Women Can't Cook

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Chocolatl

I'm not about to get into the "male vs. female" debate, but Kitsune is definitely the cook at our house. I only cook dinner about once a month -- if that.

I love food, but I haven't had enough practice cooking to just know what goes together, off the top of my head. I AM pretty good at making desserts, though - especially cookies. So we make a good team. He's the cook, and I'm the baker.

I'm going to pass on the battle of the sexes too for the time being.

I do wish to comment on your distinction between cooking and baking though.

Bullseye.

They're completely different. Cooking rewards experimentation, baking rewards obedience. Cooking is relaxed, baking is strict. Cooking is approximate, baking is precise. I do not have the discipline or the temperament to be a successful baker. I fancy myself a talented and enthusiastic cook. I credit it to a love of food and an inability to resist improvisation.

[Chocolatl]

Originally Posted by BigV

Cooking is relaxed, baking is strict. Cooking is approximate, baking is precise.

That's exactly the problem I've had with cooking. I can follow recipes to the letter, but the minute you tell me to add "some" of an ingredient, I'm a goner. How much is "some"? A teaspoon? A cup?
"Just eyeball it. Just taste it. You'll know."
I just can't do it. Yet.