Do you remember your first?

[Kevin86]

When you were a kid or moved out on your own for the first time or just married or whatever it happened to be.

Everybody had that one first go to dinner recipe that they learned.

Do you remember yours if you stroll down memory lane?

Mine was when I was a kid.

Whichever noodles mom had
A can of pasta sauce
1 lb ground beef
1 can brown(baked) beans
Frozen veggies

 

[grumpyoldman]

are you kidding , i ate at my parents house for the 1st 6 months
neither of us knew how to cook a damn thing

 

[HeyItsSara]

a lot of pasta. baked chicken with duck sauce. salad with bottled dressing.

 

[caseydog]

are you kidding , i ate at my parents house for the 1st 6 months
neither of us knew how to cook a damn thing

I graduated high school on a Friday, and lived 100 miles from my family on Saturday. I couch surfed that summer before going to college. I ate whatever I could get, often from the moms of my friends. I did odd jobs around their houses in return for a place to sleep and a meal to eat.

As for the first thing I learned to cook, it would have to be bacon and eggs. I had one of those non-stick electric skillets, and those things are perfect for that job. Hamburger Helper was also a friend of mine.

In college, my friends and I did group cooks from time to time. We'd go to "The Pig," which was the Piggly Wiggly grocery store, buy stuff, and cook it.

I didn't really get serious about learning to cook until I bought my first house, when I was 25. Lots of pasta.

CD

 

[dragnlaw]

Bought a small roast to have, invited my sister. Roast beef (no idea what kind), potatoes, canned peas.
1. Opened the can of peas, put them on to cook.
2. Peeled the potatoes, cut'em up, put them on to cook.
3. Then unwrapped the meat and tried to figure out what heat to set the oven and for how long.
In that order.

 

[Kathleen]

Fried chicken with gravy and mashed potatoes. I always had another side: salad or green beans or corn, etc. Biscuits with butter and molasses.

 

[RavingLunatic]

I remember my roommate taught me how to make rice on the stove. Not sure about the rest.

 

[Andy M.]

I was an actual boy scout. We'd go camping on a weekend and that's where I first learned to cook. The first dish we made and that I fell in love with was GLOP (the sound it made when it landed on your plate). In current terms it was a hamburg skillet with onion, canned potatoes, canned peas and cream of mushroom soup (of course). It was sloppy, warm and smelled really good.

Later in life, I added garlic and mushrooms.

 

[caseydog]

I was an actual boy scout. We'd go camping on a weekend and that's where I first learned to cook. The first dish we made and that I fell in love with was GLOP (the sound it made when it landed on your plate). In current terms it was a hamburg skillet with onion, canned potatoes, canned peas and cream of mushroom soup (of course). It was sloppy, warm and smelled really good.

Later in life, I added garlic and mushrooms.

I learned about foil packs as a Boy Scout.

CD

 

[dragnlaw]

Ahhhh the memories - Scouts, Guides and Brownies. Yeah I know, there are now a bunch more younger ones but they came along well after my kids.
This brings on the memory of learning to build a fire. (sorry, believe I've posted this before somewhere, bear with!)
To get our Fire Badge we had to build a fire, using a maximum of 3 matches (stick), then I think we had to cook an egg on top.
An empty large tin can (either tomato or apple juice) that we had completely cut out & punched holes around the bottom, one or two holes just below the top. I think we had to cook the egg on top of the tin. Or at least heat some soup in a small pan. But the test was the fire, not the cooking.
LOL, I was a Brownie at the time, but I saw so many Guides trying to do it (Mom was the leader and I usually got taken along on outings). So then I could do it! The Guides were incredulous but motivated to do better! LOL and Mom just smiled behind her hand.
But I wasn't allowed to get the badge, .

 

[caseydog]

Ahhhh the memories - Scouts, Guides and Brownies. Yeah I know, there are now a bunch more younger ones but they came along well after my kids.
This brings on the memory of learning to build a fire. (sorry, believe I've posted this before somewhere, bear with!)
To get our Fire Badge we had to build a fire, using a maximum of 3 matches (stick), then I think we had to cook an egg on top.
An empty large tin can (either tomato or apple juice) that we had completely cut out & punched holes around the bottom, one or two holes just below the top. I think we had to cook the egg on top of the tin. Or at least heat some soup in a small pan. But the test was the fire, not the cooking.
LOL, I was a Brownie at the time, but I saw so many Guides trying to do it (Mom was the leader and I usually got taken along on outings). So then I could do it! The Guides were incredulous but motivated to do better! LOL and Mom just smiled behind her hand.
But I wasn't allowed to get the badge, .

I don't remember any of the BS badges I earned. I didn't "need no stinking badges."

I do remember winning a couple of fire building contests as part of a team. In one contest, they stuck a couple of sticks in the ground and tied a string between them that was two feet off the ground. The contest was to build a fire under the string, with the first team to burn through the string being the winner.

I gathered a bunch of rocks while my two teammates gathered kindling. I stacked the rocks under the string, and we built a fire on top of the rocks, a few inches below the string. The string burned though in no time. The other scouts said we cheated, but the Scoutmasters gave us the win.

CD