What is cooking? Poll Results & Discussion

Queenie

I'm an old styler - 'nuff said!

aurora_borealis_2

4 and 5 are cooking.

I do use sauces sometimes but it still feels very lazy

Trix

The first point that I would say was cooking is #4 You're just not heating up something that has been made by somebody else, but actively creating something.

I do a mixture of numbers 4&5 - but my OH pretty much just does #5...........but he's a chef

Mercenary

aurora_borealis wrote: »

4 and 5 are cooking.

I do use sauces sometimes but it still feels very lazy

Agreed.
4 & 5 are actual cooking.
I occasionally use a bought Korma sauce if I can't be bothered to make one for a chicken dish, but I would never buy a shop pasta sauce. As previously posted, you can make better and much healthier ones by opening a can or 2 of tomatoes and adding ingredients while simmering it gently. Or try Creme Fraiche warmed with something like fried onions & garlic plus chopped (cooked) bacon added.... Mmmmmmmm.

People should take time to read the ingredient labels on the pre-packed foods.....and recoil in horror :eek:. Then they might figure out that making it themselves is fairly easy and a whole lot more healthy!

suzithefloozy

I have to say that I do like cooking from scratch. However, having just moved into a house with no gas supply, no cooker or hob and just my trusty microwave, George Foreman grill and slow cooker to use, I have moved the goal posts (well I am a woman after all) and am now of the same opinion as Edinburghlass:

Home cooking for me is putting the meal on a plate

Yay!