Girls MUST Learn How To Cook

MuslimSisLilSis β€”

Says my gran each time I go and visit her-and whenever she finds out that I still only know how to make tea and boil rice she gets angry with me 😒

Anyways-this topic makes me laugh

I have a cousin around my age who is ALWAYS getting told off by her mum cos she don't know how to cook-apparently no guy will want to marry her :roll:

thats bull-she's pretty, religious and clever

her and her mum have massive kick off regarding cooking

cooking is not rocket science-if u can read and follow directions all u need to do is purchase a good cook book and ur sorted

ALSO boys should be self sufficient-there's too many mummy's boys out there who dont know how to do jack-they should learn

of course-I'm not saying that girls shouldnt cook-all I'm saying is that cooking aint the be all and end all

there's more to life

Anyways, discuss gender stereotypes and the misconception that girl MUST know how to cook otherwise no one will want to marry them

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Sirus β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 00:36

Beast, you cook?

your not living away from home are you?

or you like dawud, like to wear the apron in the kitchen? πŸ˜‚

SEEEEEMO!! you cook lasagne!!!

can u make that for our xmas dinner? πŸ˜ƒ

stuff the turkey!

*DUST* β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:26

[quote="MuslimSister"]And I don't mean to brag but I'm an expert at chapati's..I've been making them since I was 11. Its the only thing I've mastered. I make them so round that they can roll of the table...and all my roti's always puff up with hot air. (And thats the sign of a perfect chapati).

I can't knead the dough though. :?[/quote]
hey, same here!! i started rolling chapatis when i was 8. πŸ˜‚ first i used to name them according to the continent they most resembled πŸ˜‰ but alhumdulillah theyr now as round as can be. πŸ˜ƒ

Sirus β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:29

can i get a sample πŸ™‚

whats the biggest chappati u made?

are they a perfect circle?

360 degrees?

the right colour of brown?

no burn marks?

what flour do you use?

do you use a rolling pin or just make it with your hands?

*DUST* β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:39

[quote="Black Prince"]can i get a sample πŸ™‚

whats the biggest chappati u made?

are they a perfect circle?

360 degrees?

the right colour of brown?

no burn marks?

what flour do you use?

do you use a rolling pin or just make it with your hands?[/quote]
unfortunately the internet isnt yet advanced enuf to be sending through food, so no u cant get a sample. πŸ™‚

the biggest chapati i made was one that would fit on the tawa!

yes i believe they are perfectly circular, tho i havent measured the exact angle. :roll:

depends on wot u mean by the 'right' shade of brown, that depends on the flour used. but no i dont recall burning my chapatis!

i dunno wot flour we're using at the moment, i dont buy it.

who on earth makes a chapati just with their hands?! u cant flatten it evenly AND make it round without utilising a rolling pin!

Sirus β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:43

tut tut tut aasiyah aasiyah...you have a lot to learn!!

makin it with your bare hands is a doddle!! πŸ˜ƒ

how big is ur tawa?

why havent you measured the exact angle? you know how bad that looks?

you dont know wich flower you use?

is it brown or white?

*DUST* β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:45

[quote="Black Prince"]tut tut tut aasiyah aasiyah...you have a lot to learn!!

makin it with your bare hands is a doddle!! πŸ˜ƒ [/quote]
πŸ˜‚ wotevvver hayduh, seeing as how ur dissing all the guys who can cook, i assume U have a lot to learn! πŸ˜ƒ

Sirus β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:47

when did i do that?

im just curious about Irfan cooking

and i dont believe Dawud actually does

thats all

i love cooking, altho i only do it when im left on my bill for ages at home.....wen tymz are tuff......wanted to do cookint at GCSE....but its one of those things you get shot for doing (like horseridin)

*DUST* β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:54

[quote="Black Prince"]i love cooking, altho i only do it when im left on my bill for ages at home.....wen tymz are tuff......wanted to do cookint at GCSE....but its one of those things you get shot for doing (like horseridin)[/quote]excuses excuses... if u really loved it ud do it no matter wot other ppl say (re: 'getting shot'). and my bros do that too - if there's a woman in the house, they dont ever enter the kitchen, its just wen theyr on their own in a foreign country or summat that theyl bother cooking. :roll:

Sirus β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:55

only if its the last choice i cook πŸ˜ƒ

i love doing it

but my wakness in everything - plain lazy

why cook wen you can order? πŸ˜ƒ

*DUST* β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 02:56

[quote="Black Prince"]only if its the last choice i cook πŸ˜ƒ

i love doing it

but my wakness in everything - plain lazy

why cook wen you can order? :D[/quote]
... why order when u can starve? :roll:

rubitron β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 09:18

[quote="Seraph"][quote="rubitron"][quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]Ok girls know how to cook in
your place.
We get
the
message. :roll:[/quote]
But unfortunately they can't make chapatti. We have something like chapatti, but it is definitely not chapatti. I myself like chapatti, especially for breakfast with special sauce and greens.
By the way it is very easy to make chapatti, and very cheap too!
Big taste for small money, I like it.
Homemade chapatti with beans forever![/quote]

oookkkaayy... :roll:
[size=9]
somebody throw this guy a chapatti before he has a heartattack.[/quote]

No need, I can make myself and not only chapatti

MuslimSister β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 10:38

[quote="Aasiyah"]
hey, same here!! i started rolling chapatis when i was 8. πŸ˜‚ first i used to name them according to the continent they most resembled πŸ˜‰ but alhumdulillah theyr now as round as can be. :D[/quote]

Lol!

Experience is vital for perfect chapatti’s.

I also used to make all sorts of weirdo shapes and sizes…hearts, cars, the shapes of countries…even cartoon characters –lol…some sides were fat, some sides were uncooked

But my darling family would eat it anything without any complaints. They didn’t even tease me which I really rated.

I’ve had my hand burned more then enough times…my dupatta had caught on fire and my bangles had got heated up.

I now know how to use different types of stoves and rolling pins.

My chapatti’s is the only thing my parents can brag about. :?

But IMO mastering chappati's is the hardest part of asian cooking.

MuslimSisLilSis β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 11:45

I make crap chapati's

I've made them only once or twice-

I'm an expert at kneading the dough tho

in my house when mums not at home-its usually me who kneads the dough and sis makes the chappati's

I can boil rice though

Beast β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 12:00

[quote="Black Prince"]Beast, you cook?

your not living away from home are you?

or you like dawud, like to wear the apron in the kitchen? πŸ˜‚
[/quote]

πŸ˜‚

I just like to make myself a little snack sometimes.

Beats having to go down to rat-infested take-aways around here.

Beast β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 12:07

The easy-peasy stuff.

Toast; egg - scrambled, boiled, fried; chips, fries; fish - fried; beans

And I'm introducing myself to pasta.

Does tea count as cooking? If so, I can do that too.

πŸ˜‚

Beast β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 12:11

Everything else takes too much time and you have to get all the ingredients just right.

If I tried anything else I'd just end up chucking it away.

Sirus β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 12:12

[size=7]your getting married soon

you need to boost ur cv, learn how to cook - could be a bonus

if you dont want a wife from pakistan that is[/size]

fizzy1 β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 12:14

think ive mastered lasagne

it was a disaster first three times

didnt realize you had to boil pasta sheets before you layer it with keema, sauce and veg before you put in oven.

no wonder pasta sheets always tasted uncooked

Fatima β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 13:16

[quote="Aasiyah"][quote="Black Prince"]
do you use a rolling pin or just make it with your hands?[/quote]
who on earth makes a chapati just with their hands?! u cant flatten it evenly AND make it round without utilising a rolling pin![/quote]

lol Aasiyah ^^^ thats how they make in Pakistan, they flatten it a bit and then they do the bit where you flip the chappatti over between your hands (dunno what its called) to make it bigger. But it looked pretty hard to me.

i can cook curries meat or veg but i cant get the chappatis round enough :oops: they're not that bad that they look like stars or countries but still not round like mum makes em. That and im too slow, dunno what i would do if i had to make em for unexpected guests :?

MuslimSister β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 13:58

[quote="fizzy1"]think ive mastered lasagne

it was a disaster first three times

didnt realize you had to boil pasta sheets before you layer it with keema, sauce and veg before you put in oven.

no wonder pasta sheets always tasted uncooked[/quote]

My lasagne was awful the first time too. I never tried it again.

In fact most things I try are awful the first time.

I didn't know you had to boil the sheets...no wonder they were so hard. :?

laila β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 14:05

[quote="fizzy1"]think ive mastered lasagne

it was a disaster first three times

didnt realize you had to boil pasta sheets before you layer it with keema, sauce and veg before you put in oven.

no wonder pasta sheets always tasted uncooked[/quote]

no you dont boil the sheets!!! what are you talking about thats not how it is you put in UNCOOKED sheets

you first put one layer uncooked sheet at the bottom cover with sauce then filling then another layer of uncooked sheets then sauce and so on

as long as the sauce covers all the sheets then the sheets will cook by themselves in the oven really soft and lovely

fizzy1 β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 14:11

but i did that 3 times and it didnt work

my friend whos a pro at it said to boil sheets a little to soften them

mine always turned out too hard even if i covered them both sides in sauce

fizzy1 β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 14:36

ms - maybe not enough sauce?

you have to put LOADS

i will ask mum later, then try to persuade her to make it over the weekend if we have any keema left.

what about sweet dishes

laila β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 14:47

now that i've got over the shock of cooked sheets it actually makes sense cos if you cook them then you can trim them to fit the dish more easily

sweets i do gajar halva cos i love it
rice pudding (kheer) cos i love that even more
trifle cos i love that even more then that
vermicelli i love that too
apple rubarb crumble cos i love that more then anything

i havent tried anything adventurous i leave my brother for that and my sister does the baking pies and cakes shes really good (my pastry's too hard or too crumbly)

fizzy1 β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 15:06

i remember cooking all kinds of scones in school, sweet, choc, cheese and onion

anyone remember how to make those?

sweet, can make cakes - love those. mum used to make battenburg with checked pieces in plain and pink or chocolate, looks great when you cut it

cd make kheer and mithai chaal (sweet rice) thats pretty simple

love vermicelli, especially on eid

like it with milk, or dry with sugar, yum!

You β€” Fri, 16 Dec 2005 - 19:52

[quote="MuslimSister"]I can't knead the dough though. :?[/quote]

Get a breadmaker.

Someone at work does that to knead the dough.