How do I learn how to cook?
I don't mean following recipes and cooks books that any retards could. I mean understanding the fundamentals, so I can feel confident just "whipping something up"

Take a basic cooking class, buy a book, just practice. Look up recipes and think about why certain ingredients/spices/seasonings are used and then experiement on your own.

That's pretty much it, I liked my cooking so much and had my kitchen to myself so I cooked 2-3x a day through college.

>>21445638 (OP)

see >>21443742

>>21445638 (OP)
You must become one with the essence of the food you desire to eat.

step 1 is understanding that cooking is about 3 things total, flavour, texture, and overall water content, and how those things interact with each other
learn to season food properly, learn proper temperature control with your specific piece of shit stove, learn flavour combinations and techniques that you can apply outside of just specific recipes
much of it is trial and error with specific ingredients, go buy some shit and have fun

>>21445638 (OP)
>I don't mean following recipes and cooks books that any retards could
You do realize that's how you learn the fundamentals, right?
What you asked was almost as retarded as
>How do I learn how to freehand art without copying drawings
Sit down buddy and reproduce some recipes first.

>>21445693
>learn proper temperature control with your specific piece of shit stove

This, THIS, T H I S .

I'm not being hyperbolic at all when I say this: I believe that a good 70-80% of cooking is just being able to control your temperature. It doesn't matter if you're following a recipe written by some 18th century French ultra-autist or using the most expensive and exotic ingredients if your shit is always burning or it never browns/boils off fast enough. Heat control is paramount for so, so much.

>scrambled eggs become rubber on anything higher than low or ultra max on-off-on-off
>too low of a heat will turn delicious crunchy French fries greasy and soggy
>too high of a heat will burn any milk-based sauce and turn your minced garlic to ash before you can add anything else
>not blasting the fuck out of a pot of water with SpaceX rocket fuel will make the water take forever to boil
>low heat makes your meat bland and gray, but ultra max heat will take it past grill marks and into carbon shit before the heat reaches the middle

It can't be overstated enough. Learn what temperatures are best for which things and the worst problems you'll ever have will be much simpler things to fix like blandness, as opposed to your shit being burnt or having a weird texture or whatnot.

>>21445638 (OP)
Become a food eceleb

1. You will get constant criticism and endless publicity here
2. If you feel gay uploading it, (or not gay enough) then that means it's not worth cooking. Instant intuition on how to cook

>>21445693
>step 1 is understanding that cooking is about 3 things total, flavour, texture, and overall water content, and how those things interact with each other
stupid pretentious foodtuber bullshit, that's like saying "driving is all about controlling momentum"
>much of it is trial and error with specific ingredients, go buy some shit and have fun
all of cooking has already been invented, you don't need trial and error, you just need to study and practice

>>21446221
>stupid pretentious foodtuber bullshit, that's like saying "driving is all about controlling momentum"
cooking isn't driving.
hope this helps.

it's mostly just chemistry and mechanical techniques
cooking is not difficult unless you're legit subhuman retarded, even monkeys can learn it

>>21446221
>all of cooking has already been invented
Most retarded thing I've read all week.

>>21445638 (OP)
>How do I learn how to cook?
The very first step toward becoming an exceptional cook is developing tremendous patience. One way to cultivate this is by washing all the utensils in your kitchen within a short time frame. Then, make it a habit to wash utensils immediately after cooking. This routine gradually builds patience over time.

Now, to the main point, how to become a good cook. Follow this principle: always do exactly, precisely the opposite of whatever /ck/ tells you to do.

>>21445686
Anons like these go to Domino’s and say proudly to the clerk, with a smirk on their faces, “Make me one with everything.”

>>21446239
Some of the best cooks I know are Indian and touch their utensils right after wiping their dirty asshole with their hand, sanitary is not needed sir.

>>21446225
>cooking isn't driving
You have to shepard and 'drive' the ingredients to the fruitful completion, end destination.

>>21446226
Which keyboard did you use to type out this enlighted message/post?

>>21446232
ok name one cooking thing that wasn't invented yet, protip: you can't

>>21446267
I don't need a keyboard I can change the electrical signals inside my CPU using my psychic brain waves.

>>21445638 (OP)
Just don't be a retard

>>21445788
Worst part is after you learn all that and you become tuned in. You take your wonderful recipes to someone elses house and their stove fucks your life.

Start with steak eggs and potatoes. Hard to fuck up too badly and lots of ways to cook them. Soup is easy too. The biggest tip I can give is don’t overheat your pan. Don’t overcrowd the pan either, until you know how your food it’s going to react.
Cooking is only as challenging as you want it to be, most stuff is idiot proof.


>>21445679
They have the internet on computers now

>>21447470
I know this pain all too well...

>>21445638 (OP)
How about following recipes and cookbooks "any retards could" and recognizing patterns in them with time and experience you goddamn retard
Cooklets who dismiss cookbooks and recipes are so fucking ridiculous

>>21446240
Wrong.
Anons like these make homemade cast iron Sourdough Focaccia Pizza—and never buy pizzaslop.

thanks fellas great thread
/his/tier level informative

>>21445638 (OP)
The kitchen fundamentals are knife skills, heat management (time on heat), nutrient profiles and flavor balancing.

Knife skills just require watching a youtube video from a real chef on how to cut then practicing until mastered.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZ1LFqNWRM)

Here's the cooking essential playlist from the same:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjZ1LFqNWRM&list=PLnujfCpADfgepMC4L4foc3ejkMIZNdw4C

Nutrient profiles and flavor management is stuff the pros do and requires book learning - specifically food science. There are multiple sources here you can dig into, from videos to multi-volume encyclopedias on cooking. You don't need this per se to be a home cook, but it takes you from recipe bound retard to "able to whip anything up" level of skill. The alternative to book reading is just to cook a whole fuck ton of recipes, modify them, and then branch off into doing your own shit.

>>21446221
>driving is all about controlling momentum
Uh, but it is? You are literally controlling your vehicle's speed at all times while driving, along with the speed's direction. Pedals for +/- speed, and a steering wheel to change the speed's direction. The rest is situational awareness of other fuckers and traffic lights/signs. The ignition bit and other dodads under the hood are inconsequential to that main task. And you don't need to know jack shit about shifting gears when you have an automatic.

You dont need to set a timer when cooking if your smoke detector is working.

>>21447867
Exactly. It's technically true pretentious bullshit that sounds smart to a retard, but gives no insight whatsoever.

>>21445638 (OP)
Marcos recent series on bbc is fantastic for this

Also americas test kitchen