A Girl Gamer Adultescence Who Cannot Cook. Help me.

Where’s Cooking Dummy? Thanks for your concerns. It’s hard to provide updates when the main character has disappeared! I’m still trying to contact the Queen’s assistant to see if the video is ready for release. Again, it’s difficult when the main contact has disappeared! She’s not making my job very easy…

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By Maggie Wong

In the mean time, I thought everyone would be interested to learn more about Cooking Dummy. What was she like in the past? Was she really chaotic in the kitchen? Perhaps she’s a just perfectionist. I decided to contact her childhood friends to interview them about her cooking. I’ll upload the video soon.

If Cooking Dummy has made contact with you, please let me know.

P.S. Be prepared to see more pictures created by Maggie Wong.

Who won bragging rights? Take a wild guess.

Let me tell you about her recipe entry. Sarah said, “Just buy the Pillsbury chocolate chip cookie dough. Put the dough in the oven and you’re ready to go!”

Cooking Dummy followed the instructions very carefully. She placed the dough two inches apart and waited patiently for 11 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Look what happened.

These cookies did not look soft and chewy.

What happened here? Since her oven wasn’t working, she had to use her dinky toaster oven to bake three cookies at a time, which was extremely time-consuming!

Imagine if she had baked 30 cookies…

30 cookies / 3 = 10
10 x 15 minutes = 150 minutes

Cooking Dummy was not willing to spend 150 minutes to bake ugly cookies. She figured the other contestants would make enough for everyone.

So who won?

She was surprised all seven cookies were eaten. So was I. She didn’t win bragging rights, but she did receive a loser gift. A pop-up Superman hamper!

Cooking Dummy is going to compete in the Bake-Off Contest on December 3. She still doesn’t know what to bake yet. She has to make a batch for at least 30 people. I don’t know how to help her. So far, she has only made salads. If you’ve any suggestions, please let her know! She’s going against three very talented bakers. Well, maybe only two. Remember Kevin from the Salad Competition? He has been experimenting with weird ingredients lately. Two weeks ago, he was attempting to make bacon chocolate chip muffins. He’s trying to outdo Cooking Dummy’s famous peanut butter-ham-tuna-honey bagel.

Good luck to Kevin and Cooking Dummy. The judge specifed no weird ingredients in their baked goods. How does one define “weird”? Do you think her bagel is weird?

Peanut butter
+Honey
+Tuna
+Cooked ham
+An almost expired bagel
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Wholesome sandwich

Do you know the story of this picture?

P.S. Cooking Dummy ponders why bagels have holes in the middle?

On Friday, Cooking Dummy discovered two interesting things:
1) A cooking glove can make her extremely happy.
2) A cooking glove in this generation can be very cutting edge. 

Cooking Dummy received a birthday present from Vashti and Kyle. A cooking glove from Kitchen Stock! They’re probably worried she’ll get hurt in the kitchen.

With a silicone exterior, she doesn’t have to be afraid of the heat! The grid lines will keep pots and pans from slipping from her hand.

This present has brightened up Cooking Dummy’s day.  She has faith she’ll advance from making salads.  She’ll compete in the Bake-Off competition on December 3.  The prize? Bragging rights.  

P.S. There’s a “Recipes and Tips” section on Kitchen Stock’s website. Check out the Southeast Asian Vegetarian Salad. This recipe looks more complicated than the Asian Salad Cooking Dummy made.  If anyone tries this, please leave a note for Cooking Dummy. 

P.P.S. Kitchen Stock also believes in pineapples!

If you’ve watched the salad competition videos (there are 3 videos), you’re probably wondering why Cooking Dummy put mushrooms in the Asian salad. You see, Sarah and Cooking Dummy were at Cabbagetown looking for the secret ingredient.

Guess who she bumped into? It was a dark and cloudy day…

Her friend Seth was surprised she used a mushroom. He said, “Why in the hell did you use a mushroom as your secret ingredient? I would have obliterated all of you guys.” Cooking Dummy didn’t know how to respond to his comment. Should she’ve used a better secret ingredient?

NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

He said, “For sure it’ll get 12/10.”
What does Cooking Dummy have to say?
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UPDATED 10.09.07

Watch the videos to see how Kevin is going down!

7:00 am already?!?
Luckily, Dominion is right around the corner.

As you probably have guessed, Cooking Dummy had a tough time trying to find romaines and mushrooms by herself. She had to ask the store clerk for directions. She was a little disappointed to discover Dominion’s mushrooms only come in packages! She only needed five mushrooms!

Kevin G.
She wants to dedicate a section for Kevin. All the contestants were enlightened by his cheerful voice all week before the competition.

Mon: “My salad is going to be the best.”
Tues: “Everyone will love my salad.”
Wed: “Be scared. Be very scared.”
Thur: “What are you going to make? My salad will be visually appealing.”
Fri: “My salad will rock. Be very scared.”

Competition!
Five contestants signed up. Two dropped out.

10/10 is composed of taste, creativity and presentation. Did someone cheat?

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Her friend is trying a 3-week salad diet. Take a look at her salad. This salad is much better than the tiger shrimp salad at the high class restaurant. See the famous salad in the last video.

Location: @ Felix’s house

You would think Cooking Dummy can at least make a salad.

She could still remember the look on Felix’s face.

Felix politely asked, “Can I offer my assistance to you?”
She politely responded, “No worries! Go and relax. Dinner will be ready very soon!”
Felix politely said, “You should make those leaves smaller. They are not bite-size.”
She politely ignored him. She thought the salad was edible.

Would you eat her salad? What is your dream salad?

Location: 8 JupJup Road

Her dad still refuses to believe his daughter is an Asian cooking dummy.

Daddy Wong said proudly, “You don’t need to learn the basics. I have faith in you! Cooking crabs shouldn’t be hard. Come and I’ll show you.”

She’s happy he has faith in her. He has had faith in her?!?

Result: She’s sorry to disappoint Daddy Wong.

P.S.

This picture is by Jyrki Parantainen, a Finnish photographer. What is the story behind this picture? Check out the article “Finnish Photography: Dominant visual art” by Craig Burnett.

P.P.S.

This picture is from Bethan’s Online Cookbook, the cooking website of the Jamboree. The recipes are written by Bethan, her brother Samuel and his sister Wendy. They are between the ages of 18 to 23. Cooking Dummy should be ashamed. She can’t even make a simple dish!