I'm making meatballs!

[Proletariat]

I use a big soup pot to make my spaghetti & meatballs. Add the 2 tsp. of olive oil in the pot and sauté the minced green pepper, onion, garlic till the onion turns translucent, about 5 minutes. Let this cool a few minutes while you add the bread crumbs & Romano cheese to the raw ground beef and knead & mix in a bowl with your hands till well blended. Add the sautéed green pepper, onion, garlic to the ground beef. Put your sauce in the pot and heat. Mix the pepper,onion,garlic into the raw ground beef/bread crumbs/cheese till well blended salt & pepper to taste. Form your meatballs and plop them into the sauce to cook on low. I usually cook my sauce a minimum of 2 hours.

I thought it was strictly referred to as 'gravy' where you're from.

[Strike For The South]

I wish I knew how to cook I love to eat but can't cook.

It is my curse.

[||Lz3||]

I wish I knew how to cook I love to eat but can't cook.

It is my curse.

Texans don't cook, they make others cook for them.

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[Strike For The South]

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We also make them use flour instead of corn.

[InsaneApache]

I wish I knew how to cook I love to eat but can't cook.

It is my curse.

You have to start with something easy. Perhaps a vegetable stir fry. It doesn't matter if it isn't perfect, it's about practise and trial and error. Give it a go.

[KukriKhan]

You have to start with something easy. Perhaps a vegetable stir fry. It doesn't matter if it isn't perfect, it's about practise and trial and error. Give it a go.

Yeah, wot 'e said. Plus, the 'fun' bit is cooking for more than yourself.

Momma Kukri had to work, and often odd hours, so she made sure my Sis, 4 brothers, and I knew the basics of cooking and housekeeping. Soups, cassaroles, spaghetti, chili-mac, that sort of thing.

My boys know their way around the kitchen; the oldest tending toward complicated "experiements", with about a 20% failure rate (similar to me) - the younger (28 now) opting for the "easy = good" school.

[Yoyoma1910]

Experimentation is the key.

I can remember a few really unpleasant experiments I've tried...

The worst was probably an attempt at making a soup from stale Malt Liquor and Polish Kielbasa.

[Hosakawa Tito]

I thought it was strictly referred to as 'gravy' where you're from.

Heh, if it cain't be fried in bacon grease then it ain't fit to eat.

You have to start with something easy. Perhaps a vegetable stir fry. It doesn't matter if it isn't perfect, it's about practise and trial and error. Give it a go.

Yeah, start with basic and easy stuff. It's not that hard, there are lots of recipes on the internet. And seeing you like your grub so much...necessity is the mother of invention eh?

I learned from my mother & grandmothers. Some of my fondest memories as a kid was baking cookies,fudge, jelly rolls, etc... with my siblings, and we ate our mistakes. Well except for the time we used baking soda instead of baking powder *powder, soda, what's the difference right?* in a batch of chocolate-chip cookies. Bleh, they came out like chocolate chip dog biscuits, but even the dog wouldn't eat them.

[Yoyoma1910]

Well except for the time we used baking soda instead of baking powder *powder, soda, what's the difference right?* in a batch of chocolate-chip cookies. Bleh, they came out like chocolate chip dog biscuits, but even the dog wouldn't eat them.

Generally cream of tartar, though you can use lemon juice if you're not waiting.