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Rated: E · Quiz · Food/Cooking · #1163282

Are you a good cook or a great one?

A good cook can follow a recipe, shop for ingredients, and properly prepare a dish. A great chef doesn't need a recipe 95% of the time, uses whatever is in the kitchen, and creates a terrific meal every time. What kind of cook are you?
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1. Question 1:
 How often do you cook meals each week? (Please count only meals you prepare yourself. Heating up packaged foods does not count!)
       Never! I'll do almost anything to avoid cooking.        
       1-2 times a week, and I keep it simple.        
       1-2 times a week, but I like to get fancy.        
       3-5 times a week. I make a lot of sandwiches.        
       3-5 times a week, and I really get into it.        
       I cook almost every day.        
       I cook whenever I get the chance, and I love cooking for company!        
2. Question 2:
 When you decide to cook, how often do you have to make special trips to the grocery stores to buy supplies?
       Almost always. Recipes usually call for something I don't have at home.        
       Usually. I'd say two out of three times I cook I have to make a special trip to the supermarket.        
       Sometimes. About half the time I have everything I need at home        
       I have what I need at home about three-quarters of the time.        
       I almost always have what I need at home.        
3. Question 6:
 What's in your refrigerator right now?
       I think there's some leftover Chinese food from last week. And some ketchup.        
       Basics and packaged food. Mostly things I can take out and eat without much preparation.        
       My refrigerator is full of good stuff, including fresh fruits, vegetables and/or meat.        
       Everything but the kitchen sink. A wide variety of food, condiments and a few gourmet ingredients.        
       I have so much in my refrigerator I can't list it all. Things are often lost or forgotten.        
4. Question 4:
 How many different spices do you have in your cupboard?
       I have salt and pepper somewhere, I think.        
       3-5 different spices.        
       6-9 different spices.        
       10-15 different spices        
       You want me to count the spices? It'll take me an hour!        
5. Question 5:
 How many different dishes can you easily cook without a recipe? (Hard-boiled eggs, breakfast cereal, packaged foods and sandwiches don't count.)
       I wouldn't dream of cooking without a recipe.        
       I have one or two favorite dishes I can make without a recipe.        
       I can make 3-8 dishes without a recipe.        
       I can make 9-20 dishes without a recipe.        
       I hardly ever use recipes when I cook.        
       Use a recipe? I WRITE recipes.        
6. Question 6:
 I know what spices go well together to flavor different ethnic cuisines.
       Not me. I'm into meat and potatoes. Or just potatoes.        
       I can make one or two ethnic dishes, like nachos or Greek salad.        
       I am a real fan of one kind of ethnic food (for example, Mexican or Thai) and I know exactly how to flavor it.        
       I can properly spice 2-3 different kinds of ethnic food.        
       I am comfortable cooking 4-6 different cuisines.        
       You name it, I can flavor it!        
7. Question 7:
 How many different kinds of cooking methods do you use? Select from this list: boil, fry, saute, broil, steam, grill, bake, roast, marinate.
       I can boil water.        
       I primarily use only 1-2 of the methods on the list.        
       I am comfortable using 3-5 of the methods.        
       I use 6-8 of these methods.        
       I can do all of those and more!        
8. Question 8:
 When people ask you for a recipe what do you usually say?
       I tell them I just opened the package and heated the food. Or that my roommate made it.        
       I offer to xerox the recipe from my cookbook.        
       I explain it's an old family recipe and promise to write it down for them.        
       I say that I don't have a recipe and I just made it up. Usually I can't remember how I did it.        
       I tell them it's my own invention and promptly write out a recipe.        
9. Question 9:
 How much do you experiment when you're baking?
       I don't bake. Or if I do, I use packaged products.        
       I bake simple things, using a recipe.        
       I bake complicated things using a recipe.        
       I occasionally experiment and it usually turns out okay.        
       I occasionally experiment and it's usually a disaster.        
       I understand the proportions of ingredients and often make up recipes.        
10. Question 10:
 Speaking of disasters... what percent of your experiments crash and burn?
       Every time I experiment the food is inedible.        
       Maybe one in five experiments works out right.        
       About half the time my experiments go well.        
       My experiments are tasty about three-quarters of the time.        
       My experiments rarely fail.        
       Experiments? Even without a recipe I always know what I'm doing!        
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