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Diamond_Dog

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18. I can make "Bread for Dummies" (the rustic no-knead kind with 3 ingredients)

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 01:20 PM

Dec 27

But the real soft white bread or dinner rolls, mine always turn out dry and hard. I can bake just about everything else. Not sure about pancakes because we don’t eat them.

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What is one food you just can't cook? [View all] Danmel Dec 27 OP

What is it about pancakes that confounds you so? True Dough Dec 27 #1

Deep fried Snickers bar... MiHale Dec 27 #2

Baking PJMcK Dec 27 #3

it is art... markie Dec 27 #28

Trust me: get a kitchen scale, and the King Arthur baking school book. Made me a baker PDQ. Measuring cups ... marble falls Sunday #54

Thank you! PJMcK Sunday #61

I can't roast a turkey that I want to eat once it's done. davsand Dec 27 #4

Scrambled eggs bucolic_frolic Dec 27 #5

The three keys to good scrambled eggs. Lochloosa Sunday #55

Thanksss I'll give it a fry /nt bucolic_frolic Sunday #60

don't get me started on that well seasoned cast iron pan! I was raised in Texas and seasoning a pan before using was a CTyankee Monday #80

Popovers! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 27 #6

Fried chicken BigMin28 Dec 27 #7

Rice quaint Dec 27 #8

I got a Zojirushi fuzzy logic Japanese rice cooker and never looked back. It's expensive but well worth it. NBachers Dec 27 #11

Zojirushi fuzzy logic Japanese rice cooker House of Roberts Dec 27 #12

Looks very nice but...sigh. quaint Dec 27 #22

Me too. It has a GABA setting too, which sprouts the brown rice and adds to the "healthy benefits" hlthe2b Dec 27 #26

If I plan enough ahead of time, I always use the GABA setting. It's like Primo Rice Plus XX NBachers Dec 27 #38

I had a friend from Paris many years ago and she Phoenix61 Dec 27 #29

Remove the film. Place in microwave. Press 1. Iggo Dec 27 #43

No microwave (shudder). quaint Dec 27 #44

All's I'm sayin' is, before I discovered minute rice, I couldn't cook rice, either Iggo Dec 27 #45

Mine died and I realized I only used it to reheat tea and melt butter. quaint Dec 27 #47

Yeah, I don't use mine for much either. Iggo Dec 27 #48

I'm hooked on those Ready Rice packs Shermann Sunday #51

Me too. OldBaldy1701E Monday #75

Location and type specific ThreeNoSeep Monday #77

Thank you so very much! quaint Monday #78

I don't deep fry ... surrealAmerican Dec 27 #9

same here IzzaNuDay Dec 27 #21

Falafawaffles! Danmel Monday #79

Yeah, I definitely do falafel waffles! IzzaNuDay Monday #83

Beans. mwmisses4289 Dec 27 #10

Eggs over easy. For years, I've been on a campaign to buy every expensive pan in hopes it would work for eggs over easy. NBachers Dec 27 #13

Try a small pan -- 6 or 7 inches GreatGazoo Sunday #69

Thanks - actually I've got a couple of small high-quality cast-iron pans NBachers Sunday #73

Cast iron is the way to go. Easy cleaning and nonstick. Mass is good for cooking and browning without burning! marble falls Sunday #74

For me, that's "eggs over messy". Turbineguy Monday #76

Gravy QED Dec 27 #14

Homemade pudding Marthe48 Dec 27 #15

Any food that needs to be prepared in some way. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 27 #16

thank you Skittles Dec 27 #39

Almost everything. Boomerproud Dec 27 #17

I can make "Bread for Dummies" (the rustic no-knead kind with 3 ingredients) Diamond_Dog Dec 27 #18

Liver and onions... 2naSalit Dec 27 #19

Oh my goodness, I was just going to post liver, too! The odor when cooking makes me nauseous. Ziggysmom Dec 27 #24

My mom... 2naSalit Dec 27 #32

It would have served the nun right... 3catwoman3 Sunday #59

That was what I was going to post Bettie Dec 27 #34

Heaven on a Plate! Thunderbeast Sunday #49

This is the answer. My mom used to make chicken livers qhen she would make fried chicken ms liberty Sunday #67

Oh yeah... 2naSalit Sunday #72

My sister and I would squabble over who got to eat the chicken liver. Loser got the heart fargone Monday #84

Gravy. I can cook damn near anything, but gravy eludes me. rsdsharp Dec 27 #20

I saw a cartoon crud Dec 27 #23

Can't or Wouldn't... Can't? Anything with so many unclear instructions I give up early on (e.g., most complex recipes hlthe2b Dec 27 #25

Pie with homemade crust spooky3 Dec 27 #27

Yeah, pie crust is hard to get right. mwmisses4289 Sunday #53

I have to do that, too. spooky3 Sunday #64

Joy of Cooking recipe for pancakes Botany Dec 27 #30

Joy of Cooking is my bible. Every cook should have a copy. Lochloosa Sunday #58

I forgot use buttermilk instead of regular milk Botany Sunday #62

Homemade tapioca pudding. I've wasted gallons of milk trying Phoenix61 Dec 27 #31

Pizza dough, for some reason Fichefinder Dec 27 #33

I am a decent cook but I can fuck up rice pretty regularly Kali Dec 27 #35

I can't seem to get steak right. It's either over or under. Of course, that was the past. Can't afford it now. Vinca Dec 27 #36

Enchiladas. They disintegrate. I end up having a Mexican casserole. Polly Hennessey Dec 27 #37

I have yet to make a successful kosher dill pickle chowmama Dec 27 #40

Haven't Found "Can't", But.... ProfessorGAC Dec 27 #41

There have been a few failures for me, but I can't remember them specifically. Morbius Dec 27 #42

Eggs. Iggo Dec 27 #46

I cannot fry an egg. . . Collimator Sunday #50

Mississippi Delta type hot tamales. ntp AnnaLee Sunday #52

Are you over-mixing the batter perhaps? BootinUp Sunday #56

My kids mgardener Sunday #57

BAKED RICE FOR ONE - this has been foolproof for me Nittersing Sunday #63

This is my own recipe for "unfried" rice. markodochartaigh Sunday #66

Does it have to be edible when cooked? PikaBlue Sunday #65

I can't flip an omelet to save my life! JustKay Sunday #68

Baking with yeast, BarbaRosa Sunday #70

For pancakes I go by eye to get the consistency right GreatGazoo Sunday #71

Liver redstatebluegirl Monday #81

I can't bake cakes. LoisB Monday #82