| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 6:43:04 PM | Does it bother you to be watched while you are cooking? It does me. (hey, this is a cooking thread....what did you think I was talking about?)
I'm not talking about something like hamburgers or hotdogs, I'm talking about nice meals for guests. I just don't like to be watched or "helped". Am I crazy, anyone else feel the same way? | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 6:45:33 PM | | How about someone else cooking in your kitchen, using your pots and pans and stuff? That kinda bothers me, too. I even prefer to do all the clean up and dish washing myself. I guess an analyst would say it is either a territorial thing or a control thing, huh? | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 6:52:00 PM | Yes it bothers me. I will be constantly watching them out of the corner of my eye wondering what they are thinking of what I am doing, resulting in forgetting ingredients. I get really angry when someone suggests while I am cooking, to the point I usually say "didnt realise we had a chief in the house" and tell them to do it.
Neat freak so I dislike it when people use my pots and pans, set the table anything of that nature. I have a certain way it must be done lol. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 7:17:27 PM | I don't like being watched, either. Whereas I am clean sometimes I am a little "undignified" in my cooking (such as using my hands where others might use utensils....stuff like that).
Also, I have every little detail planned and scheduled in my head, "help" or being made nervous by someone watching throws me off balance. Now, as for clean up....they can have at it. | |
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Jesci
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Joined: 8/15/2007
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 7:20:43 PM | | It doesn't bother me so much to be watched while cooking, but I am obsessively weird about people using my "stuff" and I'm totally with you on the clean up. I'd rather do it myself. I think it really is territorial - ok, and maybe a little bit of a control thing. :) | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 7:35:08 PM | Doesn' t bother me at all. I used to love it when my ex watched me cooking. I think that he actually found it erotic and I loved it :)
Different strokes for different folks I guess
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 7:36:15 PM | | If they want to help I tell them to clean/do dishes and I continue cooking. For that I am always grateful! | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 7:39:29 PM | In high school I went to tech school for Culinary Arts, so being watched is like second nature. You either had a classmate watching you cook, or the intstructor.
What I love the most is cooking for my guy, if he's not watching from a short distance he's watching right on my shoulder with his chin resting on it as he holds me. Whenever the dishes need to be cleaned he always wants to help, but theres no way Im ever letting him wash, so he dries and I wash. Personally I cant really let anyone else wash, except for my best friend, she and I are the same when it comes to cooking and cleaning. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 7:44:51 PM | easy give your guests somethin to do while you prepare the meal if they offer to help tell them no thankyou simple isnt it?
set somethin out in another room for them to entertain themselves while youre slavin away over the stove.
or just try lettin them help no one is perfect and no one does somethin the exact same way everyone else does so loosen up a bit and let them cut the pepper the way they do it instead of freakin out over it..........orrr give them a more apporoximate time to come over for dinner like after everythin is prepared or in the oven. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 7:57:52 PM | I don't mind if people watch and I've even done a few informal demonstrations before. However, the rule in my kitchen is don't touch anything or turn any dials while I'm cooking or else I will chase you out with my broom, while yelling "Outta of my kitchen"! 
JGCashHag--my favourite chef, who ran four Mediterranean restaurants, always used his hands and I do too. If anyone thinks it's undignfied (it's not!), I would just add a flamboyant flip of the wrist and smile.
So yes. I like to be watched and I like a chef who uses his hands. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 8:36:04 PM | I love to watch a women in the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hall, stairs, etc.
what I don't care for is a lot of chatter ~ But then, there is some people I can listen to all day. ~~ It's what they say, how they say it and the voice ~ can be hevenly, can be hell.
I enjoy people watching, as long as they just watch ~ if they help, they need to keep up or go back to watching.
You can use and abuse anything I got ~ just leave my 8" butcher knife alone.~dar | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 8:46:55 PM | Doesn't bother me to be watched, and I don't even mind too much if I get a little assist in some of the prep work... but other than that, if I'm cooking, then stay out of the way or get trampled.
I don't mind anyone using the kitchen or most of the cookware, but I do have a few things that I tell them are 'haunted' and off-limits to anyone else, and I'm the only one that does the washing up for the cast iron or percolator. Not so much territorial, but I don't want soap in the coffee and re-seasoning the iron is a major pain in the butt. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 9:13:27 PM | Wow, I never realized how different I am about this. I love to have others in the kitchen with me when I'm cooking. Doesn't matter whether it is family at the holidays, friends for casual dinner, or a romantic dinner for two. While cooking is fun, there is also some work involved so why not enjoy the company of others while you do it?
If they want to help, great. If they want to just watch and chat, also great. If they get to annoying with the backseat driving, I just give them a look that says, "yeah, right, do you REALLY want to take over?" and they back off. If they want to clean all the dishes, pots, and pans (or at least put them in the dishwasher) while I do the cooking, then I might have to propose to them (assuming correct gender, age, etc., otherwise I'll hire them as my maid).
I am a bit "controlling" about the spice rack, though. Nobody gets to use my homemade spice combinations without permission. Every "great" artist needs both an audience, and a few tricks up their sleeve to impress the audience. If I let just anyone play with my spices, people wouldn't revere me as a god anymore.
Okay, just kidding about the god part. | |
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Posted: 11/8/2007 9:31:57 PM | .....absolutely not ! I carve in front of people , i cook , i flambee with the best of them ... anyone can watch me cooking and i really enjoy the look on other's faces when i play with fire , when i toss high in the air a /any dish ...ultimately , i ONLY cook for other people's enjoyment , NEVER mine , i could not care less cooking for myself ....i'm a chef , cooking IS my life , as long as my guests find it delicious ......THAT is all i ever care about ....i've cooked in food-trade shows , on buffets , ...and so on and on ......... it's a show and it is absolutely fun !! Cheers , have fun cooking and share your fun with it ........... | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 9:48:27 PM | | I love being entertained while I'm cooking. As long as you stay behing the yellow line noone will get hurt, and no food will be on the floor. I've been told watching me cook is like watch watching someone dance. Apparently I put on a good show, I've certainly used cooking for part of courting. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 10:07:09 PM | | ..cooking IS like dancing ....it can be pure ballet ...the ramba .....the Tango .........but it DOES 2 to tango , that's how i look at it .........cook for someone you LOVE , someone you love cooking for ..that is all it takes ....... | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/8/2007 10:48:50 PM | I don't mind people around me whilst cooking. I tend to grill more than be in the kitchen. A social environment, if you will. I am in the process of teaching my 10yr old daughter how to cook, so it is a special time for me to have a kitchen helper no matter where I cook.
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/9/2007 4:46:05 AM | | I've taught others to cook and given cooking demos. I don't mind help, but it's directed by me. I don't like it when someone comes in and lifts a lid without asking, especially if I'm steaming and they've just let it all out. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/9/2007 5:59:23 AM | {{ that's how i look at it .........cook for someone you LOVE , someone you love cooking for ..that is all it takes .......}} Reply : Yes...I it can be fun and through in a little passion in what you do,Presto.
W hat's funny you don't realize it yourself and people will say something ant take notice.
I cook comfort food and it's nice to hear compliments.
and yes... let us dance.....
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/9/2007 7:48:03 AM | I don't have a problem with then watching me. I do have a problem with someone coming in, in the middle of my prep work telling me I am doing it wrong..
Heck, I will toss them an apron, hand them a knife and board, Veggies. I have learned and built some really great friendships out of cooking and sharing. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/9/2007 8:49:44 AM | {{I do have a problem with someone coming in, in the middle of my prep work telling me I am doing it wrong..}} Reply: to SS When I cook I don't mind suggestions in what people have done and tried but to just come in and control,criticize, that would be a no-no.
I know there are folks like that and it makes your eyes roll, I have a young sister like that and love her too death but sometimes I have to tell her to stfu in so many words.
to share in one's home and hearth is to love... some get,some don't...such is life. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/9/2007 11:22:26 AM | | Thanksgiving is coming up......cooking a big dinner for all the family. Everyone wants to congregate in the kitchen, don't know why but it always happens. I really don't mind because we have a great time, I just make sure I have most of the cooking done before they get here. What does drive me crazy is everyone wants to peek at the turkey or nibble on the ham before dinner time. | |
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| Does it bother you to be watched?
Posted: 11/9/2007 12:54:43 PM | | My cat Bella likes to watch me when I am cooking. Like she is going to start talking and tell me that I am adding too much salt or to add more onion or that it looks too spicy or bland or whatever... | |
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