what simple food cant you do??

[Agent_Smith]

is there a simple food that you just cant master cooking or making??

mine is bacon and egg sarnie!!! whenever i do it, it taste and looks horrible!!!!!!

[larkin]

Rice. I am bloody rubbish !

[BBWCHATT]

Mac & Cheese - I can't even do the instant in a box and make it taste decent!!!

Larkin - I can give you a foolproof rice recipe.
Take a pot with a tight fitting lid. Take a cup or bowl or whatever you want to use for a measure. Fill it once with rice - dump it in the pot - fill it twice more with liquid (water or chicken stock or whatever you want to use). Bring it to a boil - put the lid on - turn off the heat and leave it sitting there for 15 or 20 minutes WITHOUT lifting the lid. When you open it, it will be perfect rice EVERY time.

[bricks]

RE the rice. I rinse all rice (even the stuff that says you don't need to) well in cold water before boiling, Do this by whisking it vigorously around in a pan of cold water with a fork or whisk, emptying the water and repeating a couple of times.
Then replace the cold water with boiled water bring it back to the boil and simmer on v low light for about 9 min. Then take a little on a fork put it under a trickle of cold water to cool it and sample it, do this every minute till it is as soft as you like it.
It never goes stoggy with this method :)

[larkin]

Wow ! I'll try these over the weekend !

[janetsflower]

Poached egg. Infact i am not much good at fried eggs either! I prefer mine scrambled anyway

[warpig1]

Vegetable soup. Just cant get it right, I want it to taste just like my mummy makes it and she has told me how but it never works;-o(

[pingu748]

took me ages to work out why my Jelly wouldnt set ... then realised i was using all hot water ... not just a bit then topping up with cold !

[DillyGent]

Like janetsflower I am unable to do poached eggs. I have tried the swirling water thing, microwaving and just placing gently in the pan. I LOVE poached eggs but just cannot master them.

[Ausf-A]

I would like to be able to cook a medium rare steak of any thickness, without having to cut it and check if it is cooked.

[Ed Strong]

Batter puddings. They either turn out looking great then collapse into nothing or they cook on the outside edge but are soggy in the middle. All hail to Aunt Bessie!!

[Shells7]

I can't do omlettes, they are always rubbish and give me headaches! If anyone knows how to make the perfect omlette I'd be most grateful.

[jump79]

Pancakes, I've given up. Just make it out of the ready-mix boxes now.

[Lan]

mines omelettes too, it either sticks to the pan or when you think it's cooked is soggy in the morning