Was brought up by my mum so it came naturally. Started at about 5 or 6 with toasting bread for breakfast. With a real gas oven ooo not pop-up toaster. Then graduated to frying eggs, plantain and yam. Next was chin chin, then proper foods of which i can't remember my first anymore.
i refused to learn the soups cos i want my future wife to at least have something to wow me with. Lol.

My earliest memory of cooking is yam porridge and i think i was 9 or 10. I am a pretty good cook now

nikkypearl: The first time I cooked was seven years ago during my youth service *covers face*
Don't ask me why!

I got tired of eating junk food and I decided to cook on my own,I boiled rice and grated 30# tomato and added 4cubes of maggie(knorr)
Mehn wen I tasted d sauce....u knw d rest!
Thanks to my calabar friend who spent 6months of our youth service teaching how to cook!
And now! I b confirmed CHEF

nikkypearl: The first time I cooked was seven years ago during my youth service *covers face*
Don't ask me why!

I got tired of eating junk food and I decided to cook on my own,I boiled rice and grated 30# tomato and added 4cubes of maggie(knorr)
Mehn wen I tasted d sauce....u knw d rest!
Thanks to my calabar friend who spent 6months of our youth service teaching how to cook!
And now! I b confirmed CHEF

urhoboman: fish stew will do, also add kpomo. U won't stop beefing me if I ask for beef stew.

Badt guy! Why 'kpomo'?

First time was jollof rice, too much pepper and little salt...but it was "eatable" cos its a hostel and guys were patiently waiting. So far they got full no problems

tobyemmanuel: Cooked rice but was no soft before I drained. Na wen everybody started eatin. Dem turn am to chinchin

lmao..

I was 8 then, no one was at home, except my lil bro n I, he said "you're a girl and u can't cook". I was angry, carried the kitchen stool pourd enough thyme n curry in the rice and enof veg oil and salt. The rice was strong ehn, with enough thyme but was not soooo bad. But now, I'm a pro, jst name it.

I was eleven or twelve years old then. Mumc was out on a meeting then popsy arrived from a journey.
He went to the market ,bought stew ingredient with Turkey(broiler Wey sabi scatter).

I was instructed to cook stew,rice and beans.
Na so I enter kitchen with prayer o, as I fry the Turkey finish my mama come o,
I begin happy say she go pity me take over for wia.
She just enter kitchen smile come say 'iyawo Alhaji' well done. I change face to pitiful one the woman no send me she just go parlour go jist with her husband.
Summarily sha I cook the food finish I got a B from my dad some money and other gifts as encouragement.
But Na DAT dey my mama retire for active cooking when am around.

Mine was beans when l was 14years; tried to assist my mum take kia of my siblings after school as she did not return early from work to pepare lunch and my youngest brother was already crying. The water added to the beans was too much and salty but we had no choice but to manage the special meal. I remember recieving a hard knock on my head for messing up the kitchen. Am a very good cook now though..

i think i was 7 or 8 i was told to cook stew, i know they usually fry onions and put grinded tomatoes and then the meat water and ingredients. i just fried the onions and the grinded tomatoes for like five minutes and poured in the boiled meat, salt to taste and stew was ready. Nobody could eat till mom had to start it all from the beginning. but that is then, im a chef now

urhoboman: Mine was hell, not cooking though bt it was my first kitchen xperience. donno what she(grandma) put inside the pot and asked me to make sure itz properly DONE by always blowing the fire,(firewood) nd replaced dem wen burnt up. She went out, I was left ahome suffering my self till she came back laffing, i was like WTFz wrong? Mind u she ordered me not to open the pot till she comes back. Alas she opened it and there was noting in the pot, twas filled up with water. Just to keep me at home. Cnt 4get dat day.

If I hear say I no open that pot. Curiosity no go let me rest.

darlingnuel: Badt guy! Why 'kpomo'?

In school then,some guys we ask my neigbour"how the kpomo market"Hope its not what I'm thinking sha.Sorry op for derailing your thread.

pappyrose:


If I hear say I no open that pot. Curiosity no go let me rest.

Abi o,waffi guy for that matter.I find it so hard to believe that he didn't open that pot.

mine is a long story yahjey...

AriDsexy:
In school then,some guys we ask my neigbour"how the kpomo market"Hope its not what I'm thinking sha.Sorry op for derailing your thread.

It's certainly what u re thinking! I can read ur mind

darlingnuel: It's certainly what u re thinking! I can read ur mind

Hahaha...ok then.

That day mumsy went for a function, and told me to cook stew before she comes. I was helping her in the shop, and at same time cooking the stew. I cooked the stew for one hour and later added fish. I waited for another one hour after adding the fish, and at a point I exhausted the kerosene. Then I rushed down to the shop to collect more kerosene cos I was thinking the stew was not done yet. My people, after 3 hours sha, I went in to check the delicious stew, cos I had it on mind to impress my mum. Behold, it became burnt offering. Thank God iya Quadri sells pepper, and iya Queen sells fish. I locked the shop and had to get those items before mumsy was back. She came back and wanted shouting on me, but before she could say 'Jack Robinson' I showed her what I bought, and even at that she shouted, but not much sha. Hmmmmm! I for hear weeeeeennn dat day o.

The first time I cooked, it is wz concoction rice. It really tasted nice but the groundnut oil I added wz almost the same quantity as the water I used to cook the rice, I wz practically seiving the rice with spoon.

Very funny posts aswear!
Lol...the first time I tried cooking tho Everyone travelled, I should be in JSS1 then...my first real cooking. So I was home alone with my dad and he said I should try and make soup. He said egusi and he asked me if I could, foolishly I said yes(lol.dunno why I said that sef). I bought the ingredients, I poured in the oil, followed by the egusi. Skips to the end-the soup was a total disaster. But my dad been the man that he is, actually pretended to enjoy the soup (I felt sorry for him tho).
But look at me now #proudchef

U can say dat again

Unibenstudent: U deserve a standing ovation and a thunderous roll of applause

dania30: Very funny posts aswear!
Lol...the first time I tried cooking tho Everyone travelled, I should be in JSS1 then...my first real cooking. So I was home alone with my dad and he said I should try and make soup. He said egusi and he asked me if I could, foolishly I said yes(lol.dunno why I said that sef). I bought the ingredients, I poured in the oil, followed by the egusi. Skips to the end-the soup was a total disaster. But my dad been the man that he is, actually pretended to enjoy the soup (I felt sorry for him tho).
But look at me now #proudchef

[size=15pt]u should be ashamed of urself,wen i was at jss1 i thought i was a bit perfect maybe cus ma mum was tasking us to cook, try and error tins [/size]

I think I was 9/10, in jss1 then, came back on hols (I was a boarder) , told my peeps of how they fed us with 'asaro', and it was very sweet. So they gave me this very small yam to cook mine, my mum asked me to add a lil beans, say we not westerners...lol.

I did just that, since they said beans takes a lot of time to done, I boiled the beans for a very long period, added the yam when my spirit led me to(alongside other ingredients) and brought it down when my spirit led me to aswell.

My mum came back almost imm, naso I jack the pot and was carrying it into her room to show her(excitement) I don't know what went wrong as I was trying to open the door, the pot slipped outta my hand...you know the rest. I avoided the kitchen for a veryyy long time (till I got into the uni)

So what's up

Sarimah: U can say dat again

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didn't like what they cooked for us in school, my classmate and I decided to cook something new. For stove we used mpanaka (bush lamp), for pot we used our plate.
we tried cooking Egusi soup. water+salt+pepper+Egusi+vegetable+oil
Didn't even wait for the soup to boil.
used cold water in place of hot water for the garri.

What followed was our stomach started running away

Silensa: didn't like what they cooked for us in school, my classmate and I decided to cook something new. For stove we used mpanaka (bush lamp), for pot we used our plate.
we tried cooking Egusi soup. water+salt+pepper+Egusi+vegetable+oil
Didn't even wait for the soup to boil.
used cold water in place of hot water for the garri.

What followed was our stomach started running away

wetin?? Ha you won kill your self?
Stop doing that .

Got burnt right?so funny.

macsika: Mine was yesterday. I called my sister at home to direct me on how to cook soup. After getting the necessary ingredient, I did the mixing properly as I was directed.


30 minutes later I invented a TASTELESS BLACK SOUP.

you people are too funny kai.

sucezTP: That day mumsy went for a function, and told me to cook stew before she comes. I was helping her in the shop, and at same time cooking the stew. I cooked the stew for one hour and later added fish. I waited for another one hour after adding the fish, and at a point I exhausted the kerosene. Then I rushed down to the shop to collect more kerosene cos I was thinking the stew was not done yet. My people, after 3 hours sha, I went in to check the delicious stew, cos I had it on mind to impress my mum. Behold, it became burnt offering. Thank God iya Quadri sells pepper, and iya Queen sells fish. I locked the shop and had to get those items before mumsy was back. She came back and wanted shouting on me, but before she could say 'Jack Robinson' I showed her what I bought, and even at that she shouted, but not much sha. Hmmmmm! I for hear weeeeeennn dat day o.

I pity you what about if ur future wife is one of these girls that posted here.

tranxo: Was brought up by my mum so it came naturally. Started at about 5 or 6 with toasting bread for breakfast. With a real gas oven ooo not pop-uo toaster. Then graduated to frying eggs, plantain and yam. Next was chin chin, then proper foods of which i can't remember my first anymore. i refused to learn the soups cos i want my future wife to at least have something to wow me with. Lol.

First time I cooked I fried eggs..fried d eggs plus d stove

uplawal: Got burnt right?so funny.

I felt more like it disappeared cos I didn't recognize it.

One particular daymy mum was out and I was hungry so I decided to fry eggs.I put a lot of oil like you would when frying fish and waited in vain for it to dry up.Anyways I poured the oil and the eggs into a sieve and drained the oil,the eggs were burnt already and tasted terrible but I ate it.The second time I put in a lot of thyme in my jollof macaroni I couldn't eat it though
Still can't cook sef