>everyone always says I'm a good cook >I just follow

Keep following directions

>>9162457
>I just follow directions from recipes online and don't actually know how to cook
That actually puts you quite a cut above the average shit-tier mom in the kitchen

>>9162474
This, you're at least in the 80th percentile

>>9162474
yea and if youre following decent recipes youre that much better.

>>9162462
>>9162474
>>9162479
>>9162480
All of my this (these?). Keep on keeping on. That's what a good home cook is.

>>9162457
Same here OP. I'm hoping that eventually I'll get a sense for how ingredients actually work so I can make my own

>>9162457
>>9162504
Same, but I've been doing it for years now. You'll get a sense for what spices and herbs belong together and have a general idea of correct internal temperatures. I can't be fucked to plate anything like I'm some kind of artist, but women are impressed when I cook for them. Dumb bitches lol.

>>9162474
>>9162479
>>9162480
thanks I guess
>>9162504
same, I'm hoping that eventually I'll be good enough with putting ingredients together that I'll be able to make my own dish

>>9162568
You're a home cook. You don't have to make your own dish. You just have to feed your family delicious stuff while keeping things in budget. Pull that off and you're doing great.

>>9162480
Where do you find decent recipes?

>>9162457
i'm pretty sure the only reason my family allows me to siphon off them is because i'm good at following recipes