What's you're thing? Strengths and weaknesses.

[Buchanan0204]

Just interested in hearing what people's strengths in the kitchen are and your weaknesses.

Perhaps people can offer advice on your weakness and/or learn from your strength.

It can be a dish, a skill or anything inbetween from being a master at lining a tart tin to being hopeless at rocking a knife.

I'll kick off.

I'm pretty good with a knife and enjoy preparing all the vegetables by hand rather than using the processor, I'd always wanted to be good and just practiced a lot.

With regards to dishes. I'm pretty good at Asian food, stir frys and most one pot dishes, paella, pasta (I don't mind the extra pan for pasta) risotto, and I'm pretty good at pie fillings.

I'm absolutely hopeless at timings when I have more than 2-3 things on the go, I go from very calm and therapeutic lovingly to standing over the stove keeping an eye on my dish to flapping about like a stranded seal. Roast potatoes, joint of beef, sauce and a couple of veg. It all tends to get very frantic.

So what's yours?

 

[Buchanan0204]

Ooh-er!

I'm good at getting everything coordinated and ready at the same time. I tend to specialize in Indian cookery and enjoy doing complicated combinations.

Weakness: I'm no good at presentation and really am not motivated for it. If the food tastes nice, who cares what it looks like?

I agree, most of my food is rustic anyway, middle of the table and help yourself kind of food. Real portions!