.

well they can't judge you for that. the next time you get that assignment, try to invite other memebers to help you out and tell them honestly that you are not that good cook but willing to take that responsibilty with the help of other memebers who are willing to give suggestions. good luck

I feel for you honey.. most males expect every woman to be a genius in the kitchen. But if you really need a quick fix then head over to allrecipies.com. Thats the best guide to making the simplest of foods..

allrecipes.com they have any possibly recipe you can imagine, there are also step by step videos on youtube. I can now make elaborate Indian dishes just from reading and watching videos. What I am getting at it you need to relax, just read the recipe, follow the steps, and you'll be fine. There are tons of things you can cook that take less than an hour and are very simple. Don't bite off more than you can chew, start out simple. If something confuses you ask a question somewhere, look it up, again there is probably a video on youtube. I agree this concept is sexist but if that's what is expected of you, then do it. You'll either never be asked to cook again or you'll learn how to make some cool thigns for yourself to eat.

Just be honest! I'm sure not all the guys you work with are great at traditionally male tasks such as DIY etc! Offer to do what you can, just simple things and see if anyone else wants to cook. Many of the worlds best chefs are men, so maybe someone else would like the opportunity to show what they can do.

For some reason many people hold on to this past view of a "working husband, devoted housewife" society. Even though I learned how to cook for an early age I wouldn't cook for someone without asking for their help in the kitchen. If anything it might even be an interesting conversation to bring up all the mishaps and mistakes you made near a stove so that your colleagues will get the hint that your not a good cook and they shouldn't expect you to be just because you were born with certain body parts. Next time that happens invite some of your male co workers to help and it they ask why just tell them "because i'm cooking for you so the least you can do is help." That way the daunting task of actually cooking won't be entirely up to you. and if the food does turn up bad you always have someone else (a man who has no experience in the kitchen) to blame.