Can't cook, won't cook - Young British women "can't cook to save their lives"

telegraph - uk ^ | 23/10/2005) | Chris Hastings and Elizabeth Day

[dennisw]

You are correct. Gordon Ramsay is making generalizations about the cooking abilities of British women. generalizations that are true

Gordon Ramsay is sort of the Emeril Lagasse of England.

[SunnySide]

"They have women in Britain..... I thought they banned women there in exchange for bullish neolithic types"

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Gordon Ramsay is thee most singular misanthropic mysogynys self loathing turd on the planet. The man has major, MAJOR issues. And Britian exchanged there females for acoholic literary queers.

[kitkat]

***Over the past 10 years it has also been becoming increasingly difficult to find raw materials in my area. And the raw materials that are still around are only available in SMALLER quantities and MORE expensive. Some don't even work (yeast).***

Also, It appears that almost nobody ever makes gravy anymore. When I needed a new roasting pan, I discovered that all the pans had coating on them and the directions said not to place them directly on the burner, which makes it impossible to make real homemade gravy.

And, no, the gravy "substitutes" just don't hack it.

[Calpernia]

Aluminum pans.

It is very hard to use the pans for meats since they bend with the weight. But they do work.

[SunnySide]

One more thing, Gordon Ramsay gives one the impression that he's a narcissis militant queer. The man is seething with hatred for everyone.

[SauronOfMordor]

When I was a bachelor, I would cook for myself. When my soon-to-be-wife moved in, I had to teach her how to cook

She's gotten very good (and my waistline testifies to that fact), and I've let her handle it since then. My teenage daughter is getting very good at cooking, and the others are learning.

[WIladyconservative]

Where do you folks live?

I make gravy at least once a week and raw materials are as plentiful as ever.

Can it be that Wisconsin has become the last bastion of home cooking? I cook family meals 5-7 nights a week, from scratch and enjoy it. My family seems to enjoy it as well since my son is always inviting some friend or another to share our meals.

[AprilMay]

Chef Savage, HA. Wish we could get it here. "I love to cook!'

[deaconjim]

I'm married to a British lass, and I've adopted her daughter (who is now 11). My wife is a very good cook (she cooks from scratch the way her Grandmother taught her), and my daughter is learning to do the same. BTW, she does agree with this article, but we've noticed that the same could be said for most of our friends here in America. They buy frozen dinners or get take-out.

For the record, my wife makes the best Brunswick Stew my family and friends have ever tasted. She makes a mean deer chilli too. You can take one look at me and tell that she has perfected the art of making old fashioned southern style biscuits (my Mama taught her).

[SouthernFreebird]

What a jack ass. I don't care what he said about women cooks but the 'joke' on the vegetarian was very cruel.

[6SJ7]

One more thing, Gordon Ramsay gives one the impression that he's a narcissis militant queer.

Sounds like qualification for placement on the staff of the NYTimes.

[deaconjim]

Better to have a can of it than a case of it.

[Casaubon]

hehe

my gf cant cook either.
she can burn water

[cgbg]

I had a wonderful grad student teaching assistant that taught a small seminar when I was in college. She was from England. She was attractive, very smart, very charming. All the guys in the seminar had a crush on her.

Then she ruined it all when she invited the group of us to her place to eat dinner. :-)

[Calpernia]

I live in NJ.

At one time, NJ was the 'Garden State' for it's rich farm lands. Now that motto is a mere transparent farce. We should be renamed the Pharmaceutical State.

Our farm lands that are left are just products for eminent domain for our corrupt officials to take as needed to whore out to developers.

Very sad times.

[Rose of Sharn]

My wife is a very good cook
Thank you Deaconjim! : )
I am a Brit. (scottish/Irish) and I love to cook. I see so many of my friends here in America who just buy packets and frozen foods to feed their families and I think it is so sad. I am of the old-fashioned school, where I believe that as a wife and mother It is my place to provide good, wholesome food for my family. Not frozen rubbish. I cook from scratch and use lots of spices and herbs. I make a meat pie that I get orders for! LOL So I guess some of us Brits can cook! My ability is down to my grandmother who taught me how to make delicious meals and how to make cheese and butter too. God bless her. I now teach my children and my 11 year old can cook from scratch a hearty meat pie. My six year old son, does well too. I believe that learning to cook is just as important as learning english and math.
Not all Brits cook bland food, just as not all Americans eat junk. : )

[Lil'freeper]

Hurray! I'm a fan of Ramsay. He is hilarious - saying outrageous things is just his schtick.

Many women not only don't cook, they disdain it! Cooking good wholesome meals can be such a point of pride and confidence. Not to mention the food is health- and family-promoting. It's a tragedy that Hamburger Helper rules the day.

[avenir]

"Gordon Ramsay is the most singular misanthropic misogynist self-loathing turd on the planet. The man has major, MAJOR issues."

Haven't worked with chefs much? I have and met my share of Gordon's along the way. It does seem irrational that they are such jerks, but raging egomaniacs can really toughen you up and impart much knowledge as they do it.

School of hard knocks, I guess.

[R. Scott]

This guy did notice - a real vegan.

[SunnySide]

"but raging egomaniacs can really toughen you up and impart much knowledge as they do it.
School of hard knocks, I guess."

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Then the Gordon types should refrain from including restaurant customers from their "toughening up" rage. Gordons foul mouthed hatred spares no one as seen on his show. And for a chef who is so strict on "presentation" he should look in the mirror and do something about that carved up potatoe excuse for a face of his.

Ciao baby.