Originally Posted by rubymoo (Post 8162687)

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:

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet (Post 8162832)

yes

like scrambled eggs, french toast, basic veg cooking etc


Not like here is how to make devilled eggs

Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 8163207)

Some stuff - but not a lot, really, I had to be taught how to make scrambled eggs at uni by a flatmate :laugh: But I experimented more than I was taught, and now if I want to learn to make something I'll use YouTube tutorials or recipes.

Originally Posted by rubymoo (Post 8162687)

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:

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 8163280)

Trial and error Ruby ... same :laugh:
I'm getting a bit of a food snob now if I'm honest, 'out of a packet dahling?! oh no way!' :joker:
And yes it's lovely when they say it's nicer than the brand leaders ;)