perched :laugh:

I was a vegetarian when I was 14 up until I was 22 so I had to cook my own meals, but I was never really taught, just read how to's online etc. I'm still not a very good cook though. :laugh:

recipes are pretty basic, unless you're dyslexic (even then, you could probably understand a recipe book) then there's not really much of an excuse for making your parents cook for you all the time.

No, but i can always just google a recipe if I want to cook something

Picked things up from my mum but more or less taught myself

Yeah my mom taught me the basics.

Both. Taught and picked it up

Yes the basics then I learnt more complicated things by myself when I moved out mostly by being on the phone to my mum whilst I cooked.

Yeah, all the meals I like anyway. My mums been suffering with depression the last few years and she drinks a lot too, so she more than often doesn't cook. Sometimes it annoys me (like if I've done a 12 hour shift and she's had nothing to do all day) but I'll just find something from the freezer and shove it in the oven. It's not the end of the world. Besides, I can go a day without eating. When I've worked a 12 hour shift, I never really feel that hungry anyway lol. It's not like I'll die.

i taught myself, i think i'm pretty good at it tbh.

i make every dinner/lunch/breakfast i have and for my family too

She hasn't literally taught me, but I've picked up what I know through watching her and doing it for myself since I was about 13, plus there's always the Internet to help me if I don't know how to do something.

She being my mother :laugh:

Cooking shows and Youtube taught me, On my spare time I look up cooking videos. Also a great baker as well.

Nope, not one thing :/
I wasn't interested and my meals were on the table at set times so never had to really, my daughter was eager to learn but my lad not so much so he's a bit clueless now.

:joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker:

No
*steals their belongings and stashes it in my room*

Did your parents teach you to cook?
 

(But yes, they did, and I'm an okay cook and a good baker)

My mothers cooking was beyond belief ! Her stews were see through and you could genuinely knock people out if you threw one of her rock cakes at em ! I complained about how cold the mashed potato always was , said she could keep it over heat whilst she was mashing it and she launched the whole lot pan and all straight at me - I ducked and it smashed the glass door ! I was amazed at how fab food tasted when i ran away at 15 and began to start cooking for myself, I cook very well and i enjoy cooking for others, its a very good skill to learn.

My Grandmother showed me.

Yes. I learnt a lot from my mum and in those days we had domestic science one day a week in school. I learnt the most though (I'm talking about food here) from one of my boyfriends, who was a chef.

It's an interesting thread Niamh.

I don't think cooking would be as easy as trying to be intelligent, but I've always been up for learning.

Yep, my mum cooks everything from scratch and I LOVE her cooking, so she taught me how to cook various meals and bake cakies :love:

No my mum never taught me to cook (but then she died when i were 16), and when she did cook it was pre packed frozen food.

So i'm very proud to say that i've taught myself to cook, this included one time when i somehow mixed in a daddy long legs with my mashed potato (don't know how that happened!)

And i'm now very capable to make most meals from scratch, i'm always trying new recipes, and my family love my home cooked meals:hee:

:laugh: Bloody Hell Hijaxers - her cooking MUST have been bad. :joker:

Why not cook healthy nourishing meals when you have got 'spare' time, then freeze them so that you can take one out at mealtimes and defrost and cook it Caitlyn?

It will do you more good than 'shop-bought' frozen food and takeaways -- and defrosting/cooking your home made meal will take no longer than waiting for a takeaway.

:nono: You should NEVER go a day without eating.

They didn't, but I've always been a fussy eater so whatever they did cook me was easy enough to pick up by myself. If I wanted to cook a challenging meal though I could if I had a recipe.