[regine]

Hi. So i was wondering if there are people Here who lovez cooking and farming.

Maybe you could share me some of your knowlege if you are already a very good chef or a master farmer.

I'm studying culinary at the moment anf i amplanning to leave my officr job to movr into the kitchen.

I also love farming i havr plantef lots of herbd in our back yard.

I wanted to owna restaurant that has a farm on backyard so that i can grow all the things that will be served.

[Glitch]

I'm not a master, or anywhere near, but I do love cooking and I love gardening <3

[Lawtan]

I am somewhat...I sort of hope to start a small community based in a sustainable farm... (~30 acres)

Edit: I can make cookies, brownies, potato-stuff, bread, stews, breaded chicken, biscuits, caramelized apples, canned pickles and tomatoes/salsa...

[Sanssouci]

I definitely don't consider myself an expert. But I grow tomatoes, green onions, chives, blueberries, peaches, and apples. I also have a raspberry bush started.

[Moonshadow]

I am totally lame, because I don't have a garden, my last garden was eaten up by critters and bugs. I have deer and bunnies and as a consequence the only flowers I can plant are dandelions because they are so smelly. As for veggies, I have not tried again. I don't love to cook, but I love to eat.

[Coda]

I come from a long line of successful farmers. While my father decided to switch careers and I followed in his footsteps, my uncle on his side of the the family continues the family business. My brother and sister and I used to go visit the farm every summer to help with the wheat harvest.

I forget just how big the farm is, but I know that if you're standing in any of the fields, you see nothing but fields all the way out to the horizon. (Not all of those fields belong to my family.)

[SparX]

Originally Posted by Glitch

I'm not a master, or anywhere near, but I do love cooking and I love gardening <3

I am in a profession where my gardening experience is needed, so I know a bit, but like glitch said I also love both XD

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I live on a farm and try to cook. I'm probably not totally awesome at it, but I can do some basic things. My specialty is fried zucchini now, and I can cook a steak. Still working on chicken.

Since my sister whom I live with is not always one to cook, I tend to be the one to make meals, alternating with our housemate who makes massive dinners on occasion.

I learned to cook mostly from my dad talking to me while he was cooking, or him or my mom trying to show me things, and from the cooking channel being on all the time. I picked up more than I realized once I actually started to try cooking. I find the little things are the most useful to know, like knowing how to make a sauce from the crud in the bottom of the pan after cooking meat, what will add sweetness or tartness to something, and getting over being afraid of winging it.

My tiny little pot planter has English mint that I need to regularly hack off since it keeps trying to escape. I pick leaves to steep with my tea sometimes. I also have two ever-bearing strawberry plants that have one or two every once and a while. That's my treat for looking after my plants.

I'm currently attempting to grow roses from clippings. The proper method was to apparently use a potato, but my potato rose from a good clipping with DIY compost and internet tip-things just molded at the stem, while the rose trimming I fished out of the trash and stuffed in a carrot (no potatoes) as a tester was growing quite well.

A friend admired one of my rose plants (I have two, plus carrot-rose) and I'm hoping to grow a clipping for him if I can't just break the plant in half. Some plants will let you do that if the roots will hold up.

[Fulkth]

I'm not a good chef or a good farmer, though I do cook and I have planted some things. Just simple stuff like mint, basil, dill, green onions, and cilantro.

[Potironette]

I don't cook and I don't plant ><'. Sometimes I feel I shall never be able to cook because I simply refuse to follow recipes. One look at a recipe and I close the book/tab/whatever I'm reading. So I just boil and toast and fry random stuff x'D. I don't have houseplants because I keep fearing there'll suddenly be creepy crawlies sprouting out of the soil.

[Miss Sandman]

oh i dont know if i can help you with cooking! iam just a hobby chef ^^ and i mostly made mediteran dishes or german dishes
but iam a florist and we need to know how we farm plants....
so tell me wanna know something??

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Originally Posted by Potironette

I don't cook and I don't plant ><'. Sometimes I feel I shall never be able to cook because I simply refuse to follow recipes. One look at a recipe and I close the book/tab/whatever I'm reading. So I just boil and toast and fry random stuff x'D.

That is cooking right there. Recipes are generally more important for baking since there are special things that need to happen, but cooking can be as hit or miss as you like, just learn how to not make things dangerous, like cooking chicken properly, or ground meat.

Make something, taste it, add a thing, taste it again, add another thing, etc. I've learned more by experimentation than by following recipes, though I use them for a base.

Want something more sweet? Add brown sugar.
Want something more salty? Salt or maybe soya sauce.
Tangier? Lemon, vinegar, etc.
Not sure but needs something? Ketchup. No, really, a little packet of ketchup works great for balancing things.

I fried some duck the other day for my sister, and made a pan sauce with Brandy, blackberry jam, orange juice, lemon juice, salt, pepper, the duck fat that was left in the pan, and a little bit of clarified butter because my sister keeps it around. Was quite sweet but tasty!

I attempted stew recently (failed because I overcooked it into more of a paste but it still tasted more or less the same). The base was a can cream of chicken soup with salt and pepper (always those), some Worcestershire sauce, a little goat's milk, and parsley.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Originally Posted by Miss Sandman

oh i dont know if i can help you with cooking! iam just a hobby chef ^^ and i mostly made mediteran dishes or german dishes
but iam a florist and we need to know how we farm plants....
so tell me wanna know something??

You know much about growing roses indoors? I have a cutting that it still alive but it's inside because it's too cold outside for anything to be there. It's a miniature and seems okay, I've just been watering it but it probably needs something in the soil. It's just whatever dirt I found at the time. Gets white bits on it but I'm not sure if it's just dust or some kind of mold.

[Miss Sandman]

Originally Posted by Quiet Man Cometh

You know much about growing roses indoors? I have a cutting that it still alive but it's inside because it's too cold outside for anything to be there. It's a miniature and seems okay, I've just been watering it but it probably needs something in the soil. It's just whatever dirt I found at the time. Gets white bits on it but I'm not sure if it's just dust or some kind of mold.

if its a young plant its okay to have it indoors over winter but if you want to plant it outsite its okay over winter too because its an perenne plant.... it will grew every year and "sleep" over winter time

[Potironette]

Yum! Duck!

I never cook meat because of that reason--it'll taste bad overcooked but I'd rather not kill myself eating it undercooked x'D. Most of the times I have random vegetables/tofu/eggs with something grainy (noodles/rice/bread).

[Quiet Man Cometh]

I'm not a fan of cooking chicken or ground meats for the germ risk, but I'm fine with steaks and such since it's most likely that any bacteria will be on the outside, not ground in, and so a good sear will take care of it. The oven works well enough for chicken breast, for me.

My sister and I made soup today. Just really, really tiny pasta rings, with beef broth, some veggie and chicken bullion cubes for extra flavour and salt, and some leftover turkey that was frozen. I added some pepper and dried parsley. It's pretty good, and simple.