There are a million videos on youtube showing you how to cook every dish

[PSRB]

imaginable. You'd imagine that, having decided to go to the trouble of filming a recipe, the chefs in question would ensure that they have a clue about what they're doing. This is rarely the case.

Most frequent is the misuse of olive oil. I've just watched someone heat a frying pan until it's smoking hot, then pour in a tablespoon of olive oil, which of course immediately became burned and bitter, but better still, the **** then added a load of garlic, which instantly... you know the score.

It was easy to learn to cook, back in the day. You did what Delia told you, and Delia never gave you a bum steer. These days I pity anyone trying to learn from tinternet. It's full of charlatans.

Strongly considering one of these https://www.t3.com/news/thermomix-tm6

[Sir C]

Strongly considering one of these https://www.t3.com/news/thermomix-tm6

I remain skeptical about gadgets, p. I fear you'll love it for a fortnight and then put it ina cupboard where it will rot away.

[PSRB]

I remain skeptical about gadgets, p. I fear you'll love it for a fortnight and then put it ina cupboard where it will rot away.

I'm rather hopeful (as per the blurb) that it will enable me to put the other gadgets away (sell) and just have that one (and the Kitchenaid) on show

[IUFG]

I'm rather hopeful (as per the blurb) that it will enable me to put the other gadgets away (sell) and just have that one (and the Kitchenaid) on show

Do you just throw in the ingredients and it spits out a meal in [insert time here] minutes?

[PSRB]

Do you just throw in the ingredients and it spits out a meal in [insert time here] minutes?

Sort of, just one machine to do all the steps for a multitude of recipes......not quite Star Trek canteen, yet

[Ash]

I'm rather hopeful (as per the blurb) that it will enable me to put the other gadgets away (sell) and just have that one (and the Kitchenaid) on show

There are three gadgets in my kitchen. Kettle, toaster and coffee machine.

[Sir C]

There are three gadgets in my kitchen. Kettle, toaster and coffee machine.

I'm inclined to agree. I do use a stick blender on occasion, but that's about it really. A pestle and mortar and some decent knives and you're covered.

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

Strongly considering one of these https://www.t3.com/news/thermomix-tm6

One shouldn't follow recipes to the letter. One should research a few different methods used to make a dish, use one's own experience and try to make the dish in one's own way.

There is no reason why an imaginative cook cannot be a good cook.

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

One shouldn't follow recipes to the letter. One should research a few different methods used to make a dish, use one's own experience and try to make the dish in one's own way.

There is no reason why an imaginative cook cannot be a good cook.

Er, goes without sayin', init?