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What is it about pancakes that confounds you so? True Dough Saturday #1
Deep fried Snickers bar... MiHale Saturday #2
Baking PJMcK Saturday #3
it is art... markie Saturday #28
Trust me: get a kitchen scale, and the King Arthur baking school book. Made me a baker PDQ. Measuring cups ... marble falls Sunday #54
Thank you! PJMcK Sunday #61
I can't roast a turkey that I want to eat once it's done. davsand Saturday #4
Scrambled eggs bucolic_frolic Saturday #5
The three keys to good scrambled eggs. Lochloosa Sunday #55
Thanksss I'll give it a fry /nt bucolic_frolic Sunday #60
don't get me started on that well seasoned cast iron pan! I was raised in Texas and seasoning a pan before using was a CTyankee Monday #80
Popovers! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Saturday #6
Fried chicken BigMin28 Saturday #7
Rice quaint Saturday #8
I got a Zojirushi fuzzy logic Japanese rice cooker and never looked back. It's expensive but well worth it. NBachers Saturday #11
Zojirushi fuzzy logic Japanese rice cooker House of Roberts Saturday #12
Looks very nice but...sigh. quaint Saturday #22
Me too. It has a GABA setting too, which sprouts the brown rice and adds to the "healthy benefits" hlthe2b Saturday #26
If I plan enough ahead of time, I always use the GABA setting. It's like Primo Rice Plus XX NBachers Saturday #38
I had a friend from Paris many years ago and she Phoenix61 Saturday #29
Remove the film. Place in microwave. Press 1. Iggo Saturday #43
No microwave (shudder). quaint Saturday #44
All's I'm sayin' is, before I discovered minute rice, I couldn't cook rice, either Iggo Saturday #45
Mine died and I realized I only used it to reheat tea and melt butter. quaint Saturday #47
Yeah, I don't use mine for much either. Iggo Saturday #48
I'm hooked on those Ready Rice packs Shermann Sunday #51
Me too. OldBaldy1701E Monday #75
Location and type specific ThreeNoSeep Monday #77
Thank you so very much! quaint Monday #78
I don't deep fry ... surrealAmerican Saturday #9
same here IzzaNuDay Saturday #21
Falafawaffles! Danmel Monday #79
Yeah, I definitely do falafel waffles! IzzaNuDay Monday #83
Beans. mwmisses4289 Saturday #10
Eggs over easy. For years, I've been on a campaign to buy every expensive pan in hopes it would work for eggs over easy. NBachers Saturday #13
Try a small pan -- 6 or 7 inches GreatGazoo Sunday #69
Thanks - actually I've got a couple of small high-quality cast-iron pans NBachers Sunday #73
Cast iron is the way to go. Easy cleaning and nonstick. Mass is good for cooking and browning without burning! marble falls Sunday #74
For me, that's "eggs over messy". Turbineguy Monday #76
Gravy QED Saturday #14
Homemade pudding Marthe48 Saturday #15
Any food that needs to be prepared in some way. InAbLuEsTaTe Saturday #16
thank you Skittles Saturday #39
Almost everything. Boomerproud Saturday #17
I can make "Bread for Dummies" (the rustic no-knead kind with 3 ingredients) Diamond_Dog Saturday #18
Liver and onions... 2naSalit Saturday #19
Oh my goodness, I was just going to post liver, too! The odor when cooking makes me nauseous. Ziggysmom Saturday #24
My mom... 2naSalit Saturday #32
It would have served the nun right... 3catwoman3 Sunday #59
That was what I was going to post Bettie Saturday #34
Heaven on a Plate! Thunderbeast Sunday #49
This is the answer. My mom used to make chicken livers qhen she would make fried chicken ms liberty Sunday #67
Oh yeah... 2naSalit Sunday #72
My sister and I would squabble over who got to eat the chicken liver. Loser got the heart fargone Monday #84
Gravy. I can cook damn near anything, but gravy eludes me. rsdsharp Saturday #20
I saw a cartoon crud Saturday #23
Can't or Wouldn't... Can't? Anything with so many unclear instructions I give up early on (e.g., most complex recipes hlthe2b Saturday #25
Pie with homemade crust spooky3 Saturday #27
Yeah, pie crust is hard to get right. mwmisses4289 Sunday #53
I have to do that, too. spooky3 Sunday #64
Joy of Cooking recipe for pancakes Botany Saturday #30
Joy of Cooking is my bible. Every cook should have a copy. Lochloosa Sunday #58
I forgot use buttermilk instead of regular milk Botany Sunday #62
Homemade tapioca pudding. I've wasted gallons of milk trying Phoenix61 Saturday #31
Pizza dough, for some reason Fichefinder Saturday #33
I am a decent cook but I can fuck up rice pretty regularly Kali Saturday #35
I can't seem to get steak right. It's either over or under. Of course, that was the past. Can't afford it now. Vinca Saturday #36
Enchiladas. They disintegrate. I end up having a Mexican casserole. Polly Hennessey Saturday #37
I have yet to make a successful kosher dill pickle chowmama Saturday #40
Haven't Found "Can't", But.... ProfessorGAC Saturday #41
There have been a few failures for me, but I can't remember them specifically. Morbius Saturday #42
Eggs. Iggo Saturday #46
I cannot fry an egg. . . Collimator Sunday #50
Mississippi Delta type hot tamales. ntp AnnaLee Sunday #52
Are you over-mixing the batter perhaps? BootinUp Sunday #56
My kids mgardener Sunday #57
BAKED RICE FOR ONE - this has been foolproof for me Nittersing Sunday #63
This is my own recipe for "unfried" rice. markodochartaigh Sunday #66
Does it have to be edible when cooked? PikaBlue Sunday #65
I can't flip an omelet to save my life! JustKay Sunday #68
Baking with yeast, BarbaRosa Sunday #70
For pancakes I go by eye to get the consistency right GreatGazoo Sunday #71
Liver redstatebluegirl Monday #81
I can't bake cakes. LoisB Monday #82
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