Colin, who is 22, and his godmother and friend Anne, 57, love to create recipes, grocery shop, cook elaborate dinners, eat at new restaurants, and do just about any other food-related thing together. In this blog, they talk about food, share recipes and invite comments from their readers.
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Colin is starting to cook at school, though he doesn't have regular access to a kitchen, or own much of any cooking equipment. (He recently bought some saucepans, a skillet and a baking sheet at a tag sale, and is starting to acquire staples like olive oil, salt and flour as he cooks. Intrepid guy!) What are the five basic elements you think he needs in order to cook a wide variety of dishes? These should be reasonably inexpensive, since he's a college student and strapped for cash, they must be portable, and ideally should not take up much space, as he's limited to one dorm room at the moment, and must store all his household goods in a few boxes over the summer.
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5 basic elements? How about 5 more more abstract ones too. Here we go: my suggestion for basic elements would be a cutting board, measuring cup and spoons, chef's knife,pot, frying pan. Guess that's 5 already....
And 5 more for the abstract realm I would say I know Colin and he's well supplied with: love of good food, joy of cooking, fast thinker, creative, and can cope with all the attention heaped on the cook! Bravo for any and all college cooking achievements.
5 basic elements? How about 5 more more abstract ones too. Here we go: my suggestion for basic elements would be a cutting board, measuring cup and spoons, chef's knife,pot, frying pan. Guess that's 5 already....
ReplyDeleteAnd 5 more for the abstract realm I would say I know Colin and he's well supplied with: love of good food, joy of cooking, fast thinker, creative, and
can cope with all the attention heaped on the cook! Bravo for any and all college cooking achievements.
Here's what I think is essential that he doesn't have alread:
ReplyDeletegarlic press
timer
measuring cups and
measuring spoons
dish soap
All small, all fairly essential, and especially the dish soap. Could probably buy all of it for under $20, under $10 if you go the tag sale route
Don't forget the cleaning up part (this is your mother talking after all)