I don't know a damn thing about cooking. Sure, I can make

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2016-12-06 08:43:57 Post No. 8343740
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:43:57 Post No. 8343740 [Report]

I don't know a damn thing about cooking. Sure, I can make basic stuff like most people can but I don't understand what it is that I'm actually doing. Is there some website or book or something that can comprehensively teach me the “science” of cooking? What I mean is, why does ingredient A go good with ingredient B, why does ingredient C taste different when cooked whatever way, why does ingredient D need to be chopped up this certain way. Also I'd really like to learn all the different techniques of how to prepare ingredients and meals. Getting pretty tired of reverse engineering everything that I make.

Essentially what I'm saying is that I'm a self-taught cook with no cooking knowledge the same way one can be a self-taught musician with no music theory knowledge: I suck at it.

Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:46:51 Post No.8343749
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:46:51 Post No.8343749 [Report]

>>8343740
Get in on this:
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:53:38 Post No.8343766
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:53:38 Post No.8343766 [Report]

>>8343749
Hmm seems interesting but not really what I'm looking for. I need a beginner's handbook on why stuff works.

Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:56:51 Post No.8343775
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:56:51 Post No.8343775 [Report]

>>8343766

Beginner level? On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee. Also, check out "good eats" with Alton Brown.

Advanced level? Modernist cuisine.

Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:59:44 Post No.8343783
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 08:59:44 Post No.8343783 [Report]

>>8343740
Find a basic bitch recipe. Understand how spices effect flavor. Alter to your taste.

Anonymous 2016-12-06 09:23:05 Post No.8343857
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 09:23:05 Post No.8343857 [Report]

>>8343766
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If I might add, looking into the Flavor Bible would be worth the effort.

Anonymous 2016-12-06 09:27:48 Post No.8343873
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Anonymous 2016-12-06 09:27:48 Post No.8343873 [Report]

>>8343740
The best cooking advice I ever got was to 'cook without fear.' Just start experimenting. You'll start to catch on to what does what.

Anonymous 2016-12-07 06:02:12 Post No.8345465
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>>8343873
but my autism dictates that I must fully comprehend the subject and its systems...like how I can't touch a ridiculously complex RPG until I know how to operate it fully

Anonymous 2016-12-07 06:59:05 Post No.8345637
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Anonymous 2016-12-07 06:59:05 Post No.8345637 [Report]

>>8345465
Definitely watch Good Eats

Anonymous 2016-12-07 07:27:33 Post No.8345721
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Anonymous 2016-12-07 07:27:33 Post No.8345721 [Report]

>>8345465
>must fully comprehend the subject and its systems
cooking its not a theoretical thing.. you HAD to practice a lot to see whats happen in a pot and understand the befor/after effect..

it´s like flying a plane .. even if you played a lot of flying simulator and read a book about how flying a plane, sitting in the Cockpit is a different thing

Anonymous 2016-12-07 07:57:43 Post No.8345800
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Anonymous 2016-12-07 07:57:43 Post No.8345800 [Report]

>>8345465
looks like we'll have to put you in a SAW situation to get you to start cooking buddy

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