Do you ever criticize your cooking?

United States
January 13, 2009 1:00pm CST
I sometimes think other people's cooking taste better. Wether it's my mom, boyfriend, friends... I could cook the same type of food and use the same ingredients, I just feel theirs taste better. They always comment that it's great and it tastes the same, but I don't think so. And it could be the simplist thing, like a sandwich. My boyfriend loves the way I make a sandwich, but I don't like to make it for myself. The way my mom makes its, taste a whole lot better for some reason. Anyway, do you ever feel that way?
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@rezax123 (395)
• Norway
14 Jan 09
if u can criticize ur cooking than u will better in future. that is the key of success. u will keep urself better and better if u dont think that u r not making good things.
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@Frederick42 (2024)
• Canada
14 Jan 09
I hav never criticized my cooking. On the other hand,I am always proud of my cooking. I sincerely feel that there is no other cook than me. I am the best cook in the world. And all my relatives appreciate my cooking and they say that my cookin gis the tastiest which they have ever tasted in their lives.
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@tammytwo (4298)
• United States
14 Jan 09
I think we all tend to get bored with our own cooking. I guess that could be an excuse for getting others to pitch in and do the cooking around the house. You think it might work? I'm not really sure it would at my house. My husband did cook most of the meal the other night at our house. But of course he got busy on the phone dealing with his employees and I had to pick up the slack. I don't know why but it seems he and I could cook the exact same meal and mine would always be done faster than his. Seems he takes for ever to prepare even the simplest of meals. That doesn't really make mush sense either because he tends to turn the burner up higher than I do.
• Brazil
14 Jan 09
I like the taste of the food I prepare but other´s people´s food always tastes better. I never could answer why.
@jessi0887 (2788)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I think thats got to be normal. I often do this but i feel its just better coming from someone else. I don't know how anyone else feels about my cooking it just doesn't seem as good as others.
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@nigenh (167)
• India
14 Jan 09
i wud say my mom's cooking is the best in this world, but then even i relish my own cooking or wud give someone else to taste it just fr a test ;)
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
14 Jan 09
I do have a pretty critical tongue when it is my own food [prepared by me sorry].I like some items made by some people and there are good ones made by self too.When it is not up to the usual standard I do criticise myself. If someone cooks for you when you are a guest and you have been afforded the luxury of enjoying a meal without being forced to make it on your own, the feeling is itself so sweet thta it adds to the excellence.No doubt the food prepared by your mom or someone else is great but the luxury of being given something lovingly ,adds to the flavour.
@aweins (4199)
• India
13 Jan 09
hi konomi777, my dear friend, i have criticized my cookinh hundred of times. i think i love my mom's food the most. i love her cooked food and i feel its the best. its not becasue she is my mother and thereforei love it , no, i love it because she is a great cook. i learnt cooking from her. my father also cooks vry well. i am from a family of great cooks. lol.whenever i cook something , most of the time , if i am not wrong, i feel that no, my mom use to make it much more tastier.like cookie, my pops make them and when i bake them, i fell tat there is a magic in his hands, they taste much more good than mine.
@ronnyb (6113)
• Jamaica
14 Jan 09
I think that this is usually the case with a lot of persons ,that others cooking taste better than yours and I think that is just a case of you being accustomed to your own cooking .
• United States
14 Jan 09
Yes, I criticize my cooking. I do my best to be able to prepare good food for my family. I like to cook and when sometimes it doesn't end the way I want it I throw it away. I anyway do this rarely since I only make food that I believe I am good with.;-)
@UK_Shree (3603)
14 Jan 09
I am really critical of my own cooking. Not with everything, like sandwiches, or simple preparations, but definitely with more complicated foods, like indian meals/dishes for example. I usually think they don't taste very good until someone points out that it tastes fine (or even great sometimes!) and then I taste it again and very strangely end up agreeing! I think it is perfectly normal to be critical of your own cooking.
• United States
13 Jan 09
In general, people tend to criticize themselves more than others. Because of this, you can make the same things exactly the way soemone else does, and somehow to your brain, the other persons dish will taste better. There is probably nothing wrong with yours, in fact it is probably identical. When this happens, just enjoy both dishes because now you have twice as much of it to eat!
@CRIVAS (1815)
• Canada
14 Jan 09
I feel like this all the time. I personally don't really enjoy cooking, my husband on the other hand really enjoys cooking. I always think that his food tastes better even when he shows me exactly how to make it myself. I think it just comes from experience and enjoyment. As for my mother's cooking, I love her's more than my own too, she makes a killer stew and roast. And I love her homemade soups. I think there are just certain foods that taste better when someone else cooks them. I think I also enjoy the fact that everyone cooks differently.
@fishpool (186)
• China
14 Jan 09
I am studying to cook.The only people to criticize my cooking is my parents.of course it's often very good and i think so.Although i buy several books to study it,there is no progress.Luckily my parents,especially my dad always encourage me so much that untill now I still like cooking.Do you like it ?
@breepeace (3014)
• Canada
13 Jan 09
I am definitely my own worst critic when it comes to food. Even if everyone else is telling me how good something is, I can't help but feel like they're patronizing me because I've had better, as I'm sure they have.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
13 Jan 09
I have definitely felt that way and I do from time to time especially when my husband makes the same kind of meal. He sometimes takes over and it tastes better for some reason. I don't know what it is about when other people prepare the same thing. I wish that I could do better sometimes!
@70nyh0Ax (177)
• India
13 Jan 09
You know this is a normal feeling with many people they always think the other person is doing much better than him/her. But the question here arises is that don't you wanna do better than him/her? I'LL say that think positive(The secret) and you'll achieve the goal in your life..you know you look stupid when you criticize yourself.? Instead of complaining start improving. Criticizing yourself is a sure waste of time and energy..