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A friend shared this, and I thought it might be fun to see. It would be fun to see one of these for others skills.


Who can really cook?
No Mac N Cheese or Stouffer’s lasagna.
I know there are several of you that can really cook. I look forward to seeing your surveys.
Who can cook real food, not stuff prepackaged or in a box?

HAVE YOU EVER?
1. Made biscuits from scratch?
2. Fried fresh okra or squash?
3. Made Homemade vegetable soup?
4. Fried chicken?
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch?
6. Made Homemade yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls?
7. Baked a cake from scratch?
8. Made icing from scratch?
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies?
10. Made chili from scratch?
11. Made a meatloaf?
12. Made scalloped potatoes?
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?
14. Made a jello salad?
15. Made Chicken pot pie?
16. Made fudge?
17. Made cookies from scratch?
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans?
19. Cooked a pot of greens?
20. Made cornbread from scratch?
21. Make a pie dough from scratch?
22. Cooked a whole turkey?
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them?
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch?
25. What’s the most people you have prepared a meal for?
26. Made homemade dumplings?
27. Made pancakes from scratch?
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them?
29. Made Homemade apple pies?
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch?
31. Made tuna or chicken salad?
32. Fried fish?
33. Made baked beans?
34. Made ice cream from scratch?
35. Made jam or jelly?
36. Zested an orange or lemon?
37. Made grits from scratch?
38. Made an omelet?
39. Made homemade pizza?
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher?
 
HAVE YOU EVER?
1. Made biscuits from scratch? Yes, but not often
2. Fried fresh okra or squash? squash
3. Made Homemade vegetable soup? yes
4. Fried chicken? yes, but this is not my best
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? I used to
6. Made Homemade yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls? yes
7. Baked a cake from scratch? yes
8. Made icing from scratch? yes
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies? yes
10. Made chili from scratch? yes
11. Made a meatloaf? yes
12. Made scalloped potatoes? Yes, a favorite for guests
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch? yes
14. Made a jello salad? Yes, but how is jello a salad?
15. Made Chicken pot pie? With biscuits on top
16. Made fudge? once or twice
17. Made cookies from scratch? 100's of times growing up, at least once a week
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans? yes
19. Cooked a pot of greens? yes
20. Made cornbread from scratch? I don't think so
21. Make a pie dough from scratch? yes
22. Cooked a whole turkey? yes
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them? yes
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? yes
25. What’s the most people you have prepared a meal for? I think 19
26. Made homemade dumplings? Yes, baking powder in chicken and dumplings, potato dumplings, and Chinese dumplings (edited)
27. Made pancakes from scratch? yes
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them? yes
29. Made Homemade apple pies? yes
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? only using boxed pudding mix
31. Made tuna or chicken salad? frequently
32. Fried fish? yes
33. Made baked beans? yes
34. Made ice cream from scratch? yes
35. Made jam or jelly? yes
36. Zested an orange or lemon? yes
37. Made grits from scratch? I don't think I've ever made grits. I'm considered a northerner
38. Made an omelet? yes
39. Made homemade pizza? yes
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? Too many, finally have my own
 
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1. Made biscuits from scratch? Yes
2. Fried fresh okra or squash? Yes
3. Made Homemade vegetable soup? Yes
4. Fried chicken? Oddly NO. I don't like fried chicken.
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? yes
6. Made Homemade yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls? Yes
7. Baked a cake from scratch? Yes
8. Made icing from scratch? Yes
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies? No
10. Made chili from scratch? yes
11. Made a meatloaf? Yes
12. Made scalloped potatoes? Yes
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?Yes
14. Made a jello salad? ICK, NO
15. Made Chicken pot pie? ICK NO
16. Made fudge? Yes
17. Made cookies from scratch? Yes
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans? Yes
19. Cooked a pot of greens? No
20. Made cornbread from scratch? Yes
21. Make a pie dough from scratch? Yes
22. Cooked a whole turkey? Yes
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them? Yes
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? Yes
25. What’s the most people you have prepared a meal for? 12
26. Made homemade dumplings? Yes
27. Made pancakes from scratch? YES , you have to do something with sourdough starter :p
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them? You can boil vegatables?
29. Made Homemade apple pies? Yep
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? Yes, but I did not grow the bananas
31. Made tuna or chicken salad?yep
32. Fried fish? yep
33. Made baked beans? yep
34. Made ice cream from scratch? with a hand cranked freezer :p
35. Made jam or jelly? yep
36. Zested an orange or lemon? yeah
37. Made grits from scratch? No, I am not a fan of Grits.
38. Made an omelet? all the time
39. Made homemade pizza? yeppers
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? STILL dont have one.
 
Weedygarden said:
HAVE YOU EVER?
1. Made biscuits from scratch? Yes
2. Fried fresh okra or squash? Both
3. Made Homemade vegetable soup? Yes
4. Fried chicken? Yes
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? Yes
6. Made Homemade yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls? No
7. Baked a cake from scratch? No
8. Made icing from scratch? No
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies? Yes
10. Made chili from scratch? yes
11. Made a meatloaf? yes
12. Made scalloped potatoes? Yes
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch? yes
14. Made a jello salad? No
15. Made Chicken pot pie? Yes
16. Made fudge? Yes
17. Made cookies from scratch? No
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans? Yes
19. Cooked a pot of greens? YUCK
20. Made cornbread from scratch? No
21. Make a pie dough from scratch? No
22. Cooked a whole turkey? No
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them? yes
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? Yes
25. What’s the most people you have prepared a meal for? 4
26. Made homemade dumplings? Yes
27. Made pancakes from scratch? yes
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them? Yes
29. Made Homemade apple pies? No
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? No, that is one I need to learn
31. Made tuna or chicken salad? Both
32. Fried fish? Yes
33. Made baked beans? Yes
34. Made ice cream from scratch? Yes
35. Made jam or jelly? Yes
36. Zested an orange or lemon? Yes
37. Made grits from scratch? No
38. Made an omelet? Yes
39. Made homemade pizza? No
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? Yes
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More than I thought, but I'm not a good cook.
 
dademoss said:
Me either, but we are not yet dead :D. My cooking isn't great , but it way better than my welding:p
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I was divorced long enough I had to do something. LOL. Actually just piddlin around with mother growing up I learned more than I realized at the time. My wife has shown me even more. Says she likes it when I cook. But about all I'm good at is runnin the grill
 
Weedygarden said:
A friend shared this, and I thought it might be fun to see. It would be fun to see one of these for others skills.


Who can really cook?
No Mac N Cheese or Stouffer’s lasagna.
I know there are several of you that can really cook. I look forward to seeing your surveys.
Who can cook real food, not stuff prepackaged or in a box?

HAVE YOU EVER?
1. Made biscuits from scratch?
2. Fried fresh okra or squash?
3. Made Homemade vegetable soup?
4. Fried chicken?
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch?
6. Made Homemade yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls?
7. Baked a cake from scratch?
8. Made icing from scratch?
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies?
10. Made chili from scratch?
11. Made a meatloaf?
12. Made scalloped potatoes?
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch?
14. Made a jello salad?
15. Made Chicken pot pie?
16. Made fudge?
17. Made cookies from scratch?
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans?
19. Cooked a pot of greens?
20. Made cornbread from scratch?
21. Make a pie dough from scratch?
22. Cooked a whole turkey?
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them?
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch?
25. What’s the most people you have prepared a meal for?
26. Made homemade dumplings?
27. Made pancakes from scratch?
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them?
29. Made Homemade apple pies?
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch?
31. Made tuna or chicken salad?
32. Fried fish?
33. Made baked beans?
34. Made ice cream from scratch?
35. Made jam or jelly?
36. Zested an orange or lemon?
37. Made grits from scratch?
38. Made an omelet?
39. Made homemade pizza?
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher?
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I've never made okra (but squash yes) or jello salad because they are both gross. I've not made grits but have made polenta which is similar but with corn rather than hominy. Yep to everything else. Not sure what #25 is asking - like largest table of guests served? Holidays 12-18???
 
Everything but grits and greens unless you count spinach, nettles and dandelions as such. I was cooking the stuff on that list by the time I was ten.

Cooked for over five hundred with my classmates. I was in culinary school and we cooked for the police and firemen games. Kind of cheating since we had a huge kitchen with all the stoves, mixers and gigantic steam vats you could possibly dream of.

On my own, in my home kitchen, maybe 60 ish.
 
1. Made biscuits from scratch? baking powder and sourdough!
2. Fried fresh okra or squash? Squash yes
3. Made Homemade vegetable soup? yes
4. Fried chicken? yes
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? yes
6. Made Homemade yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls? yes and even made some cinnamon rolls with sourdough
7. Baked a cake from scratch? yes, all the time
8. Made icing from scratch? yes, there is no other way. butter or cream cheese base.
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies? Yes
10. Made chili from scratch? yes
11. Made a meatloaf?Yes
12. Made scalloped potatoes? yes
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch? all the time
14. Made a jello salad? no - I don't even like them
15. Made Chicken pot pie? sort of but I use biscuit dough instead of pie crust.
16. Made fudge? yes
17. Made cookies from scratch? yes and even developed my own recipe for "the only real cookie in the world" (tm) :)
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans? yes
19. Cooked a pot of greens? yes
20. Made cornbread from scratch? yes
21. Make a pie dough from scratch? no
22. Cooked a whole turkey? yes
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them? yes
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? yes
25. What’s the most people you have prepared a meal for? 20+
26. Made homemade dumplings? yes
27. Made pancakes from scratch? yep! buttermilk and sourdough.
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them? Yes
29. Made Homemade apple pies? no - haven't ever made a pie
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? No
31. Made tuna or chicken salad? yes both
32. Fried fish? yes
33. Made baked beans? yes
34. Made ice cream from scratch? No
35. Made jam or jelly? yes
36. Zested an orange or lemon? yes
37. Made grits from scratch? yes, once
38. Made an omelet? yes, my wife loves them
39. Made homemade pizza? yes
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? yes (unless I or a wife counts)
 
I don't make desserts or bake, only got serious about cooking a few years ago. Still got a yes for 29/40, I cook a wide range of foods. A few of them quite well. Baking is the next thing on my list, made pancakes from scratch today.
 
Yes to most of those. Some stuff we just don't eat (like jello salad). We cook every day and buy virtually no prepared food anymore.
 
Great list, Weedy, and a lot of fun. If this was a test I failed miserably. I really don't cook as much as I heat. Much like Spikedriver, most of what I heat comes in a can or a box. I would take exception or need clarification on a couple of items. If I make mashed potatoes from scratch do I have to grow the potatoes? I've never grown them, but I have peeled, boiled, and mashed by hand my fair share. Does it count as living with a dishwasher if the dishwasher was me?
 
I don't eat okra but made everything else on that list. I pretty much make everything from scratch except on days we are really busy. We almost never go out to eat either. My family likes my food better. Cooking is one of my sort of hobbies. I bake bread and sell it at the farmers market and I can cook many dishes from other countries, especially Asian food, since I like it. How many of you on here cook Indian, Thai, Korean, Chinese or Japanese food?

My kids can cook also, but husband no. He can fry an egg that's about it

I soaked dried black beans last night to make cuban black bean soup today, with ham. I have even smoked my own ham when we had pigs a few years ago but that didn't turn out great. It was way too fat and too salty so that experiment failed. I did make a lot of good bacon however
 
I've cooked everything on the list - back in college, my roommate and I took a foods course because we thought it'd have a favorable guy/girl ratio and because we'd get free lunch 3x a week :) I ended up really enjoying it and went on to take two more. Later in life when I learned I had gluten & dairy intolerances, it was a huge financial incentive to cook all our own foods - the cost of pre-packaged gluten-free food is ridiculous!

I think the most I've cooked for is around 75 - for many years I was in charge of our churches annual fathers and sons campout and the associated meals. It was always fun coming up with the meals, and I always had plenty of help :)
 
HAVE YOU EVER?
1. Made biscuits from scratch? Yes
2. Fried fresh okra or squash? once
3. Made Homemade vegetable soup? yes
4. Fried chicken? yes
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? yes
6. Made Homemade yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls? yes
7. Baked a cake from scratch? no
8. Made icing from scratch? yes
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies? yes
10. Made chili from scratch? yes
11. Made a meatloaf? yes
12. Made scalloped potatoes? yes
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch? yes
14. Made a jello salad? with fruit mixed in?? yes, but I'm the only one that likes it
15. Made Chicken pot pie? yes
16. Made fudge? yes but not as successful as my mother
17. Made cookies from scratch? yes
18. Cooked a pot of beans from dried beans? yes
19. Cooked a pot of greens? once
20. Made cornbread from scratch? yes in a cast iron skillet
21. Make a pie dough from scratch? yes
22. Cooked a whole turkey? yes
23. Snapped green beans and cooked them? yes
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? yes
25. What’s the most people you have prepared a meal for? 30
26. Made homemade dumplings? yes the fluffy kind not the flat ones
27. Made pancakes from scratch? yes
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them? yes
29. Made Homemade apple pies? yes
30. Made Banana pudding from scratch? box yes, scratch no
31. Made tuna or chicken salad? yes
32. Fried fish? yes
33. Made baked beans? yes
34. Made ice cream from scratch? no
35. Made jam or jelly? yes
36. Zested an orange or lemon? yes and lime too
37. Made grits from scratch? no
38. Made an omelet? yes
39. Made homemade pizza? yes
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? I've been the dishwasher ever since I could scoot a chair up to the sink.......even when I've had the machine,



I can think of atleast 2 more questions that weren't included.......


41. Do you can or preserve any of your food? Yes

42.) Do you use a recipe or make up your own? Yes to both. Most of the time I use a printed recipe as a guide, but rarely follow it to the letter. And other times, I just wing it to see what happens.

Speaking of recipes.......another would be to try to copy or replicate a known recipe by guess & by golly.....and yes I've done this too.
 
SheepDog said:
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? yes (unless I or a wife counts)
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I was the head dishwasher from age 6 on for 7 of us. It was a joke that we didn't need a dishwasher because they had me. Of course there were 6 people laughing about it when it actually should have been a job that was rotated. Everyone else had arms and hands that worked, and they all sat at the table and ate.
 
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