Do you try on the recipes you see on television

@mayka123 (16584)
India
November 19, 2011 1:17am CST
I am just now watching a cookery show and they are making some nice chicken dishes. Half the ingredients mentioned are not available nearby. But I have liked a few recipes and am wondering whether I should try them out. Have you tried out any recipes that you have seen on television or on the net. What was the outcome. Yummy or terrible?
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
19 Nov 11
I do not cook in our house. My wife watches cookery shows--We are vegetarians. In spite of it she will watch non vegetarian cooking shows also--substitute vegetables in place of non vegetarian pieces. sometimes it use to come out very well.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
So you are one of those men who go to the kitchen only when they want a glass of water? Or does that too have to be given to you? LOL. Some non veg recipes can be substituted with paneer or soya chunks. They taste just as good.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
My hubby is no more but when he was alive he would always help in the cooking. He loved to cook for me and I enjoyed it. That is one of the reasons that I need to look at recipes now because I have hardly cooked all my life!!!
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
19 Nov 11
Interesting. I can see the point in your mind. Probably your husband also doesn't help you in cooking!!yes. paneer can be substituted for some dishes. Also brinjal in place of fish or potato in place of chicken may make it tasty.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
19 Nov 11
Yes I often use recipes found on TV or the Web. I have had some success with them . If there is a complaint with these it is usually not enough spice.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
The proportion of spices is different every where. Here in our country we generally tend to eat more spicy food. So not everyone likes the bland variety of food. I like my food more spicy and accordingly change the recipes.
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
19 Nov 11
I don't use enough spices to cause gas or body oder
@shskumbla (3338)
• India
19 Nov 11
Will it disturb in the office?
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
19 Nov 11
I am a terrible cook and I watch a lot of the cooking shows because I find them relaxing for some strange reason, I haven't tried a complete recipe but I have picked up on a few little hints from them.
• India
19 Nov 11
Hello lilaclady, I too find cookery shows relaxing :) it is indeed strange, isn't it?
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
I hate cooking but everyone likes my food which is bad because then I have to cook. When my hubby had proposed to me 24 yrs ago the first think I told him is that I will not cook at home. Since we were living in a joint family then with his parents it was okay as his mother loved cooking. I do take hints from recipes that I read in books or on the net and make my own concoction after that!!!
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@surekharathi (14146)
• India
19 Nov 11
Hahah...nice question watch the recipe on television and apply on our kitchen for eating but no chance for me because in my house I cant watch cooking show in Tv because sometime no line, some time family members see only news channel and some time my MIL watch Lords serial like Jai shri Krishna, Jai hanuman etc.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
You can always check for the recipes on the internet if you do not get a chance to watch it on television. Surely you get to watch some television shows during the day. Or have you to just watch whatever your mother in law is watching?
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• India
19 Nov 11
Uncle please reply of my PM haha...you not joking actual in our house 3 TV is there but in first TV cable connection, second one is not started and third is no cable connection. Friend mayka in our house all family members like only vegatables and chapati both the time so no chance of special dishes.
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@ravisivan (14079)
• India
19 Nov 11
Very interesting indeed -- motherin law watching God serials. Daughter in law -- you can have another tv and watch cookery shows--(just joking--I suggest having only one tv in every house because cooperation will come among people in a house only then). After watching cookery shows you can try , remembering the ingredients or note down in a note book and try. I am sure you also make only vegetarian dishes in your house.good day.
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• India
19 Nov 11
Hello myka, I love to watch cookery shows and if the dishes they show are vegetarian (I don't eat meat) and require ingredients that I already have in my kitchen, I do try them out. Sometimes, I like to substitute an ingredient or two to make my own version and most times, I have managed to turn out a really good dish. :)
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
I am a vegetarian during the week and non vegetarian on weekends. That is because I prefer carrying a vegetarian meal to Office. I am thinking of trying out a few dishes at home and just hope they turn out well. And anyway since I live alone there is no one to critize my cooking!!!
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• India
21 Nov 11
Of course they will turn out well because you don't want your stomach to cmplain, do you?
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@ygna21 (294)
• Bulgaria
19 Nov 11
I haven't really tried television recipes lately but I have done it in the past and the outcome was very good. I try recipes from books and magazines alot more often though and so far I have always been satisfied with the results.I haven't cooked anything in a very long time.Maybe I should do it soon! :)
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
I first learnt my cooking only from recipes that I got from magazines. The outcome was not too good in the beginning because I did not know the basics of cooking then. Now that I can cook quite good even though I am a lazy cook my experiments with receipes borrowed from television or internet come quite well.
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
19 Nov 11
Hi there! I feel many recipes which are shown are not workable in a normal house of ours. They use expensive and high end ingredients to make their dishes tastier. On TV screen every thing looks rosy and very attractive. However, I understand when somebody actually tries to cook a dish as per the TV recipes, she find that it is altogether different ball game.
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
19 Nov 11
Everything looks impeccable on TV and we get tempted to cook the dishes ....lol!
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
20 Nov 11
Do you try your hand at cooking??? Or just have whatever yr better half makes?
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
A lot of glaze I think is used to make the ingredients shine so much on television!! I think when we try those recipes we should use our own common sense and make the necessary changes.
@leeloo (1492)
• Portugal
26 Nov 11
I have tried a few recipes and gotten a lot of ideas from both cooking show on television as well as on the net. Most of what I have done has come out well, some of them actually becoming part of the basic recipes I make. There are lots of things that I would like to try out but don't have the necessary skill. I don't love to cook, I do enjoy it, at I really like watching people that do it well.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
26 Nov 11
Glad to know that I am not the only one who does not like cooking. I liked someone cooking for me and serving it on the table. I hate cooking but have to do so because there is no one to cook for me and I do not like to keep a servant to cook. I too take a lot of ideas from recipes in magazines and now cookery shows on television have not exactly tried out any recipe seen on television.
@SandeeE (346)
• United States
27 Nov 11
Thats funny Mayka because I don't like to eat what I cook. When it comes from someone else I think everything tastes so much better. I cook because I like too yes BUT not all the time. I try to only cook 3-4 times a week. I pray the roomate will help out the other but most of the time NOT. I don't like to feel obligated to make something if that isn't wierd. I want to cook because I want too. As a parent I know I have to one way or another and always did when the kid's were little. But now that they are teens I totally use the "your big enough to make something" excuse as much as I can haha.. We might only get mac n cheese that night but it's something haha.
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@kkanaka (886)
• Singapore
25 Nov 11
Hi mayka, I always like to try out new recipes whether it is on net or on TV, I have tried many dishes. Some turn out nice some it looks good but doesnt taste very nice. But I still keep on trying and never give up learning new dishes.....
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@kkanaka (886)
• Singapore
26 Nov 11
good question, my family won't eat it i end up eating all like u you said i won't throw my own creation
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
25 Nov 11
What do you do with the food if it does not taste good? Eat it because it is after all your own creation? Or dump it?
@vandana7 (98826)
• India
20 Nov 11
I am lazy. I like eating. So I like to make friends with people who love cooking. You see, I always get sample of their cooking. lol But I've had problems as well. There is an aunt who is terrible cook, but she thinks she is great. Cant hurt her because she is angelic in all other ways. So whatever she makes gets into tummy through that buccal cavity. I agree with you though - some ingredients are tough to get. I have another problem, they mention that you should let it come to boil or let it get cooked. The problem is by the time it comes to boil, Vandy's mind gets engrossed in something else and by the time it gets cooked - it can become black. Of course that is exaggeration - but I am pretty close to that. I'd rather they tell you - now start this song - and pour water. When the song ends, your dish would be ready. You know - perpetual alarms..lol
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
20 Nov 11
I am just now sitting all alone in my room and laughing aloud just reading your responnse. If anyone peeps in through the window - am on the ground floor and my window is just now open - people will think I have gone nuts... living all alone and laughing like this ... My hubby was an expert in burning food. In fact the vessel would very often turn out of shape with the heat of the gas. And I would end up giving the vessel to the bhangarwala. I dont think you are so bad. I may be able to get the ingredients in the big malls. But who will take the trouble of going there for one ingredient for one dish and that too for one person. BTW I have never burnt my food. So I can say I am better than you in cooking. Got my first assignment and am doing it now.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
22 Nov 11
Got the first assignment today. At yr price without asking for it. . Will surely look forward to some nice and yummy idli sambar. Dont know when that will happen but it will one day.
@vandana7 (98826)
• India
20 Nov 11
You cleared the test? Wow!!! All the best about assignment. Hope you got the bargain I'd suggested. Well..it is true you know..dynamic personalities burn food, and vessels..we have so many things that interest us. I can still manage I think..if you ever decide to visit me. Nothing extraordinary. But I make great Sambhar and Idli. And Rajma curry. Patented. I can start an eatery with those three. I get those dishes when there is pot luck. I also make good curds. Rest ..average.
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• United States
20 Nov 11
Every now and then I do. I discovered a great dish that was on one of the cooking shows and I loved it. It was made with spaghetti noodles, bacon, and some other stuff.. I can't remember now but it was REALLY good!
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
20 Nov 11
If you do not rememeber the recipe now how can you make it again. Its good to know that your experiment turned out very well. Hope you remember the ingredients and are able to make the dish again.
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• United States
20 Nov 11
I've got it written down somewhere, but I don't know where I put it...lol. I basically know what to put in it.. I think it is just boil the pasta, cook the bacon until it is crispy and break it up... whip up an egg with parmasam cheese, and then take the pasta out of the water and drain it, but don't rinse it.. then put back in the pan and add the egg and cheese mixture and stir it in. The heat from the spaghetti will cook the egg right on the noodles.. and then add the bacon to it and stir it in. That's about it.. there might be other seasonings, but I don't remember. I forget what it is called.
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@viju0410 (2286)
• India
21 Nov 11
Hi , i do love watching cookery shows and i also try them in my kitchen all the vegetarian newbie. Even my husband loves to learn new recipes and without making much delay he cooks them too. Even i like to read the kitchen tips on newspapers and magazines. I think it is better to try and implement new flavor as sometime we are bored with the traditional dishes or the seasonal ones. I really make sure all the ingredients are available in the kitchen. Since my husband is a good cook, we usually store the 'common ingredients' for making any vegetarian item. That make it easy to try so. Yes, once he made cutlets (made with semolina and curd) for evening tea which he learned (the the afternoon) from the 1 minute recipe show on TV of a popular South Indian Channel.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
22 Nov 11
It is nice to have a hubby to loves to cook. When my hubby was there he too would love to cook and keep the food ready for me when I came from work. At times he would try out a recipe and if it turned out bad it would go into the dustbin before I came back. I would come to know about it only a few days later.
@mayka123 (16584)
• India
26 Nov 11
He must be calling you to warn you not to share your food with your friends because there is some problem with it. It shows how caring he is. Since he had warned you so you had an opportunity to buy the curds and eat with your food. Isnt that thoughtful of him.
@viju0410 (2286)
• India
23 Nov 11
ok. u know the problem, since he is a good cook than me, he never bothers to appreciate daily / on a new dish etc. but if there's a mistake then he will call me on phone and tell me the problem. Last week he called during our lunch hour in office and he checked if I had lunch or not. In fact we 5 colleagues together have lunch (usually we carry lunch box from home i.e. home cooked) and my friends thought he's calling me out for lunch but he told me the dish was too salty and he had to mix curd to remake it. LOL.
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@SandeeE (346)
• United States
25 Nov 11
That is funny you ask because just last night I made ranch dip pork chops which is a recipe I saw on a tv commercial for Ranch Dip. YUMMIE were they good and I will make them this way often. I think getting ideas off of TV is more in line w/what I do. I don't always catch the entire recipe so often have to look it up online also. But I do get some awesome ideas & inspirations from what I see on TV.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
25 Nov 11
Yes we do get a lot of inspiration from what we watch on television. After starting this discussion I have seen a lot of cookery shows and have picked up quite a few ideas. I just wish we could exchange recipes on this site they may be we would be able to get a lot of awesome ideas from other countries too.
@SandeeE (346)
• United States
26 Nov 11
I bet we could. But why not go the profile of the person and send messages that way or find thier website to contact them and share recipies that way? I really love trying new food's and new ethnic foods.
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@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
19 Nov 11
I have tried a lot of recipes I've seen on the net. I don't actually know how to cook before and I'm always afraid to try coz I might waste those ingredients. But I was away with my family for some time that I have forced myself to learn how to. And thankfully I made it. They taste yummy although there were some who didn't go so well
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
4 Dec 11
I think if one knows the basics of cooking they can try out new recipes and use your own intelligence when making changes in the recipes. I think all should know the basics of cooking because we do not know when we will need to use our skills.
@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
2 Dec 11
I try few of the recipes I see on TV but I get good ideas from my favorites shows and chefs. I donĀ“t see all the cookery shows they have on TV. Two years ago, I even learnt how to make sushi by following a show for some time. I have made it for friends and they love it.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
3 Dec 11
It is true we get a lot of great ideas from these shows. We do have to use our own intelligence when trying out these dishes or else they may end up in the dustbin.. Am still waiting to try something out.
@allknowing (130066)
• India
20 Nov 11
I like to watch cookery shows and do try some recipes which I pick from there specially the easy to do ones. I would have listed some recipes here but we are not allowed to do so.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
20 Nov 11
Yes unfortunately we are not allowed to post recipes here or else I am sure a lot of mylotters would have loved sharing their recipes here with me. That way I may have learnt to cook better. I will also first try and pick an easy recipe and see the result.
@allknowing (130066)
• India
20 Nov 11
I love cooking with help around for chopping and cleaning. I also download recipes from the Net.
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@13tyates (1606)
• United States
19 Nov 11
I would definitely encourage you to try out some of the recipes on these cooking shows. I have done it several times now with deserts and main dishes. Every time I have done this they turned out GREAT! So when you get a chance try one out. I usually find the recipe they did online on that cooking shows website so I will not be trying to remember the recipe. Happy Mylotting!
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
20 Nov 11
Its good to know that your experiments with recipes that you see on television come out great. Do you try out the recipes exactly as it is shown on television or do you make your own changes. I was just trying to figure whether I can do it exactly as shown or do I have to make my own changes to the recipes.
@13tyates (1606)
• United States
20 Nov 11
I usually just stick with the recipe as it was on the TV. The only time I usually change it is if I do not have one fo the things that it is calling for and I will supplement it with something else. I may have to try changing up one of the recipes some time and see how it turns out!
@telmesh (1793)
19 Nov 11
I watch cookery shows and think that I will try some of the recipes out but never have. Much more often look up recipes off the internet. Last night I had an idea of doing corned beef hash because we managed to get some corned beef cheap. Looking for a different way than I would normally use. Found a recipe and it turned out great more flavour than usual.
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
19 Nov 11
I have never had corned beef hash. Should hunt for the recipe and try it out. Am not sure whether I will get corned beef anywhere near where I live though.
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@telmesh (1793)
19 Nov 11
corned beef is salt beef usually comes in cans and would be sold loose on a deli counter.Not allowed to do recipes here but only need potatoes and onion to go with it. Hope it is available where you are.
• India
20 Nov 11
My sister watch the cookery show everyday and make one special dish every time for me. Of course you should try them out, this could be your better chance to make one delicious dish for your boy friend/friend/husband and make him happy. Guys really love the food which girls make them with love. All the best!
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
20 Nov 11
Unfortunately I do not have a husband/boy friend. But yes I would like to cook for my kids and my grandson and friends too. Will surely try something soon and then share the experience with all here. I hate cooking and I love it when guys cook for me!!!
28 Nov 11
I love to make tea, now without sugar to keep my figure...but if I'm making tea for family, I add sugar...and I make good omelets,and I cook rice...and I want to limit at that, else my wife who is a good cook, would offload all the cooking on me. I wouldnt mind doing that, but then she would become fatter and fatter and fatter...she would love my cooking (at least) and would have no exercise at all.
@Iemon1 (123)
• Singapore
1 Dec 11
Tried it once. Resulted in a total failure. :(
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@mayka123 (16584)
• India
1 Dec 11
Why a disaster? Was it the first time you were cooking? Or is because you tried it exactly as shown on television.