Where would i begin to learn how to cook if i've literally never cooked anything before? Once i attempted to make scrambled eggs and i burnt them, and another time i tried to make ramen and spilt a bunch of boiling water on myself, and the ramen wasn't even good. That is all my experience with cooking. I really need some guidance. I wanna be able to cook my own food instead of having mommy cook everything.

>>21430632 (OP)
literally just look up recipes and follow them to start. they're step by step instructions. if you can read, you can follow a recipe. read the whole thing before you start so you have an idea of what you'll be doing. you will make mistakes. you will fuck things up. that's fine. learn from it, move on, and try again. but as long as you follow a recipe, you're unlikely to end up making anything totally inedible. it might not be amazing...but it will get you started.
I don't recommend relying on recipes forever, but start with them just to get some experience in the kitchen and start being comfortable with food and with your tools. then you can branch out more later.

also this question gets asked every other day here and on other forums, so poke around and read what other people have been suggested too. this is probably one of the most covered topics of all time. there are countless resources for amateur cooks online. make use of them.

>>21430632 (OP)
Craig Claiborne.

>>21430632 (OP)
Kill yourself, frogposting faggot.

>>21430799
Based.

>>21430632 (OP)
make a few dozen more threads about your doordash order or eating burger king in your car and it'll just come to you naturally

>>21430632 (OP)
Start simple, follow recipes. Practice!

Burn eggs the first time? Now you know not to cook them as long, or not to cook them on as high a heat!

>>21430799
i don't know why this frog upsets people, and i don't know why the jannies deleted the OP image considering there are a bunch of other non food related images on the catalog at this very moment.

>>21430632 (OP)
you just need to keep trying until you get the techniques down. that's the biggest part of cooking is learning how to do things without fucking it up so much then you can start just doing whatever you want for the most part. but you're gonna mess up in the beginning, salvage what you can and just get better at it.

>>21430817
This. I make a bacon, egg and cheese bagel for breakfast, it involves a pan, a toaster and a little electric egg cooker thing and a knife, it all seems like a lot but it takes me about 5 minutes now to turn out an awesome breakfast sandwich and it’s so consistent because I’ve just done it so damn much at this point, and know how my equipment operates etc.

>>21431014
Posting any frog or wojak in /ck/ gets a 3 day site wide ban, same for /a/. They've got trannycords for each forum where they make their own little 'rules' for what's allowed and what's not that they never share. Likely the same will happen to you.

>>21431030

Youtube.
@foodwishes
@chefjeanpierre
@ethanchlebowski / @cookwellco
Are a good mix of recipes and techniques to get started.
@babishculinaryuniverse sometimes has some good stuff but he is more of an entertainer than an educator/chef imo.

Also you need to accept your mistakes and learn from them. Burned your eggs? Cook them less next time or maybe you need to use more butter/oil depending on your pan. Spilled boiling water on yourself like a fucking retard? Avoid whatever caused you to do that next time.

You're living in an age where you can get decent answers to how/why you fucked up your cooking from just typing some shit into google. Anything worth doing is worth doing with some mistakes as long as you learn from them. Don't compare yourself to others, just try to do a little bit better than the last time you did something and eventually you'll be satisfied with the results.

>>21430632 (OP)
What is a food you really like and want to make for yourself? Google it, youtube it. Buy the ingredients, follow the instructions.
You're going to fuck it up. It'll probably taste like shit because you were a retard somewhere along the process, or just the whole way through.
Thats fine. You just go again the next day or weekend or whatever. Once you have this down, look up another recipe for something else. See what looks appetizing/easy from a cooking youtube channel or some shit.
Rinse and repeat.
Experience makes practice makes perfect.

>>21431030
careful, I got a ban the other day for pointing out the same thing because apparently complaining about the site is against the rules too. it's totally fine to spam the exact same umami thread for weeks, or spam the catalog with facebook tier AI "pick one" threads. better not post a frog or express any discontent about the board though!

>>21430632 (OP)
The other anons have pointed out the obvious, google it.
But here's two very simple recipes that are nutritious and cheap.
>Spaghetti with tomato sauce
Need: Spaghetti (dry), canned tomato sauce (in chunks is best but whole tomatoes also work), one onion, salt, some oil, dried oregano. Bonus if you're feeling fancy: Grated cheese, fresh basil, tomato paste, a clove of garlic
Instructions: Peel the onion and possibly garlic and cut into small cubes with a knife. Bring salted water in a pot to a boil, add the spaghetti. Once they start getting soft, stir it once so they don't clump together. In a separate pot, add some oil, then add the garlic if you have any (if you're using powder, add it at the herb stage), and onions. Cook at medium heat stirring until soft. If you have tomato paste, add a tablespoon now, then immediately add the canned tomatoes into the pot. Add dried oregano, salt to taste, add basil or garlic powder if you have any. Remove pasta when soft (you can fish some out with a fork to test consistency), drain and put it on a plate, top with sauce. Done.
>Fried tomato with egg
Need: 2-3 tomatoes (or a can), 2-3 eggs, starch, salt, tomato paste or ketchup, oil
Pour oil into a pan, crack eggs into a bowl and mix until yolk and white is mixed. Pour that mixture into the pan and cook. Use spatula to smash it up a bit. Remove the cooked scrambed egg from the pan, preferably when still undercooked a little. Dice tomatoes into large chunks (like 2-3 cuts in each direction), put into pan and heat, mashing with spatula until they start breaking down. Add a tablespoon of tomato paste or ketchup. If using a can, just heat that up until hot. Add back the cooked egg and mix around. It should still be a little liquidy at this point, if not add some water. Then in a bowl add 2 tsp of starch with 3-4 tsp of cold water and mix until you got a slurry, pour into the mix and mix quickly (it'll thicken). Salt to taste, then serve immediately.

>>21431030
If anything it feels like the frogposters organize on some trannycord themselves. Especially when some new "variant" is being forced like with the frogs with random food on their heads.
And they always are accompanied by low effort bait or retarded questions.

>>21430632 (OP)
>burnt
>spilt

Don't be British I guess.

>>21430632 (OP)
Start with soups/stews, hard to fuck up most of them.
A lentil soup might be a good start, good nutritional value too.

>measure out and wash about 250g of lentils
>put pot on medium heat
>dice a carrot, an onion and a rib or two of celery
>add olive oil to pot, add veggies, stir occasionally and cook until they soften, 10 min tops
>crush and chop 2-3 cloves of garlic and add to the pot, stir around for a minute or less
>add in a teaspoon of paprika and stir it in for just a few seconds
>throw in the lentils
>pour water until it covers everything with a knuckle or two of just water on top
>add in whatever spices you want, i.e. thyme, pepper
>bring to boil, then reduce to a simmer, put the lid on, cook for 25-30 min until the lentils are done, add more water if it somehow gets too dry
>add salt to taste (half a tea spoon should be enough)
>chop and throw in some fresh parsley if you have it, or the leaves of the celery
And you're done.

>>21432654
i had lentil soup just yesterday but i think i wanna try this in a few days, sounds pretty nice and reasonably easy.

>>21432654
making this rn btw, will report the result

>>21435286
>>21432654
ok it's about to be done and it looks like the worst lentil soup i've ever seen, should i put it in a pressure cooker? it looks wayy too thick. need urgent answer. any downside to using the pressure cooker?

>>21435307
>it looks wayy too thick
>>21432654
>add more water if it somehow gets too dry

>>21435320
It's not really dry, i meant the texture, like it's not smooth at all. Anyway it tastes really good so i'm happy with it.