OT: I'm Learning To Cook

Hooper · 11-08-2003

I'm talkin gourmet here, not eggs, bbq, etc.

I'm making 2-3 gourmet meals a week, suffice it to say my wife is happy to get out of the kitchen and i've been getting a lot more sex

However the primary thing i'm learning here is that it's very anti-climactic.

For example, i just made a Pan-roasted striped bass with wild shitake mushrooms, potato gnocchi, and tarragon-reggiano cream sauce out of Emeril's book with a fine pino gris.

It took me 3 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. It took my wife and i 15 minutes to eat it. It will take at least an hour to clean up.

The *ACT* of cooking is the fun part for me, severe mutli-tasking, learning something new, creating at the same time, it's so much fun!!

I guess what i'm asking is, is anybody else here learning/learned to cook gourmet cuisine, do you do it often? do you have books that you like a lot? What do you do to extend the pleasure after the meal?

11-08-2003	#1
Hooper Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,156	I'm talkin gourmet here, not eggs, bbq, etc. I'm making 2-3 gourmet meals a week, suffice it to say my wife is happy to get out of the kitchen and i've been getting a lot more sex However the primary thing i'm learning here is that it's very anti-climactic. For example, i just made a Pan-roasted striped bass with wild shitake mushrooms, potato gnocchi, and tarragon-reggiano cream sauce out of Emeril's book with a fine pino gris. It took me 3 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. It took my wife and i 15 minutes to eat it. It will take at least an hour to clean up. The ACT of cooking is the fun part for me, severe mutli-tasking, learning something new, creating at the same time, it's so much fun!! I guess what i'm asking is, is anybody else here learning/learned to cook gourmet cuisine, do you do it often? do you have books that you like a lot? What do you do to extend the pleasure after the meal? __________________ Quickbuck is paying $100 Per trial join.