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Most people make terrible food and can't actually cook.

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ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:25

They can't.

I read such horrors on food threads.

Either courgettes and mushrooms mixed in a worthy mushy horror.

OR jars, and packets.

Horrible. So. Much. Horrible. Foood.

OP posts:
xsquared · 26/11/2022 00:42

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:39

C'mon.

There is so much to discuss.

What do you want people to say? Surely it's a matter of opinion. I hope you're never rude enough to tell someone who's fed you that they can't cook!

ididntchoosethat · 26/11/2022 00:42

xsquared · 26/11/2022 00:38

OP also thinks most people dress boringly.

I get the impression that op doesn't have a high opinion of most people.

ah, one of those posters

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:44

@ididntchoosethat

Bit goady. Maybe.

OP posts:
ToGanymedeAndTitan · 26/11/2022 00:45

@JockTamsonsBairns

I don't think I understand this thread.
Same, but some of the replies are so batshit I figure they're satire so have responded accordingly 😁

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:45

It is true though that, I'm going to say 90% of people can't cook.

OP posts:
noeyesbarry · 26/11/2022 00:46

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:44

@ididntchoosethat

Bit goady. Maybe.

goady how Confused

PeloFondo · 26/11/2022 00:47

I don't use jars. Don't do anything fancy but I can make decent home cooking type stuff. Beef stew, cottage pie, omelettes, chicken dishes

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:49

Most people are average.

Fact.

OP posts:
k1233 · 26/11/2022 00:51

I'm on a page where the majority are American. I've formed the solid opinion that Americans eat like children. Food pics posted as "eating healthy this week" are drowning in cheese, dressings, fried foods. Otherwise it's a plate of unappealing muck. So I do get my where you're coming from OP.

My pet peeve is shoes. Fugly shoes should be banished to the furthest corners and wearers sent home to put on something decent.

Whatsleftnow · 26/11/2022 00:52

I’ve seen too many thanksgiving side dishes on my social media this week to have any faith in humanity. I see your soggy courgettes OP and raise you a sweet potato pie topped with mini marshmallows.

Whatsleftnow · 26/11/2022 00:53

@k1233 fugly shoes are like big knickers - don’t knock ‘em til you’ve tried em.

ErrolTheDragon · 26/11/2022 00:53

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:49

Most people are average.

Fact.

Most people are within two or three standard deviations of the mean. Probably.

ToGanymedeAndTitan · 26/11/2022 00:54

ErrolTheDragon · 26/11/2022 00:42

I've eaten most people's food.

You greedy so and so.

Well, nothing's disappeared from my fridge so I don't think you've eaten mine yet.

😁
Yeah, Goldilocks.
You might find it cute, or just trying it out for size working your way through, but nope.
Won't wash, get your own scran lol

Lizzy1980 · 26/11/2022 00:55

What’s it like being the best dressed Gourmet Chef in the world OP?
To say you’ve eaten most peoples food just isn’t true now is it. You’ve never eaten my food, have you? If you were to taste something I’d cooked I have a feeling you’d change your view. Just as an example, most nights I get a couple of courgettes, a punnet of mushrooms and mix it with a shop bought packet sauce. Ninety minutes in the microwave later and you’re presented with what can only be described a ‘Mushy Horror’. I don’t usually share my recipes with members of the public but on this occasion I’ve chosen to make an exception. Thank me later

Lex345 · 26/11/2022 00:56

I think I'm half decent, but it probably falls into the boring category, like bolognaise/risotto/pasta. Wish I had the confidence to try more exotic dishes, but I will look at recipes, tot up the ingredients and think its a bloody expensive experiment if it tastes shit or I mess it up. I tend to stick to what I know everyone will eat!

RobertaFirmino · 26/11/2022 00:57

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:41

Super-boring @RobertaFirmino.

Can you hear me??

Only boring people get bored dearie. Never mind, I'm sure you'll make it to 'Classics' one day.

ToGanymedeAndTitan · 26/11/2022 00:57

Whatsleftnow · 26/11/2022 00:52

I’ve seen too many thanksgiving side dishes on my social media this week to have any faith in humanity. I see your soggy courgettes OP and raise you a sweet potato pie topped with mini marshmallows.

Aw see loving all the thanksgiving foods in my FB groups this week (in lots of cookery groups) as I'm English and we don't do that over here!

NC12345665 · 26/11/2022 00:58

I've eaten most people's food

Hugs and prayers Hun xx

thehorsehasnowbolted · 26/11/2022 00:58

Ninety minutes in the microwave later

Ninety minutes! Shock

ilovesooty · 26/11/2022 00:59

My food doesn't get terribly exciting. Thank goodness there's only me eating it and I don't have to reach the OP's high standards. After my broccoli with cheese and jacket potato I had (horror) tinned rice pudding tonight.

ErrolTheDragon · 26/11/2022 01:00

Aw see loving all the thanksgiving foods in my FB groups this week (in lots of cookery groups) as I'm English and we don't do that over here!

Thanksgiving 'food' makes me give thanks I'm English and we don't do that over here.

ErrolTheDragon · 26/11/2022 01:01

thehorsehasnowbolted · 26/11/2022 00:58

Ninety minutes in the microwave later

Ninety minutes! Shock

She didn't say anything about having turned it on though.

Saz12 · 26/11/2022 01:01

Mushy horror, nom nom my favourite

Sparklesocks · 26/11/2022 01:02

Cooking and food is often all relative imo, tastes and palates vary and can be linked to upbringing, cultural background, and just how much you’re interested in food and what your individual opinions are. There are most likely some people out there who love OP’s cooking and others who think it’s appetising as catsick. All part of the rich tapestry of life, eh?

Bouledeneige · 26/11/2022 01:04

ImNotEntirelySureAboutThat · 26/11/2022 00:25

They can't.

I read such horrors on food threads.

Either courgettes and mushrooms mixed in a worthy mushy horror.

OR jars, and packets.

Horrible. So. Much. Horrible. Foood.

So OP do tell. What do you cook that is so accomplished?

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