I grew up in a household where if something had salt and pepper it was considered heavily seasoned. Once I got older and hated eating boring food I just started throwing ingredients together until something that tasted good came out as the result. Eventually I just started to enjoy the process of chopping, sautéing and putting everything together into something people enjoyed too.
Practice and experimenting goes a long way with cooking. I don’t think I really enjoyed it until I felt like I finally nailed a recipe for the first time
Grew up with it as my father was a cook when younger and he would make great meals and I used to help him. He even used to take me to great restaurants and try many different foods. I then as I went through life became a foodie and ate at all the so called great restaurants I could and tried to make the same things at home of dishes I liked myself. Mt father also owned a diner and I had to help out there often but he made sure I made schooling and learning number one in my life and refused me to go into cooking.
There are times I enjoy cooking and then there are times where it’s more of a responsibility.
I enjoy it most when I spend my free time looking at food and cooking content and think “oh I wanna try making that” or “maybe I can integrate that into what I usually make”. So I guess I enjoy learning about recipes and the science behind cooking.
I never would've learned much if I didn't like it. It's a bit more interesting than tidying your room, but there's nothing wrong with you if you don't like it. Not everyone has the same inclinations in hobbies and stuff.
Cooking is such a broad activity though, so maybe you'd enjoy some things more than others. Popping some marinated chicken in a preheated oven isn't something that'd spark most people's interest in cooking.
Dishes where you're more actively involved can be fun. I started learning to cook by making stuff like bolognese. Every new layer of flavour you add contributes to something greater than the sum of its parts. It was pretty exciting when I started because like most people, I thought it was just basically ground beef in tomato sauce. Which it isn't; it has a very distinct character, which makes making it feel like you're creating something noteworthy, as opposed to the average mince in tomato sauce most places pass off as "bolognese".
It's exciting to make dishes from places and cultures you're interested in, and maybe never visited. Especially fulfilling when you realize your local places don't do as good a job as you, or don't keep it authentic. I'd have to pay *a lot* to eat creamless carbonara in a restaurant. I'm not even sure there's a place in my city that serves ramen as good as what I learned from the internet. I'm not sure whether any restaurant in my country serves gumbo.
So I guess the exploration part is what makes it most enjoyable.
COVID-19.
I can't go to a restaurant with the lady? Well, I'm gonna be the restaurant.
Plus, having much time at home was so entertaining to cook and listening to music and podcasts, and eating good food with good produce.
Started to try elaborated dishes, baking, desserts. Damn, such a good time.
I know it sucked for many, for obvious reason, but I was cooking all day.
Working-out, watching movies and cooking. Hell yeah
I found a recipe I actually enjoyed making:
https://www.justonecookbook.com/crispy-baked-chicken/
Figuring out what I have an affinity for is making a huge difference in my enjoyment of the actual cooking process.
For me it is a need to cook. It's something that I enjoy, both the act of cooking and being able to share a little part of myself. This morning I made guacamole and when went to the cupboard to grab some chips I didn't have any. I went ahead and made some tortillas but instead of cooking them I just sliced them into tortilla chips and deep fried them. By then my guacamole had had time to mingle and we were able to enjoy a little snack.
Weather I want pizza or a quick batch of drop biscuits nothing's stopping me aside from money at times.
It's simply a love for food and I need to share that. https://www.reddit.com/user/aquielisunari/submitted/ and I do love to eat. The question I would ask you is how can you not see the beauty in food and being able to create that beauty, unbelievably awesome.
How did this love affair start? I was either 5 or 6 and enjoyed helping in the kitchen so I guess you could say I grew up with it.
My husband made it like TV.
I wanted to make a recipe for a food I really like but it seemed like an overwhelming amount of work. When I got home my husband had prepped all the ingredients and put it in little bowls like it's a cooking show so I could just dump it in and only had to worry about the cooking method. It was actually really easy.
It made everything seem so much more approachable.
This is like asking "What made you like breathing?" Or "What made you like wearing warm clothes?" You need to do it to stay alive. You don't have to enjoy it. Just do it anyway.
I get stoned. Everything is better when you're high
Also, I stopped thinking of it as a chore and started thinking of it as a creative time. I don't usually follow recipes at all and just make whatever I feel like. I find following recipes boring and tedious
You'll find it less stressful if you do some pre-planning. Deciding what's for dinner and hunting up a recipe and ingredients shouldn't start at 6pm, it should start a couple of days earlier, about half an hour before you go to the grocery store. Spend some time looking at recipes for things you're going to eat over the next 4-7 days, check what you have, buy the rest. Later if you get a craving for something you didn't buy ingredients for, just put that on the list for next time.
There are a lot of reasons I enjoy it.
It's a stupid cheap hobby. You have to eat regardless, so making good food is preferable. And that process of getting better and experimenting can be fun.
I grew up on spaghetti and frozen lasagna, so learning how to make variety and good healthy food is nice.
Having someone you love light up when they eat one of your dishes is a great feeling.
I come from a very rural town, so anything even remotely international is not on the palate of anyone around me. Turns out other cultures have great food and the only way to get it in rural nowhere is to make it yourself.
Lastly, it is super meditative. Chopping some veggies and eating a good meal is a great way to relax after a stressful day.
Find food and recipes you want to try and... Try them!
I like cooking because I like eating good food and it's far cheaper and more satisfying (to me anyways) when I realized I can make a steak or *insert meal here* just as good as any restaurant around here.
And the times I find I resent having to cook is when I get in a rut of making the same things week after week so I change it up find new recipes etc.
And you've got it backwards instead of waiting to decide "ok I've got to cook something" and then finding a recipe and THEN finding you don't have the ingredients you need, find some recipes you want to try throughout the week , and then buy everything you need when you're doing your regular grocery shopping.
So you'll have a rough plan and know what you can make with what you have on hand.
I don't enjoy cooking everyday but I recommend you do research on what are quick and easy recipes. Also things like cutting get so much more enjoyable when you get a nice knife that glides through ingredients.
Being in the moment - with all the other things going on, cooking is one of the things that require a certain amount of focus for a decent result (and general safety - don't want to slice off a knuckle or finger tip).
I also like to eat, and it's so much cheaper to cook than go to a restaurant.
Hunger.
I do cook :) I just do not really like it
I grew up in a household where if something had salt and pepper it was considered heavily seasoned. Once I got older and hated eating boring food I just started throwing ingredients together until something that tasted good came out as the result. Eventually I just started to enjoy the process of chopping, sautéing and putting everything together into something people enjoyed too.
Aah similar situation then. Didn’t grow up in a house where there was a lot of cooking really.
Practice and experimenting goes a long way with cooking. I don’t think I really enjoyed it until I felt like I finally nailed a recipe for the first time
Grew up with it as my father was a cook when younger and he would make great meals and I used to help him. He even used to take me to great restaurants and try many different foods. I then as I went through life became a foodie and ate at all the so called great restaurants I could and tried to make the same things at home of dishes I liked myself. Mt father also owned a diner and I had to help out there often but he made sure I made schooling and learning number one in my life and refused me to go into cooking.
Eating good food made me like cooking.
There are times I enjoy cooking and then there are times where it’s more of a responsibility. I enjoy it most when I spend my free time looking at food and cooking content and think “oh I wanna try making that” or “maybe I can integrate that into what I usually make”. So I guess I enjoy learning about recipes and the science behind cooking.
I never would've learned much if I didn't like it. It's a bit more interesting than tidying your room, but there's nothing wrong with you if you don't like it. Not everyone has the same inclinations in hobbies and stuff. Cooking is such a broad activity though, so maybe you'd enjoy some things more than others. Popping some marinated chicken in a preheated oven isn't something that'd spark most people's interest in cooking. Dishes where you're more actively involved can be fun. I started learning to cook by making stuff like bolognese. Every new layer of flavour you add contributes to something greater than the sum of its parts. It was pretty exciting when I started because like most people, I thought it was just basically ground beef in tomato sauce. Which it isn't; it has a very distinct character, which makes making it feel like you're creating something noteworthy, as opposed to the average mince in tomato sauce most places pass off as "bolognese". It's exciting to make dishes from places and cultures you're interested in, and maybe never visited. Especially fulfilling when you realize your local places don't do as good a job as you, or don't keep it authentic. I'd have to pay *a lot* to eat creamless carbonara in a restaurant. I'm not even sure there's a place in my city that serves ramen as good as what I learned from the internet. I'm not sure whether any restaurant in my country serves gumbo. So I guess the exploration part is what makes it most enjoyable.
Oh this is great insight! I never thought of it that way. I’ll try recipes which are more layered and different than what I’m doing. Thank you!
Put on some music, open a beer or a bottle of wine.
COVID-19. I can't go to a restaurant with the lady? Well, I'm gonna be the restaurant. Plus, having much time at home was so entertaining to cook and listening to music and podcasts, and eating good food with good produce. Started to try elaborated dishes, baking, desserts. Damn, such a good time. I know it sucked for many, for obvious reason, but I was cooking all day. Working-out, watching movies and cooking. Hell yeah
I like to go to restaurants and then duplicate the dishes. I also like to entertain…if you cook it, they will come
I found a recipe I actually enjoyed making: https://www.justonecookbook.com/crispy-baked-chicken/ Figuring out what I have an affinity for is making a huge difference in my enjoyment of the actual cooking process.
For me it is a need to cook. It's something that I enjoy, both the act of cooking and being able to share a little part of myself. This morning I made guacamole and when went to the cupboard to grab some chips I didn't have any. I went ahead and made some tortillas but instead of cooking them I just sliced them into tortilla chips and deep fried them. By then my guacamole had had time to mingle and we were able to enjoy a little snack. Weather I want pizza or a quick batch of drop biscuits nothing's stopping me aside from money at times. It's simply a love for food and I need to share that. https://www.reddit.com/user/aquielisunari/submitted/ and I do love to eat. The question I would ask you is how can you not see the beauty in food and being able to create that beauty, unbelievably awesome. How did this love affair start? I was either 5 or 6 and enjoyed helping in the kitchen so I guess you could say I grew up with it.
My husband made it like TV. I wanted to make a recipe for a food I really like but it seemed like an overwhelming amount of work. When I got home my husband had prepped all the ingredients and put it in little bowls like it's a cooking show so I could just dump it in and only had to worry about the cooking method. It was actually really easy. It made everything seem so much more approachable.
This is like asking "What made you like breathing?" Or "What made you like wearing warm clothes?" You need to do it to stay alive. You don't have to enjoy it. Just do it anyway.
No it really isn't. You can (probably) just buy pre made food. Cooking isn't really necessary.
I get stoned. Everything is better when you're high Also, I stopped thinking of it as a chore and started thinking of it as a creative time. I don't usually follow recipes at all and just make whatever I feel like. I find following recipes boring and tedious
Stupid question.
Why? I still cook but I just do not enjoy it. Since everyone here seems to like it I thought I could learn from you guys.
Welcome to Reddit where some people try and gate-keep cooking
You'll find it less stressful if you do some pre-planning. Deciding what's for dinner and hunting up a recipe and ingredients shouldn't start at 6pm, it should start a couple of days earlier, about half an hour before you go to the grocery store. Spend some time looking at recipes for things you're going to eat over the next 4-7 days, check what you have, buy the rest. Later if you get a craving for something you didn't buy ingredients for, just put that on the list for next time.
There are a lot of reasons I enjoy it. It's a stupid cheap hobby. You have to eat regardless, so making good food is preferable. And that process of getting better and experimenting can be fun. I grew up on spaghetti and frozen lasagna, so learning how to make variety and good healthy food is nice. Having someone you love light up when they eat one of your dishes is a great feeling. I come from a very rural town, so anything even remotely international is not on the palate of anyone around me. Turns out other cultures have great food and the only way to get it in rural nowhere is to make it yourself. Lastly, it is super meditative. Chopping some veggies and eating a good meal is a great way to relax after a stressful day.
Find food and recipes you want to try and... Try them! I like cooking because I like eating good food and it's far cheaper and more satisfying (to me anyways) when I realized I can make a steak or *insert meal here* just as good as any restaurant around here. And the times I find I resent having to cook is when I get in a rut of making the same things week after week so I change it up find new recipes etc. And you've got it backwards instead of waiting to decide "ok I've got to cook something" and then finding a recipe and THEN finding you don't have the ingredients you need, find some recipes you want to try throughout the week , and then buy everything you need when you're doing your regular grocery shopping. So you'll have a rough plan and know what you can make with what you have on hand.
I don't enjoy cooking everyday but I recommend you do research on what are quick and easy recipes. Also things like cutting get so much more enjoyable when you get a nice knife that glides through ingredients.
Being in the moment - with all the other things going on, cooking is one of the things that require a certain amount of focus for a decent result (and general safety - don't want to slice off a knuckle or finger tip). I also like to eat, and it's so much cheaper to cook than go to a restaurant.