Comments on: I Seriously Need to Step Away from the Kitchen and Stop Pretending I Can Cook

By: Emilie

Emilie — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:39:41 +0000

I feel your pain. My live-in boyfriend cooks almost every night. My New Year’s resolution was to try a new recipe on my own every week. The weirdest thing? The more complicated the recipe, the better they turned out for me–chicken parm? rockin. Garlic chicken with risotto? yes please!
—yet I can’t get hamburger helper to not be a goopy mess?! There are freakin’ step by step PICTURES with this shit. WTF.

By: Bekki

Bekki — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:22:43 +0000

I don’t know if you’re up for trying the chicken recipe again, but I just looked at it and I think it’s missing a step–or at least I would add a step to help with the breading.

After the buttermilk, put the chicken in a flour/pepper mix so it’s lightly coated. Then dip it in an egg wash (you know an egg or two with a few drops of water all beaten up) THEN put it in the breadcrumbs. The buttermilk alone, IMHO, isn’t enough to make them stay on. So it’s not your fault–it’s the recipe.

But I know all to well the shame of throwing something out and getting Taco Bell. It hurts my soul a little every time I think about it.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:07:36 +0000

I hope that’s not true, about cooking being testament to a woman’s womanliness. Because I think that means i couldn’t be less womanly..which I also hope isn’t true. I can’t cook. I destroyed shake and bake potatoes. I’m afraid to really try anything else. I think I just can’t do it.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:03:23 +0000

Cooking is all about confidence and good ingredients. A failure (don’t ask my husband about some faux fried catfish or stuffed bell peppers) is only a lesson learned.

If you are having problems with sticking, check your temp. Are you using medium high? Do you preheat your skillet?

Now cake decorating… that will cause me to collapse in the middle of the kitchen sobbing.