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

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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.

That’s just when I’m in a rush. If I’ve got time I’ll do a full two hours. Mwaaah! (Chefs Kiss)

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Are you Michael Gove?

This reminds me of the time that my DD (now 21) "discovered" this "old" band that are amazing.
I probably wont have heard of them because they were quite niche in their day but she was really proud to have found them and share their genius.

I had to tell her, very gently, that yes, I had heard of Fleetwood Mac and if she asked me nicely I would gift her my vinyl albums for her to play on her brand new (yet somehow still vintage) record player! She has since had the decency to be embarrassed about telling us all what we already knew, the OP I suspect does not have that same level of self awareness.

And is a t word

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Come on, we can all cook meth. It’s cooking it well that’s key 🤣

Totally agree. You should watch Walter White's cooking show, he recipes are AMAZING and I love how he deals with the critics, no nonsense and just shoots them down.

However op if your first post is after watching the new season of come dine with it Netflix I wholeheartedly agree with you.

It's pretty much a cooking competition and some of the contestants haven't heard of exotic flavours like oregano.

However most of my food education's is down to wasting hours, evenings and days of my life watching cooking shows like come dine with me so who is the real loser 🤷

As long as I don't have to eat it, I don't care what other people's food or cooking skills are like. I'm certain my cooking wouldn't be to everyone's taste, but since I don't pretend to be a professional chef or force my food on unwilling diners, I fortunately only have to please myself (and occasionally DH).

OP is my husband cooking for you against your will? Do you have a safe word?

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You definitely haven’t eaten mine!

My colleagues used to beg me to cook for them and they’d pay me to do so!

Invites to my luncheon/dinner parties are highly coveted and people beg me to have more so that they can come round more!

One of my DH’s work colleagues loves coming round for dinner and is here so much, he’s almost family.

I’m actually in the process of setting up a YouTube account for people to follow my recipes and cook for themselves, with TikTok shorts for marketing, not that I think I’ll need to market much!

So yes, whilst some people (and usually on Come Dine With Me And Eat This Disgusting Slop) can’t/won’t cook, I should imagine out of the billions of people alive right now and over the age of 18, there are sure to be at least a couple of billion that cook well!

I'm on the side of the OP. Most people don't cook very well.

However, most people also don't really care. They have other priorities, or simply just want to get food on the table. I spend time and care when it comes to food, but I also care what I eat and only have myself to feed. Not everyone is the same.

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OP this is my Winter Solstice menu - would you like to talk shit critique it for me? I'm happy to answer questions on the cooking techniques used.

Menu Winter Solstice

Canapé
Cherry tomato served with mozzarella and basil

Soup
Courgette and coriander soup with a swirl of crème fraiche
Bread roll

Fish
Swordfish in a lightly spiced tomato sauce

Salad
Asparagus wrapped in pancetta served with a lemon mayonnaise

Main course
Chicken and mushroom creamy casserole
Green vegetable medley

Savory
Crispy pancakes with garlic mushrooms

Dessert
Lemon cheesecake

Cheese
Selection of cheeses with biscuits

Fruit and nuts
Selection of fresh fruit served with nuts

I'm sure this is a goady thread. But... My SIL is like you. Turns her nose up at anything we make, 'doesn't DO' this or that. Constantly explains how wonderful the recipe she makes is... etc. I can't get through a meal without being given a cooking lesson.

Tbh her food is disappointing - basic and bland. Putting raspberries in a salad or buying fancy ingredients doesn't make you a gourmet. Last time her fancy, gourmet roast was so horrible we couldn't eat it. Because we're not rude, like her, we shoved a few bites down and said we were full.

Just let people be.

Thread elicits a question from my end. For health or for taste? Most people can't cook for health unless they are pros in traditional meals which usually are well balanced, or they are trained, that would be the 10%. Well over 50% of people can cook for taste according to their culture anyways.

Interestingly, I don't like how a lot of professional chefs cook - specifically how they cook meat.

I don't mind a bit of pinkness but just about every bastard dish has meat that's bright red and bloody on the inside. Dish is instantly transformed from looking delicious to revolting.

I don't care how it is "supposed" to be. I like my food how I like my food.

And crunchy Brussel sprouts can fuck off too. I'm talking to you, Tom Kerridge.

Most people in the U.K. cook and eat utter garbage. There’s a reason the rest of the world makes fun of you guys. You colonised huge swathes of the world, yet you’d be hard pressed to find an ‘English/Scottish/Welsh/British restaurant’ anywhere else. Why do you think that is?

Your own food is sadness and you take other nation’s cuisines and make it sad as well (‘spag bol’, I’m looking at you - the nation of Italy weeps).

You’re the only island nation with little to no seafood culture (no, I’m afraid fish and chips does not a seafood culture make).

Being so terrible with food is actually quite a talent. Being so terrible with food and being unaware of it is a true skill.

And you appear to be proud of this? Chicken casserole and green vegetable ‘medley’?

You’ve really shown the OP. 😂

@Tsort I know, but it's 2.00 am.

You should see the menu I do when my dad visits, he loves melon and Parma ham as a starter, so I almost always do that.

So 1970's it hurts.

Yet the U.K. is 7th in the world in terms of Michelin stars? They have some of the best rated restaurants and world class chefs?

I'm not British but really hate the stereotype of British food being "bad"
It isn't.

I've been lucky enough to travel to many different countries and the worst place I've ever paid to eat was Italy, yet Italian food has a fantastic reputation?

Closely followed by……….

Most people have boring soup ladles
Most people have boring bookmarks
Most people have boring Hoover bags
and the highly anticipated
Most people have boring knickers elastic 🤣

Most people in the U.K. are neither Michelin starred chefs nor regular patrons of their establishments, so you haven’t made the point you think you’re making.

If you were unable to find good food in Italy (which, btw, is third on your quoted list re number of Michelin stars), I’d suggest the issue is you (or your palate) - not Italy. Unless you believe that the rest of the world is wrong and you’re correct.

British food is bad. You’re free to hate the stereotype to your heart’s content.

Dinner last night. 20 mins fridge to fork. From scratch. The Pink stuff is beetroot crème fraiche. Was tasty