Are you a cook, or a baker? - Democratic Underground

Robb

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Sat Nov-12-05 01:16 PM
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Poll question: Are you a cook, or a baker?

...Or both? :shrug:

I can cook like no tomorrow, but can't bake my way out of a paper bag. :D

You?

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Tab

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Sat Nov-12-05 01:45 PM
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1. In the words of Russ Parsons...

"Remember... pastry senses fear"

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NMDemDist2

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Sat Nov-12-05 02:00 PM
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2. i am marginally adequate at both

but truly do neither well, or at least consistently. I have flashes of brilliance followed by pedestrian at best

:cry:

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Dora

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Sat Nov-12-05 11:27 PM
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5. You put that so well!

And boy, can I relate. Fortunately, my successes come often enough to make my pedestrian days worth every compensatory pizza I've ever ordered.

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Stinky The Clown

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Sat Nov-12-05 08:21 PM
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3. I'm a cook

I bake only when I hafta .... or when I feel adventurous. Even then, my baking is limited to some bread or rolls, foccacia .... and of course, pizza.

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eyesroll

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Sat Nov-12-05 08:39 PM
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4. I can cook just about anything. I can bake the following well:

Pies (including crust)
Cookies
Brownies/bars
Bread (most ambitious: bagels)
Muffins/quick breads
Custards
Empanandas

I cannot bake, to save my life:
Biscuits (15 difference recipes, three different ovens, yes I replaced the baking powder, none have EVER worked)
Basic chocolate cake (still trying -- never tried a white/yellow/etc. cake)

Oddly enough, I considered myself a better baker than cook a year ago, but it's reversed now.

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SoCalDem

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Sun Nov-13-05 01:40 AM
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6. Not to be immodest, but I do both, and make candy occasionally

My french bread is pretty darned good, and we like MY cinnamon rolls better than Cinnabon.

I love to cook and am good at it, but rarely do much these days. My "dinner crowd" grew up and moved on, and it's just me & my husband, so cooking's not that big a deal. He's diabetic and desserts never were much of a thing for him, so I don;t bake much now.

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NMDemDist2

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Sun Nov-13-05 02:30 AM
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7. funny how live's phases move on huh?

but you can send us all cinnamon rolls anyday :bounce:

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SoCalDem

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Sun Nov-13-05 02:48 AM
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8. the UPS guy would open them and eat themm..

They smell as good as they taste:P

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Lorax

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Fri Nov-18-05 04:32 PM
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9. I prefer cooking to baking

mostly because I can never stifle the urge to add just a little more of this or a little more of that. I am constantly changing recipes on the fly. That doesn't work so well with baking. Baking is much more precise than I care to be.

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Rhiannon12866

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Mon Nov-21-05 02:02 AM
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10. I love to cook. Baking scares me to death...

We never had desserts in my family, except on the occasional holiday...:shrug:

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noamnety

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Mon Nov-21-05 06:28 PM
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11. Both!

I don't measure things, so that sometimes causes massive screwups, but I'm creative and flexible enough that I can usually work my way through whatever mess I make.

I've been known to change cake batter into a tasty chicken marinade on the fly when things didn't seem to be working so well.

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flamingyouth

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Tue Nov-22-05 09:04 PM
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12. Good cook, iffy baker.

I think I just don't bake enough, and that's my problem. I make one cake per year, on average.

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