I like to cook but I am no pro. I learned because I kind of had too, lol. I do like your cakes though! They look nice and homemade. 
I don't watch or do anything cooking related but sometimes I look at cooking websites to learn how to make something.
The best thing I've ever made is kinda sad and lame. It was just maybe a burger or a grille cheese sandwich with tomato soup. Again, I am no expert. I am very basic.
There’s nothing wrong with being basic, I know a couple of simple recipes that are really enjoyable, like cooking soy sauce and rice in a pan. It’s like lo mein, but it’s rice.
Oh that looks lovely. I like to cook. I wanted to learn because I wanted to eat good when on my own and not have to rely on frozen dinners and pre-packaged food.
If you really want to, you can take a frozen dinner and try to improve it. One time I made two frozen White Castle burgers, but I also put egg and ham on them and turned them into breakfast sandwiches.
Oh this is a fun thread I love cooking and baking! But it's boring doing it for myself
Have you ever tried listening to music while you cook? That’ll definitely make it less boring. I love having music, but I never know what to put on so I rarely do it.
A funny question: is there somebody who learned to cook something at first place because they were not satisfied by parents’ cooking?
Well, the potato pancakes, one of my favorite dishes since early childhood, were always too fat when cooked by my mother and too dry when cooked by my father — it looked like they did it for purpose of making me to learning how to prepare that pancakes by myself. So, when I was nine, I tried to cook them and the result was perfect! Most of the next dishes I learned to prepare followed the same scenario — I don’t like something in the dish which is so simple that even I can made, I try to cook it, I like the result.
The first time I realized I liked cooking was when I came home really late from school and my mom made London broil for dinner. I thought it was kinda bland, and we happened to have some onions in the fridge, so I sautéd some chopped onions and put it on the meat. It was SO good
Here’s something else I cooked just today:
https://app.photobucket.com/u/x_OwO_x/p/f4bfcdea-5cfe-4bbb-add8-3a9601876e2dIt looks like something between fried rice and beef stew. It was very savory, and just a bit salty. I gave my dad some and he ended up loving it, so we ate it together.
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