What do you suck at

Zippylip

when cooking that is, I’ll start:

I overcook meat, almost automatically
Difficulty properly operating a knife
Inability to follow instructions

How about you? C’mon, don’t be bashful, you know you suck at something, & if you don’t reply to this thread we’re all gonna think that you think you don’t suck, then you’re just gonna feel weird next time you come back here :huh:

Mainegg

ha ha sharpening my knifes :( hate to do it and am sure I am doing it wrong...
have to steal one of yours : Inability to follow instructions. really like to do my own thing... so maybe we are both that way Marc and it is our creative side

Chubby

So...

Unless I am absolutely doing nothing but cooking...

(Without a timer)...?



I have been known to be easily disteracted!!

Evans

eenie meenie

Where do I start?

Oh well, for the sake of my self esteem, I'll just list the most egregious: I can not for the life of me get a meal on the table in time. For example, an 8 pm dinner is usually served around 10 - 11 pm.

But it does have its merits. Most of my friends are so shnocked and ravenous by that time that they say they like my food.

Little Steven

Presentation, staying sober whilst cooking, using or following recipes.

Steve

fishlessman

inability to use the same spices called for in a recipe :laugh: cant make a descent mac and cheese without velveeta

Zippylip

is that presentation of the food, you, or both :laugh:

Little Steven

I see you are the one with bevvy in hand there. :laugh:

Steve

Crimsongator

because I generally suck with patience, especially with stupidity, but that is another story...

I wish I did dutch ovens better. On the egg baking is good, smoking is good. I have gotten better with steaks, I guess for me it is creativity and trying new things.

Fluffyb

I'm with Rebecca, can't get a meal on the table when I say I am. Too much talking and drinking while cooking. Scary part, that is even when I'm in the kitchen alone!

Zippylip

fishlessman, you could use spray can cheese instead, Desert Oasis Woman swears by it, it's usually hidden in her recipes but I managed to snag this picture that she let slip out:

Crimsongator

Glad I don't live at your house. I am usually asleep by 10PM. If I had to wait on food I'd starve

mad max beyond eggdome

i sucked at baking pre-made choco chip cookies. ..but i don't know what gave him that idea?. ...

i know he's not very good at 'gliding'. ..

Zippylip

well you coulda had one too if your hand wasn't, uhh, occupied :ermm: :laugh:

Little Steven

Wouldn't need two...this I know

Bacchus

Everything I've ever cooked at a North Georgia Eggers gathering has been awful. Being around a crowd makes me drink more.....is the only excuse I can muster.

Celtic Wolf

Pound Cakes. They always come out as TON Cakes.

WessB

Gravy...I can't make a decent gravy to save my butt...sometimes the simple things elude us...LOL

Zippylip

Pete, somehow a ton cake doesn't sound bad

EmandM'sDad

Losing weight


and patience... I try to rush things when cooking

Rascal

I suck (when I was growing up, that word was considered vulgar) at pruning... 27 stitches in my right leg proves it! BTW, Tom T Hall likes beer too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i5k4I1AOEI

mad max beyond eggdome

i figured you'd say "smiling" :blink: :unsure: :woohoo:

as far as pound cakes go . . ..here is the best pound cake recipe in the world..

pound of butter
pound of sugar
pound of eggs
pound of flour

mix it all together, put it in greased/floured bunt pan. . bake at 350 for one hour

no vanilla, no baking powder or soda . . .nothing. ..

best pound cake EVER...

mad max beyond eggdome

and you haven't had me drive around the beltway to help you out?!!!!! even after i showed you how to tie a roast using a roll of paper towels??!!

shame on you . ...tell you what, i'll give you a gravey lesson this year at wessfest!!!. .you'll never F&^K up the gravey again!! you have my personal promise. ..

ResQue

Patience and time management. For the life of me I can't get everything for dinner to be done at the same time. Something is always sitting there getting cold waiting for something else to finish.

Zippylip

I can help. Drink more, you'll notice less :laugh: :laugh:

ResQue

I tried that but the wife still notices. So I told her to shut up and drink more wine! :evil:

Chubby

But I'm sure I was really only kidding... about your "cookies" !



Sydney...maybe not so much!!

Dimple's Mom

I'm not real good at folding things together. I'm too impatient. I try but I end up stirring more than folding.

Also not really great at pie crusts.

Brownies are always way too gooey and undercooked. Or overcooked and burnt.

I often overcook things, just because I'm paranoid about making someone sick by undercooking. Also I get easily distracted and forget things are needing to be watched.

Um, how long of a list did you want?

mad max beyond eggdome

there you go!!!. ..hell, she was biting so hard her cheeks were turning red from the effort!!!. ..it was that crappy motel oven you know. ...

Beli

Sorry no comprende.....looked up suck in the dictionary: "The creation of a partial vacuum, or region of low pressure" It's all clear to me now.....!!!!!! Here one of my best sucks.......:laugh:

Spring Chicken

Good question.

Let me begin by saying I'm a Taurus, so I have a legitimate reason for not following instructions.

That also applies to following my own advice.

I also believe that partaking of liquefied spirits is a requirement for operating a Chicken Ranch and cooking on Eggs. With all three Eggs working at the same time I tend to require three times the amount of liquefied spirits. Thus, a recipe or advice (see above) is totally ignored and often substituted with new, uh, 'Creations.'

Finally, if patience is a virtue them I'm sorely lacking in virtue. To me a 'low 'n slow' cook should be done in half the time, and a three minute sear should be ready in two minutes max. I am now adjusting my timers to accommodate my eagerness.

Other than that I'm good.

Spring "Relax And Be Quick About It" Chicken
Spring Texas USA

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