Cookery meme
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anna_wingHAVE YOU EVER?
1. Made biscuits from scratch?
Scones? Yes.
2. Fried fresh okra?
Ladies' fingers? Yes, stir-fried.
3. Made sourdough bread?
No.
4. Fried chicken?
Stir-fried, yes.
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch?
Of course.
6. Made any kind of yeast bread?
Yes.
7. Baked a cake from scratch?
Yes. I don't like pre-mixes.
8. Made icing from scratch?
Your basic water or lemon/lime/orange juice icing, yes.
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies?
Not sure what this means. My pot roast involves carrots, onions, dark and light soya sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, Chinese wine, Chinese dried mushrooms and spring onion.
10. Made chili from scratch?
No. I have grown chilis, though not with great success (fusarium wilt, curse it)
11. Made a meatloaf?
No
12. Made scalloped potatoes?
Gratin potatoes? Yes.
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?
This is like a pasta gratin? Yes.
14. Made a jello salad?
Jelly desserts, yes. With mayonnaise, no.
15. Made peanut brittle?
Almond.
16. Made fudge?
No.
17. Made cookies from scratch?
Biscuits. Yes.
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans?
I've cooked stews and soups involving dried beans, yes.
19. Cooked a pot of greens?
Not sure what this is. Vegetable stews, certainly. I've also cooked big pots of various leafy vegetables in a steamer. or a microwave.
20. Made cornbread from scratch?
Yes. WHy do all the recipes include sugar? Is it meant to be a cake?
21. Make a pie dough from scratch?
Always, except puff pastry, which the climate does not allow.
22. Cooked a whole turkey?
Ugh. No.
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them?
? I've certainly cooked green beans (French beans? Long beans? Snake beans? Sugar snap peas? Snow peas?) Not sure what the snapping is about.
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch?
Yes.
25. What’s the most people you have (alone) prepared a whole meal for?
Ten.
26. Poached an egg?
No.
27. Made pancakes from scratch?
No.
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them?
Of course. Who boils vegetables, these days?
29. Made fresh pasta?
From flour and water? No.
30. Made croissants from scratch?
No.
31. Made tuna salad?
No.
32. Fried fish?
Stir-fried.
33. Made baked beans?
Stewed only.
34. Made ice cream from scratch?
In an ice-cream maker, yes. None of that taking it out of the freezer and stirring at intervals nonsense.
35. Made jam or jelly?
I make cotignac whenever I can get quinces, and that certainly passes through a jam stage on its way to becoming firm and chewable, so I'll say yes.
36. Zested an orange or lemon?
Frequently.
37. Made grits from scratch?
Do they mean polenta? Yes.
38. Made an omelet?
Spanish omelette only.
39. Lived in a house without a dishwasher?
Yes.
40. Eaten a bowl of cereal for supper?
No.
1. Made biscuits from scratch?
Scones? Yes.
2. Fried fresh okra?
Ladies' fingers? Yes, stir-fried.
3. Made sourdough bread?
No.
4. Fried chicken?
Stir-fried, yes.
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch?
Of course.
6. Made any kind of yeast bread?
Yes.
7. Baked a cake from scratch?
Yes. I don't like pre-mixes.
8. Made icing from scratch?
Your basic water or lemon/lime/orange juice icing, yes.
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies?
Not sure what this means. My pot roast involves carrots, onions, dark and light soya sauce, oyster sauce, garlic, Chinese wine, Chinese dried mushrooms and spring onion.
10. Made chili from scratch?
No. I have grown chilis, though not with great success (fusarium wilt, curse it)
11. Made a meatloaf?
No
12. Made scalloped potatoes?
Gratin potatoes? Yes.
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?
This is like a pasta gratin? Yes.
14. Made a jello salad?
Jelly desserts, yes. With mayonnaise, no.
15. Made peanut brittle?
Almond.
16. Made fudge?
No.
17. Made cookies from scratch?
Biscuits. Yes.
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans?
I've cooked stews and soups involving dried beans, yes.
19. Cooked a pot of greens?
Not sure what this is. Vegetable stews, certainly. I've also cooked big pots of various leafy vegetables in a steamer. or a microwave.
20. Made cornbread from scratch?
Yes. WHy do all the recipes include sugar? Is it meant to be a cake?
21. Make a pie dough from scratch?
Always, except puff pastry, which the climate does not allow.
22. Cooked a whole turkey?
Ugh. No.
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them?
? I've certainly cooked green beans (French beans? Long beans? Snake beans? Sugar snap peas? Snow peas?) Not sure what the snapping is about.
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch?
Yes.
25. What’s the most people you have (alone) prepared a whole meal for?
Ten.
26. Poached an egg?
No.
27. Made pancakes from scratch?
No.
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them?
Of course. Who boils vegetables, these days?
29. Made fresh pasta?
From flour and water? No.
30. Made croissants from scratch?
No.
31. Made tuna salad?
No.
32. Fried fish?
Stir-fried.
33. Made baked beans?
Stewed only.
34. Made ice cream from scratch?
In an ice-cream maker, yes. None of that taking it out of the freezer and stirring at intervals nonsense.
35. Made jam or jelly?
I make cotignac whenever I can get quinces, and that certainly passes through a jam stage on its way to becoming firm and chewable, so I'll say yes.
36. Zested an orange or lemon?
Frequently.
37. Made grits from scratch?
Do they mean polenta? Yes.
38. Made an omelet?
Spanish omelette only.
39. Lived in a house without a dishwasher?
Yes.
40. Eaten a bowl of cereal for supper?
No.
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Date: 2020-08-16 08:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-08-17 05:59 am (UTC)Most of the questions are applicable to many cuisines, I should think.
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Date: 2020-08-17 12:02 pm (UTC)Yes, you're right! Let me rephrase my comment: I like the way your answers showed that.