Great idea, DairyMaid! Well, let's see... I have a dream to become a baker or a chef when I'm old enough. I can't cook much yet, but I always help out in the kitchen and look at recipes that I could do a big part in. I like to make up my own weird snacks out of everyday things and try them out. Well, I also have other members in the family try it, too. I am looking into cake decorating, too, whether I just try it at home or take a class. But yes, I am going in the direction of cooking!

Oh, and wonderful thread name! I like it a lot! " The Cook's Corner"

This is a great idea! I love to cook! But I need a recipe...
A healthy, whole wheat biscuit recipe that rises really high. ::Is amused at her misplaced modifier:: Let's try: a healthy, whole wheat biscuit recipe that makes biscuits that rise high. All the ones I've made are good, but I'm looking for a flaky, fluffy, not-fall-a-part-y kind of biscuit.
Anybody else here the type who uses a recipe as as sort of outline, then throws in anything that sounds good?

No-recipe cooking is awesome!

This is a great idea! I love to cook! But I need a recipe...
A healthy, whole wheat biscuit recipe that rises really high. ::Is amused at her misplaced modifier:: Let's try: a healthy, whole wheat biscuit recipe that makes biscuits that rise high. All the ones I've made are good, but I'm looking for a flaky, fluffy, not-fall-a-part-y kind of biscuit.
Anybody else here the type who uses a recipe as as sort of outline, then throws in anything that sounds good?

Oooh! I love cooking! I have some many great recipes! I love making cakes, cupcakes, pies, nearly anything! I also love decorating cupcakes and cakes! I made cupcakes yesterday but we didn't have enough icing sugar to ice them, so I had to satisfy my creativity with sprinkling a bit of icing sugar on top. They still looked nice, and I should really post some pictures of cakes I have decorated in the past.

I have the recipe for you, Phylis! It's a amazing biscuit recipe that has been in my family for some time now. I'll post it later today. One time the recipe got lost and my Mom tried lots of other types of biscuits, but none can compare after these ones. We usually make them half whole wheat flour and half white, but you can make them full whole wheat too.!

I like to bake. I won Best of Category for my pumpkin bread a couple years ago.

Yay! Thanks so much! And do you ever work with fondant, Azlyn? My sister and I tried to use it to make Thomas the Train cupcakes for my nephews birthday. They were pretty cute, but the fondant crumbled quite a bit. Who knows what we did wrong!

Desserts are my favourite thing to cook.

No, I haven't tried working with fondant before, though I've always wanted too. I use butter icing and just make it smooth with a hot knife. I'll post some cakes iced with butter icing soon!



Mine too! We have a recipe for vegan chocolate cupcakes that I made recently. They are simply amazing and if I didn't tell you they were without milk and eggs, you would never be able to guess!

@Phylis: No, I haven't made fried okra before... is it good?

Has to be. Anything fried is good, be it squash, ice cream, or okra. (Seriously, fried ice cream isn't half bad!)

Yes, I have to agree on that one. Any thing deep fried tastes good!
I've also been looking for a decent deep fried ice cream recipe. Do any of you have one?

Some people think this sounds disgusting or delicious. I made cheese covered pickles the other day. If you would like to try it, here is my recipe

That sounds very interesting, Emma! I don't actually like pickles because I'm not keen on vinegar, but it still sounds nice.

Some people think this sounds disgusting or delicious. I made cheese covered pickles the other day. If you would like to try it, here is my recipe:

Cheesy Pickles

You will need a oven or toaster safe pan/dish. (I don't know exactly how to explain it.)

1 Pickle

1 Slice of Cheese

Making it:

Break the piece of cheese so that it is covering almost the entire pickle. Put in your toaster oven on the plate/pan/dish and bake or toast until the cheese is bubbling. Enjoy!

I haven't yet tried it, but if you would like to, you could make it in a oven.

I don't have the exact temperature for the oven, but I usually turn it on at about in between 200º and 300º. I hope that you enjoy the pickle.

And, in the interest of sharing weird recipes, here's on of my own:

Cracker Mashmellow Cheese Thingers

Ritz Crackers
Marshmellows
Cheddar Cheese

Take your Ritz crackers and put them on a cookie sheet. Slice cheese and put a slice of cheese on each cracker. Then put a marshmellow on top of that. Cook in oven at maybe 300 farenhiet, or you could probably put it in the microwave if you only want one. Done once cheese and marshmellow are melty. Enjoy the weird sensation of saltyness, sweetness, and cheeseyness all in one.

I've been cooking since I was 11. I took over the family cooking entirly when I was 14. So, I have quite a few years of experience under my belt, especially when you consider we make most all of our food from scratch, including cream of mushroom soup. *grimaces at the canned stuff *

I love cooking, but baking is so much more fun! But that could be the artist in me talking. I view Cooking as a science, and baking as... well, art.

That is awesome looking, Azlyn!!!!! Good work. Petals are hard.

You're really good at decorating cakes!