Stolen from swagbucks survey!
I started cooking in the 5th grade! I think by 6th I was making dinner every night then lunch and breakfast for myself on the weekends.
I can't believe in the swagbucks survey 3% have never cooked??!
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I started cooking REGULARLY when I got my own apartment in college. I had only cooked a few things before that.
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I was 10. I start cooking at a very young age because I often watched my younger siblings and needed to make dinner.
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I "cooked" a few Hamburger Helper type meals when I was 11-12, but I really started cooking/taught myself to cook when I was 20-21.
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My parents would have me start dinner for them before they got home from work. Things like throw a roast chicken in the oven. I was in middle school.
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Haha ummm... I can make a few things that I started doing in college, but DH is the designated cook in our house. He loves to cook and I hate it, so it works for us!
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I remember making Rice Krispie treats with my mom in Kindergarden
And when I was little, we often got to help make dinner (stir pots, hand ingredients to mom/dad, etc.). When I was around 10, I had a couple of recipes I liked and would make those for dinner for the family every month or so.Weirdly, when I moved out I pretty much stopped cooking for myself! In my early 20's I lived on a diet of take-out sushi, spaghetti with jarred sauce, and guacamole and chips (for dinner, lol).
When I got together with my husband I started cooking again; probably because he loves cooking so much. So happy I got back into it; I love cooking!
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18
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Wow, that's impressive! I didn't start cooking regularly for myself until I was 30! And started cooking on weeeknds when I was at my bf (now dhs) apartment.
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I grew up helping my mom in the kitchen and once I was out of the house I started cooking for myself and my boyfriend (now DH) and his roommates. Luckily DH helps out in the kitchen -- he's the designated grill master
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I started baking on my own when I was around 12. Before that I used to always help my mom bake. I love baking!
Cooking came a bit later... probably around 14-16. I always helped my mom in the kitchen, but I don't think I started cooking things all by myself until then.
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I would always help in the kitchen at a young age but picked up making dinner once a week at 13!
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I was around 12.
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I started helping my mom in the kitchen when I was in 4th grade. I made my family their first meal in 7th grade.
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When I was realllllly young my mom had this rule that we would each make dinner once a week. And what that ended up being was that each kid made pasta with a jar of tomato sauce once a week. But we did it. It meant that she didn't have to come home from work and make dinner, and nobody complained. So yeah....I think that I started doing that around 11 or so!
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Hmmm... well I didn't start cooking meals until I was out of my parents house. And really I didn't start cooking anything that wasn't eggs, ramen, frozen microwave meals, or mac n cheese until I moved in with DH. So, I voted 15-18 because I'd make myself lunch and what not if I needed to, but in reality I was more like 20-21.
I was the youngest of three, so my "cooking" job on holidays was stirring the gravy or frosting cookies. LOL
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Interesting to read all the responses. My parents worked crazy hours so as soon as my brothers were old enough to cook they had to take over dinner. Then once I was old enough they made me do it which was about 10. I was making at least 3 dishes every night! A meat, protein and vegetable dish! And of course rice.
Everything from scratch. Asian people don't really do boxed meals.
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pretty early...i'd say 12? I didn't start experimenting with my own meals until marriage. Before that, I heavily depended on recipes from books and or my mom.
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I started helping in the kitchen really young. Like, 5 or under doing actual things in the kitchen. I never had an Easy-Bake Oven because I had a tiny bunt pan and a recipe that made just that amount of cake mix! My mom put things in and out of the oven for me but I did the rest
I made my dad a 4-course meal from a cookbook in 6th grade.
Hopefully I can pass my love of cooking to my daughter and we can enjoy it together like I have with my mom. -
I learned to cook and bake at a young age, helping out my Mum and grandmother. I baked a lot by myself growing up, but didn't really cook anything unless I was home alone, and even then my grandmother usually had meals at the ready (only lived a mile away from us). I didn't truly start cooking until I moved out right after high school. Pretty sure my parents had their first fully home-cooked meal made by me just two weeks ago...
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By 4th grade I was preparing my family's dinners.
Parents worked all day and by the time they came home it was dinner time. My sisters weren't interested in cooking so I did it.
I love(d) cooking!
I started cooking way before 4th grade though. Was probably around 7 years old. Seems so young now that I look back. -
So my parents owned a restaurant, and we lived upstairs. I can honestly say that I learned almost nothing from my parents in terms of cooking. I would occasionally watch, but I never had access to a normal kitchen (just heavy duty woks and fryers). I didn't start experimenting until I met DH in college. I was a disaster! Once LO started to eat solids, I stepped it up and now cook almost every meal. I've come a long ways.
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I've been helping in the kitchen for as long as I can remember. Around 8 or 9 I started making Saturday breakfast for the family and then it just grew from there. I love cooking.
And when I was little, we often got to help make dinner (stir pots, hand ingredients to mom/dad, etc.). When I was around 10, I had a couple of recipes I liked and would make those for dinner for the family every month or so.
I was the youngest of three, so my "cooking" job on holidays was stirring the gravy or frosting cookies. LOL
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