Recipe or Feel?

Hi Hatley! My how quick you are today I just posted this! Yes I think that is probably why I can't cook with a recipe because I love experimenting also! Every time I see a recipe I always think...oh I can do something better than that!! And it's amazing how when you do it long enough it just comes to you and like you, You seldom goof up!!

Thanks a lot for your response!

hiya hatley
That kind of put me off cooking when I ended up living on my own, it's not nearly as much fun having someone to cook for and to share mealtimes with IMO. I'm glad it had the opposite effect on you.

Or Else the man Wants something special like YOU for dessert!!!!

Hiya Sister Alice!! OH I am sooooo bad!!!

Maybe the "feel" for cooking just comes from years of experience. I know when I was very young I could easily burn boiling water...not easy to do, I Know, but for me, it was Definitely possible! But after years of putting things together, I'm like you, I sit back, think of the flavors I want, then a little bit of this and a little bit of that and Voila! It happens, just like with you! Maybe the "feel" comes from experience with some of us and not inbred!

And Oh My God! If I had to sit and measure out a teaspoon of this and a tablespoon of that and an ounce of that one...I would Never be finished! And I would ruin it to boot!! This girl does not even Own a pair of cooking scales! Gee I wonder why??

@ burning boiled water... I guess that's where it all dries in and burns the bottom out of the pan! I've burnt a boiled egg before ...but I've improved as a home chef since then lol

haha! Yes it all dries up and burns the bottom of the pan and it is Very difficult to get clean! You know what is even worse? Put on a pan of boiling water, add a package of powdered chicken noodle soup and then go and fall asleep for a few hours until the smoke is so bad in the house that it wakes you up and the smoke detectors are going off! Not Only did I have a pan with burnt chicken noodles in the bottom of the pan which was Almost impossible to get clean, But the smoke was so bad and I couldn't get it out that I ended up having to call the Fire Department and they had to bring their huge fan out to blow the smoke out of the house...took them about a half an hour even with the huge fan!! Of course the Up side to that was that I was able to flirt with a half dozen of the hunkiest Firemen that you ever did see, but when I ask them all to dinner, I told them I would cook for them, they all Declined telling me it was probably a better idea if they took me Out to dinner!! Can You Imagine??? Ahhhh Yes! The good old days of cooking!!

Burnt a boiled egg before huh?? Now I don't feel so bad! I can't imagine what a mess that would make!!

trust you to find the good in a bad situation GEL... hunky firemen hehehe I can't say that I blame them for declining your offer to cook for them though! hahahaha I hope they took you somewhere nice?
Smoke is bad to shift, not just from the air, but from clothing and furniture too.

YES! Canellita, you Have caught me And learned my secret! I do much prefer doing things my Own Way Because My Way is Always Right!!!

Thanks a lot for responding and have a great week-end!

You must have your husband very well trained!

Hi Ellie! Yes I do remember you telling me before that cooking a regular meal is not really your forte! But that's OK! Not everyone was meant to be a chef...and your baking skills are probably better than mine as I do not bake mush because Hubby and I are not really big sweets eaters so why bake a cake when it won't be eaten?

By the way, sometimes I make those mish mash meals also, find some things in the cupboard that I am tired of looking at and make a mish mash meal out of it. When I tell Hubby that dinner is going to be:

"A little bit of this and a little bit of that"

Then he knows enough...it's mish mash night!

Thanks a lot for your response and have a great week-end!

You May hate to cook Muscles but to tell you the truth I am happy to know that you are able to grill a piece of fish, chicken or steak or make scrambled eggs and a protein drink. It not only tells me you are Not going to starve, But, you are Not going to starve while being healthy! So many people can't or don't cook unless of course it is only junk food...Good for you!

Thanks so much for responding!

When I eat too much junk food my sinus clogg up and I can not breathe put of my nose and I get a headach plus I get all filled with shame and guilt so i seldom eat alot of junk food.