Also you can chop up some fennel and saute with the shallot and garlic... add a bit of saffron....

etc.

i love cooking! it actually was the hook that scored me my wife.

i cant remember the exact meal that i cooked.

Guess I need to get a little more gor-met..... I can grill a mean hamburger or steak... thats about it....

Well, you're on your way, Sid. It can be quite simple to make a dish more "gourmet"....learn to make a few different omlettes with what you have in the fridge. Learn to panee fish (Tilapia can be bought cheap in individually frozen packets at Walmart in Okieland...thaws instantly....lightly dusrt with flour and sear in butter 2-3 minutes per side. Make a Menuierre sauce by using browned butter, splash of worchestershire sauce, juice of a lemon and perhaps some dried parsley. Pour it over cooked filet and garnish with a thin slice of lemon. Instead of potatos, for a side dish, make a small batch of of grits, add some minced garlic, pepper, salt and some gratted sharp cheddar cheese...stir. Voila!!! You're a goumet cook. You've made Tilapia Menuirre with Garlic/cheddar Polenta. (Sounds a lot sexier than Fried Fish with grits:D)

Learn a basic cream sauce that can be supplemented with additional ingedients to serve over fish or steak. Basic cream sauce: Melt half stick of butter...brown chopped green onions and fresh, sliced mushrooms..a little salt/white pepper. Add small amount of flour to thicken up. Then add some cream and stire to keep from burning. Reduce heat. (keep a small carton in fridge for your coffee). There ya go...a tasty creme sauce. Fancy it up by adding crabmeat or chopped cooked shrimp to serve over a steak or grilled or paneed fish filets. Be creative.

Or pan sear some thin sliced chicken breast in olive oil seasoned with pepper, salt, a little garic powder. Serve cream sauce over a bed of angel hair pasta, Top with the grilled chicken slices. Maybe some grated parmessian cheese. A few flakes of dried parsley to "purdy" it up. Slice of garlic bread. Simple Chicken Angel. At a cost of what? $3 per serving? Better than dropping $25 at Applebee's...and probably better tasting. And remember...you got her at your place already;)

You can make the sauce a little thinner with extra cream/half anf half/milk, add a can of smoked oysters and simmer and you have an oyster bisque. Or substitute some cooked shrimp for the oysters and toss in one of those spreadable brie cheese packets: Shrimp and Brie Bisque. Vary the ingredients to make your own creations. Doesn't really take a whole lot of expensive ingredients...keep salt, black pepper, white pepper, dried parsley, oregano, basil, rosemary, garlic powder as dried spices and some minced garlic in the fridge and you'd be amazed at how many "gourmet dishes you can come up with. 5 or 10 Knorr packages of bernaisse/hollandaise/peppercorn sauces and you can be viewed as a master...especially when you make her eggs benedict the morning after...at a cost of about $2 a serving versus taking her out for a $30 brunch.:D

Remember...cooking is an art. Be creative.

Baking, on the other hand is a science.;)

This is an important and widely-known strategy. It works better than any other. Cook for her while she sips wine. Works every time.

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this works so well, that if a woman comes over to eat, and gets to watch you move in the kitchen. plan ahead. clean your room, bathroom, and (very important)..clean sheets, make the bed. put that string of old tube socks you use to dry your hands on into a drawer, and break out that "just for emergencies" pack of hermetically sealed bag of matching towels up on the towel rack. (you do have the single man action pack ready right? towels, high thread count sheets, live plant...).

This is known as "Giving good bed." Usually results in getting good head.:eek::D

I'll have to try some of that if I ever get the time Jim...

All good tips but there's an inherent danger having the woman in your place. What if you want her TO LEAVE afterwards? She's dug in for the night.

IMHO, only do this if you want a relationship with her. Not the casual date.

Btw, food can reduce the chances of sex. They can get full, gassy, sleepy and not feel sexy. Boom, it's over.

I know the opposite happens and I've done it but when it backfires, be ready.

TIME? Sid, Sid, Sid....:rolleyes:

Let's look at it scientifically:

Option A: Take her out. Drive to pick her up: 10 mins. Drive to Applebee's: 10 min. (It is a small town, eh?) Wait for a table? 5 mins. Wait on Waiter/look over menu: 10 mins. Order, wait for food to arrive: 15 mins. Send food back because they messed up the order: 12 minutes. Eat: 15 mins. Wait on check: 5 mins. Wait on your change/CC to come back: 8 mins. Drive around while you're trying to figure out what to do/how to get her back to your crib: 30 mins. Settle on taking her somewhere else, go there and spend more $$$: 90 minutes. Try to get her back to your crib: 30 mins. Give up and take her home: 15 mins. Drive home alone: 10 mins. TOTAL ELAPSED TIME: 4 hours 25 minutes. COST {On even a cheap college date}: $53.27 + $9.00 worth of gasoline burned. RESULT: Looks like its you and me again tonite, Rosie.

Option B: Get her to come to your place for dinner. Great her at door with glass of wine, or in your case a diet Coke;): 3 mins. Chit chat before you start cooking: 17 minutes. Panee Tilapia/ make menuirre sauce, start grits (Instant grits), toss bread in oven: 14 minutes. Plate food and serve: 2 mins. Eat and bask in your accomplishments: 15 minutes. Clear table: 1 min. Show her your etchings: 4 mins. TOTAL ELAPSED TIME: O hours 52 Minutes. COST: $13.87. RESULT: You spend the next morning helping her try to find her panties only to discover they're on the ceiling fan.

:D

my personal mentality for cooking is use the rainbow heh. works for soups, stews and stirfries!

use something red, something yellow, something green, something white.

my fav red things:
peppers
tomatoes
radishes
curries

my fav yellow things:
potatoes
peppers
mushrooms
squash
onions
corn

fav green things:
bok choy
sugar snap peas
string beans
napa cabbage
cucumbers

pick something from column A, B, and C , add a meat, and it's pretty much guaranteed to be mmm mmm good heh

Why , did she puke on them? :D


J/K!!!! I couldnt resist!!!

Guess I should have stated that differently... I mean if I find the time to date... But there is a new girl on the horizon.... I'm trying to find the time to take her out...

And as far as going to applebees (chilis, outback, etc... you get the drift).... Well thats out since the nearest one is an hour away even with me driving the 944 at 90+....

Jim I did a trial run on the fish. I think I overdid the lemon but the rest was good. Just need to find a girl to cook for now...

Good for you, Sid...how'd it turn out? Fish taste good? Have you ever tried to cook fish like this before? Tell us about it...I'm impressed you even gave it a shot.

On your way, stud-boy;)

I believe the proper quote is, "Great vengeance and furious anger."

It was my first time cooking fish not in foil on the grill.


It was good. Like I said it was just a little too much lemon but otherwise fine. I'll work on my presentation next time.

make for her a decadent dessert that won't harm her dainty tainty.

thinly sliced sweet red pears, red delicious aples gently sauteed in butter until they're lightly caramrlized. sprinkle a graham cracker crust with cinnamon,sugar llightly and nutmeg, place the fruit in the crust, drizzle a dark honey lightly over the top, cover loosely with foil, bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

serve a glass of fume blanc and have some very light whipping cream nearby,

dip a fork into cream, feed her some of the fruit, you drink the wine and kiss her softly.

call me later

Somehow I think all of that stuff will harm her dainty tainty...

' bigger the cushion the better the pushin':D