[leahnic]

This might sound like a stupid question, but I don't want to be left being the one doing all the cooking

So when you moved in to your halls was everyone able to cook? Did you learn as you went along? Was it shared out equally?

I won't mind cooking, since it's a hobby of mine, I just don't want to be the only one

[Kawa]

(Original post by leahnic)
This might sound like a stupid question, but I don't want to be left being the one doing all the cooking

So when you moved in to your halls was everyone able to cook? Did you learn as you went along? Was it shared out equally?

I won't mind cooking, since it's a hobby of mine, I just don't want to be the only one

Only one of my house mates in halls could cook other than myself. The rest just seemed to eat alot of take away and fast food...But it worked out well, cause the one who could cook ended up being my closest friend.

You will probably get a mix, and some people might not know how to cook, but are eager enough to learn.

[llacerta]

In my flat in first year, there were seven girls and one guy. The girls could all cook reasonably well (I wasn't amazing, but you improve even after a couple of weeks).

The guy...Well, for some reason he hadn't bought much food that day, so when it came to dinner, he started cooking up some baked beans in a frying pan...Then he poured some plain salad leaves onto a plate and ate them just like that- no seasoning, nothing else. When I asked him what that was supposed to be, he said, "it's my starter". Amazing. He was French, too.

Everyone cooked for themselves just because it was simpler, though there were occasions when we'd have a big shared meal or something, to celebrate someone's birthday or that sort of thing.

[cat_in_the_hat]

I don't see why it'll be a problem if you're the only one who can cook, in my experience everyone buys/makes their own meals. Maybe once in a while you'll all eat together but generally everyone chips in. I couldn't cook at all when I started uni and wasted a lot of money on ready meals!

[sr90]

I'm in my 3rd term and i still can't cook

[ritchie888]

I still can't cook. Two degrees down so far...

[-aimz]

My mum taught me how to cook a few single things before I moved, and I cook for myself most days now - it's so easy to just heat up some mince and sauce, make some pasta etc that I can't understand why most people don't do it. Plus I'm a vegetarian so there are hardly any junk food choices for me!
Most people I know here can do the same, even the boys! It's boring, not to mention unhealthy, to live off ready meals all the time.

[WarriorInAWig]

I can cook when I want to but as my flatmates all eat at different times, it seems pointless to buy stuff that will go off quickly and hence I buy lots of frozen things and tinned stuff. So long as you have three meals a day, who cares!

Top tip: Sainsbury's bakery section nom nom!!!

[f1mad]

I've not started yet but, I pretty much make my own food these days.

Hardly rely on my mum anymore

[RabbitCFH]

I only learned how to cook in my third year (and it's only easy stuff, like fajitas, spaghetti etc.). Before then, I only made pizza and chicken dippers with chips.

[leahnic]

Yeah I've been cooking my own food for about 2 years now and even more so in the past year especially with being veggie and my family not being
Ad I just find it therapeutic too aha

[Origami Bullets]

I could already cook quite well when I came to uni (I'd been teaching myself since I was 15/16, and had lived away from home prior to uni), two flatmates are a little obsessed with cooking, and the others were all at varying stages of competence when they came. However, we've (largely) dragged them up in their standards (and we've all learned something from each other), even if some do insist on continuing to eat excessive quantities of chicken dippers and pizza!

Basically, it will depend on who's in your flat, but most people should come with some idea of how to cook for themselves.

[jelly1000]

Most of my flatmates could cook well. I can only do things that come with instructions on the packet- not necessarily ready meals but easy cook stuff like fish cakes, burgers, sausages e.c.t. We all do our own meals seperately as its easier that way as people like different food and are ready to eat at different times.

[Dorito]

Not really any excuse for not being able to cook simple things in my opinion. Stuff like Chilli, Spag Bol, curry etc. give you instructions on the packet, so as long as you can follow them then you can't go to far wrong.

[KJane]

One girl can, proper Nigerian cuisine as well. The rest of us get by. One guy has used the stove like twice, both times to make instant noodles. Everything else is microwave meals or oven food.

I'm probably one of the ones who fare better with cooking but I'm not great. I've got a burn scar that's nearly four inches long across my elbow from the oven, and my flatmate actually burnt her boob the other night. Each day has it's little cooking fails, today one girl burnt her chicken in the grill, despite it saying it was supposed to be put in the oven. Two days ago someone actually burnt pasta.

[Chicharito14]

The lads could cook, however, all the girls in my flat were absolutely shocking.

I could conjure up a decent meal, but my flatmates didn't even know how to make an omelette!

With cooking for your flat, we did it for like the first two weeks, and didn't bother afterwards because
1) there was too much effort,
2) people couldn't cook,
3) ended up cooking for more people than planned (for people who didn't live in our flat),
4) others decided to make pasta as a meal (i could've made that myself... )