Cooking

There is no learning to cook. If you can use a microwave you're already cooking. The hitch people get is thinking meals need to be elaborate. Make one thing, stock pile leftovers and don't worry about sides or courses. I cook next to everything I eat when I'm at school, nearly always a single meat cooked a single way.

how I cook

'knowing how to cook' could mean recipes that are two sentences to you.

eggs and omelettes: cook it on low and don't flip it so the inside stays runny. Pre-stir scrambled eggs and do so until your hand starts to hurt. Try to aerate them with big bubbles.

bacon and lard: I don't buy much butter or oil because I keep the lard. Lard will keep long enough that you don't need to worry about it, I might keep it at room temperature for a bit. Bacon then eggs leaves too much lard so decant it into the lard bowel and use just what is left stuck to the pan

coffee:

• Ground beans go stale so grind you own at time of brewing. Good grinders use burrs bad grinders use blades.
• Heat water to less than a rapid boil. Use the pour to agitate and suspend the grounds.
• I use a french press, it keeps it thick and oily. I time for 4 minutes.
• I use too much heavy cream and I will do so until god revokes dairy from me.

Meat: I try to cook as raw as I can without salmonella.

• Chicken thighs are the cheapest. They bake easy. Best marinaded and grilled. I save pickle juice for this.
• Pork chops unless overcooked can be steak level delicious for me. Apple cider vinegar in the fry.
• Ribs: thick paprika rub. I don't worry about off the bone I'll rip it off like a dog.
• Ring baloney: can be cut and fired if you want to eat something salty and weird.