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This week, I'm talking a bit about cooking... or more importantly, our cooking habits! There are two types of people in the world, those who make a god-awful mess when they are cooking and those who are nice and tidy (haha... no bias in that statement...). Okay, I guess there is a third type, those who don't cook....
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Well... I am more of a tidy cook (surprise!). It bugs me to have a pile of stuff all over the place, and I like to stir things gently so that the food stays in the pan/pot! I tend to clean up as I go, putting stuff in the dishwasher soon after using it... there is just not enough space on our counter already so... adding a pile of used and dirty stuff on it doesn't help that situation!
However, my wife... likes to save all the moving of stuff until the finish. So, there are piles of things and subsequently much less room! She stirs stuff vigorously (she says that I don't put enough effort into the stirring!), which leaves food out of the pot... I often joke that I'm surprised that we've got any food left to eat!
In the end, we have different ways of doing it... but it doesn't really matter.. we both cook fairly decently, and we tend to enjoy doing it in our own different ways! I am pretty curious to see how our daughters end up... will they be neat cooks or not?
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I like to get out everything I need first, so that I know I have all the ingredients. Then I put things away as I use them. Is that neat or chaotic?
Lol, extremely ordered!
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Haha getting picked on by the wife for the weak stirring habit (she says that I don't put enough effort into the stirring!) I think I've always been more of a tidy cook even with all the extra space in the old family house when I was young, but now with less space it just seems more sensible to keep it organised.
Yes, I think it is easier when it more organised... it also means that you end up with more space and somehow an easier feeling of time. Well, that's what I think...
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I have learned to become a tidy cook. I wash as I go, keep my counters clean, put everything away as I cook and wipe my stove clean as I’m cooking.
When I’m five cooking the only thing dirty is the pot the food is in.
Ah, that is just blissful to hear! Less mess for later is always a great idea!
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Well, may my name contains mango but that does not mean i cook food. I didn't even know c about cooking. But gladly my girlfriend is teaching me basics of it since last week. Yes I am messing it up in the kitchen but the chicken curry i made yesterday tasted good! 😋😋
Great that you are learning! It can be such a nice thing to do when you have other people to cook for... less fun when you are cooking for yourself only... get the habits in right at the start, clean cooking!
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I'm a little of both. I try to be very clean, but I get out all my produce in advance and leave it in the counter for washing. So it starts messy and cluttered and gradually getting less so haha. When stirring things, I always try very hard to be cautious, but that doesn't always work out unfortunately. We have a much too small pan haha.
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I think I do the same... I like to get things out at the start, mainly because I hate rummaging around the cupboards with dirty hands. ... yeah sure, blame the pan!
Haha well it's true, it's too small :p to should see the oven after my girlfriend cooks though. That's a huge mess I have to clean up weekly
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I only learned how to cook when I was like 35 or so. But I liked it, and quickly became the one who cooked most of the time.
It's been a while now... since the surgeries last year, cooking is still out of my league.
But anyway, as with everything in my life, cooking means utterly, complete chaos, lol.
I not just make a big mess in the kitchen, but I never manage to get the timing right either. So most of the time, one part of the dish is cold again already, while I'm still preparing the other parts.
I like that too, but there are a million other things to do at the same time, so that never happens.
Because I'm not only very unorganized but also very uncareful, it happens quite often that - in between everything else that needs to be done - I need to go search for a band aid because I cut my fingers. ;0)
LOL... I would never really guess from your online writing that you are chaos personified! At least it is with good intentions! To date, I haven't cut myself... sharp knives, that is the secret... and a certain technique that doesn't involve sending the knife towards your fingers (which my wife does... and it freaks me out every time I see it!)
Lol. My wife freaks out every time she sees me using a knife 😂
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I am the most tidy cook you will ever meet. I cook left i chop veggies in the middle , I do mixing next to that and all way right is the sink and washing machine so from left to right everything ends up in the washer or sink and left is the end result
But
One exception the fruit for the smoothie that’s KLEVERIG when finished so that’s a bit messier than usual but it’s allowed cause it’s healthy!
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I hope you rinse the smoothie machine before it gets hardened! I always rinse it immediately after pouring it out, otherwise it gets really a fair bit harder to clean...
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Ok, on to the question.
Well, I cook just about every day for myself and guests at my home. The majority of the time I try to keep it tight and clean, but after a long day, the belly is telling me to EAT... well ... at that point things go down hill sort fast and chaos is born.
Pealing's of onion shells, little rice escapes onto the floor, and after its a disaster.. then I eat and sleep... only to wake up the next day and say.. WFT happened in here then remember that Past me, the jerk he is at times. Went to town and made a big mess for Future me.
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Well, at least the mess is for future you and not your housemates/partner! Past me is always a jerk... Not just in cooking..
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@bengy I am more of a tidy cook in the sense that I will multitask, but remove iyems as soon as I am finished with them. I do have a bit of OCD with this, but I think it more the small counter space I have to work in. Like to be fast and efficient in most things and cooking I guess is just one of them lol. Cool post and thanks for sharing!
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Efficient! That is a word that I love! Leaving stuff to the end strikes me as completely inefficient. On the other hand, there is some efficiencies in doing things in bulk....
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I am something in between.
Although I often use the spare time I get between different steps(like when waiting for water to cook, …) to clean up a few things I did before(like removing trash or putting storage containers back), usually I tend to stack used dishes to clean them after my meal and I also start cleaning spilled fluids after eating, so it sometimes is an oily mess.
Yeah, I do the same thing... I often wonder what my wife is doing with that time! Probably chopping stuff I guess... or stirring things!
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lol @bengy I’m the guy with sauce all over the stove, crumbs on the counter, and dishes everywhere.
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I just got mad at you (lol).
Ditto!
Haha... I hope you are the one that cleans up as well!
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I have absolutely no aptitude for cooking, but I soldier on. Eggs and bacon are just about the most difficult food preparation I do, and I usually overcook one or the other (or both) but I've never given myself food poisoning or anything like that so I suppose it could be worse.
It's funny, because I can be quite methodical about things like tea and pull them off perfectly, but I endanger pizza if I put it in the oven.
Haha... I've had friends who have managed to burn pasta... yes, it actually is possible if you have bits hanging out of the pot and leaning into the fire...
I have a George Foreman grill now so it's time to figure out how to grill some stuff. Going to try cooking my own burgers for pretty much the first time.
High heat one side, and after flipping a little water and cover!
High heat one side, and
After flipping a little
Water and cover!
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Is it possible to be both? Because I think I’m both. I like the place to be neat, but I hate fetching everything one after the other, so what I do is to bring all those things I think I will need close to me. At that point, you will think everything is just scattered, but as soon as I’m done using a specific thing, I put it back where I found it.
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Definitely possible to be both! I also get everything out that I need... there is nothing worse than rummaging around a cupboard with dirty hands!
Then I'm certainly both
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Alright, thank you
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I'm the Mother of the Lord of Chaos, he is such an underachiever!
I make a huge mess when I cook. My family jokes that the messier the kitchen the better the food. I like your wife splatter food when stirring. I've had flour on my back when baking.
Haha... I'm sure that they need good cooks in Hell!
How do you get flour on your back? It just isn't possible unless you roll in it!
I'm not sure how it happened. But my husband was laughing when he pointed it out. He asked the same question.
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Generally, I am very organized when I am cooking. Also, I have no issue with using too many dishes, etc.
I hate it when people who don't live in my house use the kitchen for anything other than fetching drinks or leftovers. If someone put away chopsticks or forks the wrong direction, it drives me mad.
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Okay... chopsticks in the wrong direction? They are sticks!... yes yes, I know that the ends are different... I can understand about the forks and spoons and knives... they are really different!
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I tend to make a mess when i'm reaaally hungry. But if cooking at normal state a planned cooking can be fun, ordered situation. I play some music, even aling the towels to clean things up. But with hunger I'm a tazmanian devil.
Haha... so cooking when hungry is a nightmare for the clean-up... best to snack whilst cooking then!
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Clean as you go
Rule we live by daily
As we cook in the kitchen
Not a spoon left tarnished
Our a pan unvarnished
Clean and tidy
Is as close to heavenly
Pack everything away
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Nice poem! A great ethos to cook by!
Thanks
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I do very little cooking but when I do I tidy up as I go along. By the time the meal is ready you wouldn't know I'd been in the kitchen. 😂
Ah... that is the way to do it!
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I'm typically a messy cook, but I've actually been getting cleaner. Now, like when I make pancakes for example, I make sure to collect all my ingredient dishes and rinse them in hot water as soon as I'm able so pancake batter residue doesn't become stuck on.
I also take up a little more space in the kitchen than I need... Just a little...
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This is really under-rated! Rinsing as soon as possible... it makes for such an easier clean up later! Also, not leaving pots on the hot stove tops....
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Cooking is one of the romantic things in marriage. When I cook, it is usually neater. Say prepare a knife with. Well. a sharp knife will make the work easier and not mess when cutting. because of cooking with my wife, of course I know that my wife is more careless so I often give in to clean up the remaining glazed ingredients
but whatever happens in the kitchen, mess is a natural thing. but when it is served at the table all must be neater
Yup that is completely true... when it all reaches the plates, it is all nice! ... and in the end, the cleaning up is all part of the "fun"....
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I tend to be similar to you - I wash up and clean as I go. It makes it so much easier to clean up afterwards. Plus it helps to spend time as you’re not always required at stirring or by the pot. Stirring on the other hand is all about the wrist movement and if done properly with a good equipment, doesn’t make much of the mess.
Ha, I should mention that to my wife... that she has bad stirring technique! Yes, I think it is a better use of the time... but I have a feeling that my wife uses the time to prepare other ingredients...
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@bengy, I've never cooked alone, I've always played a Supportive role. And in my opinion process and way of cooking depends upon the time too, if we have good amount of time then we can process everything effectively if not then we have to rush and sometimes it can lead to mess.
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Ah yes... the rush is what makes things get really messy. Perhaps it is the lack of pre-planning that makes the mess in the end!
In a way you've said true. Have a great time ahead.
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I'm pretty much a tidy cook. Like you, not a lot of counter space so I don't like it cluttered up with dirty dishes and mess when I'm trying to cook. I tend to get the ingredients out and do prep work first, then tidy all that up and move on to the next step. And if I happen to slop something out of the pan or drip or drop, I want to wipe it up right away before it gets baked on the stovetop and is harder to clean up later.
Oh yes, this is what I like to hear! I do exactly the same thing... wipe up immediately, before it has a chance to get baked on and cause more grief later!
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