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Hi folks, I'm 22, a new wife, and pretty new to the cooking world - though I do have quite a passion for it!
So I've been cooking consistently for about two years now...but not once, and I mean not once, have I ever not followed a recipe. I do vary from recipes a little sometimes, I make my own chicken stock and freeze it - I'm very very money conscious - but the thing is, to save even more money, I've been trying to figure out ways to pair up what I can find in coupons with what I cook....
....And I have a hinting suspicion this can be done without recipes? I'm an English major and a writer, so creativity does not lack within my soul, but for some reason I'm terrified of screwing up food in the kitchen. I watch Chef Irvine and Chef Burrell and Chef Ramsey and Iron Chef and Good Eats, and I realize there is a way to just know what you have and make things out of it, but for some reason I'm not quite understanding the method to this. I don't know why. I just don't know where to start.
ANYWAY, so I guess my question is...should I be working on technique, taste, style or weaning myself off of recipes...or...what? It's a little overwhelming. I absolutely adore the kitchen and would like to expand my knowledge, but I'm trying to make sure I take it one step at a time.
So what do you wonderful people (I have been lurking) think should happen? I know I read one post about getting a decent chef's knife, which I do not have, but other than that I'm still sort of lost.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks y'all.
So I've been cooking consistently for about two years now...but not once, and I mean not once, have I ever not followed a recipe. I do vary from recipes a little sometimes, I make my own chicken stock and freeze it - I'm very very money conscious - but the thing is, to save even more money, I've been trying to figure out ways to pair up what I can find in coupons with what I cook....
....And I have a hinting suspicion this can be done without recipes? I'm an English major and a writer, so creativity does not lack within my soul, but for some reason I'm terrified of screwing up food in the kitchen. I watch Chef Irvine and Chef Burrell and Chef Ramsey and Iron Chef and Good Eats, and I realize there is a way to just know what you have and make things out of it, but for some reason I'm not quite understanding the method to this. I don't know why. I just don't know where to start.
ANYWAY, so I guess my question is...should I be working on technique, taste, style or weaning myself off of recipes...or...what? It's a little overwhelming. I absolutely adore the kitchen and would like to expand my knowledge, but I'm trying to make sure I take it one step at a time.
So what do you wonderful people (I have been lurking) think should happen? I know I read one post about getting a decent chef's knife, which I do not have, but other than that I'm still sort of lost.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks y'all.