Prodigy Quotes

I'm trying to learn how to cook.

Cooking is about ingredients.

Think about your menu, and if you're not a skilled chef - which I'm not - follow a recipe. You can't go wrong if you don't cut the fine print.

Timing is everything. Chemistry is something that you don't just throw in the frying pan and mix it up with another something, then throw it on top of something, then fry it up and put it in a tortilla and put in a microwave, heat it up and give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? For those of you who can cook, y'all know what I'm talking about. If y'all can't cook, this doesn't concern you.

In food, it's really, like, either you're right, or you're wrong. You know, people's taste buds kind of vary, but there's a technique. Either you do it right, or you don't.

I'm not saying my wife's a bad cook, but she uses a smoke alarm as a timer.

I believe that anyone can cook a great meal. Basically all you need to do is get your hands on some fresh ingredients and not be afraid to make a mess in the kitchen.

I can make things, but I don't cook them, exactly. Like salmon, I can stick that in a pan. Or the other day I made noodles, but they were hard. It never occurred to me to check them; I just stopped cooking them when I felt they were ready. Really, I'm too absentminded.

I don't really cook.

Look, when you are starting to put something together, you want the pudding to come out good. You're trying to put in the right ingredients.

I think anybody can cook if they take the time.

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.

I cook every day.

Cooking is about presenting flavors and other aspects of food in a way that makes best use of them and makes an engaging, satisfying meal. Taste necessarily comes into it along with technique. Some ingredients require cooking, cleaning or otherwise denaturing them, some are fine as they are.

I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum.

I can't cook.

I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.

I'm a terrible cook.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable. Chefs cut up the onions and have the ingredients lined up ahead of time and have them ready to go. When everything is organized you can clean as you go and it makes everything so much easier and fun.

Great cooking favors the prepared hands.

Recently I've been doing risottos. Some of them have been amazing. Some of them, not all of them.

The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined.

It's always good to go over the recipe beforehand, so you can easily think of the next thing that needs to be done.

The best way to get anybody's attention is dinner. I have good kitchen skills and good grocery shopping skills.

Be sure to read a recipe all the way through before you cook. The time it saves you in the long run is invaluable.