genuinely
cooking is not that hard. sometimes you do need to take a couple whacks at it until it turns out right. eggs are the best thing to start with because they are insanely simple and there's like 40 different ways to do them.
but the easiest way to learn good cooking habits is to watch cooking shows/videos and to follow recipes by the book UNTIL you are confident enough to improvise.
@soft I always say that if you can read and follow directions, you can cook
@coriander @soft one of the first times I ever tried to cook a meal, I thought that a clove of garlic referred to an entire head of garlic, so when the recipe said to use 4 garlic cloves I bought 4 entire heads of garlic, minced all of them, and the soup was completely inedible
The house reeked of garlic for the entire afternoon
@wallhackio @coriander @soft .....that's not what a clove means?
Really glad I've never tried that..... Because I would have made the same mistake.
You somehow proved the impossible, there IS such a thing as too much garlic
@lapis @wallhackio @coriander 😭 this is the kind of misunderstanding googling something can easily clear up though.
im more sad to hear that you've never tried cooking with garlic!!!! it flavors SO many dishes well.
cooking is good and easy. genuinely. and there are always shortcuts to make it easier.
@lapis @wallhackio @coriander pasta aglio e olio: incredibly easy AND delicious AND you can throw in extra olives if you like olives.
@soft @wallhackio @coriander I don't seem to like olives that much but if you have a recommended recipe for this I'll add it to my database, worst Case I just eat around the olives
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/222000/spaghetti-aglio-e-olio/
this is a recipe i've used for aforementioned dish before! olives are something i throw in as a bonus, they are not included in the original recipe.
you basically just cook the garlic in the olive oil, cook the pasta, and then dump that + red peppers + parmesan on the pasta.
@soft @wallhackio @coriander I cook with pre-ground garlic that's all (I have learned a lot of extra spanish and taught my brother some because bulk spices en español tend to be more budget friendly. Like last time I got saffron (sorry, azafrán) for paella, it was SO much cheaper in comparison that I felt like I was somehow getting away with something.). I should probably get more garlic next grocery visit... 🤔
I don't like cooking that often partially because I find it tedious to do and also because I simply do NOT have the energy to chop fresh ingredients.
(We used to have some cutter that could slice up veggies really well but we broke it from frequent use :( )
Like when I do stirfries I just buy pre-cut veggies.
I mean to be clear: I DO cook on occasion I just usually cook like rice cooker sort of dishes (like paella!)
and I made chicken paprikash once because of dracula and it was delicious but I should have added twice as much paprika as I did (I was told to add 4 times as much as the recipe I was looking at advised, and I was like "my brother's a weenie so I'll only add twice as much" and that was wrong. Should have listened to the advice) but I should add, the recipe I had said like "15 minute prep-time" and even roping my brother in to help it took over an hour to get that stuff ready. 
I do get what you're saying re: Google but I have really bad luck with the search engine roulette as of late. If I were cooking something new and needed advice I'd probably just ask on here tbh.
Adding: I actually do study spanish, it's more like once I looked at the prices in that section I prioritized learning the names of the herbs and spices etc
@wallhackio @coriander 😭 i'm so sorry to hear this for you
but also. this is how you learn!!! you know never to do this again (unless you REALLY like garlic)!!!!