• Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
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    1 year ago

    When I was young my mum bought me a cookbook and once a week, usually Sundays, we would make a recipe or two

    This is why it might seem so easy to you, wouldn’t you think?

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        1 year ago

        I mean, yeah, obviously. But claiming it’s really easy because you were lucky to have normal parents and have been doing it since you were kid, especially on a question that implies someone didn’t have the luxury, is not helping.

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          I think the part about knowing how to follow instructions is pretty much true though, at least for me. I only started cooking by myself in my mid-20s. I started by just searching a recipe and adding “simple” in my search query so I get something I can realistically make with what I have in the kitchen/pantry. Then I just follow it to the letter. Through repeated trial and error I eventually learned what could be done faster or easier, what ingredients can be substituted, etc.