• JustTesting@lemmy.hogru.ch
    3·
    6 days ago

    As a one size fits all kinda thing: sourdough bread, that takes me like 24 hours from start to finish, with incubating over night in the fridge.

    Other than that, it depends. We already cook good for ourselves regularly, no need to wait for there to be guests. So we cook just regular food, whatever we think our guests might enjoy.

  • appledinosaurcat@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 days ago

    Either steak or salmon but depends on the guest like others have mentioned. I usually also enjoy putting my own spin on the recipe, like adding a spice or making it more citrusy etc

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 days ago

    That primarily depends on the guest. There is no one size fits all dish.

    What i can do to impress is that I ask the guest to name three ingredients, and I cook something using those.

  • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
    3·
    7 days ago

    According to my husband, anything with garlic, onion, and sautéed those both in butter smells very fancy.

    If I had time to plan though, I’d make ravioli and freeze them and make sauce when they came over.

  • Canopyflyer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    It’s not the dish that impresses, but the preparation.

    One year, my family and I were at my middle brother’s house for a summer time visit. He had a party and grilled chicken. My brother never really learned how to cook and it showed. People barely touched it and there was a ton of it left over.

    Fast forward another year and he wants to do the same thing. I offer to cook so he can attend to other more important party affairs. The only thing I did differently was I started with fresh good quality chicken and not mass frozen bagged stuff from Tyson. I also brought my instant read thermometer. Otherwise it was just salt and pepper on the chicken, although I used a ton more than he did.

    Same number of people, same amount of chicken… There were NO left overs. I also made my cubed potatoes, those were gone too.

    It was all technique. I used virtually the same ingredients he had the year prior.

  • TransNeko@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 days ago

    It depends on if I like the guest or secretly wish they were dead. if it’s the former I order takeout. if it’s the latter… I cook.

    now baking on the other hand… I always bake from scratch. and never give my cookies to people I hate.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
    19·
    8 days ago

    I can cook for myself alright, but I don’t impress people with my culinary skills. I’m not a fan of cooking.

    When I need to save face because there are guests, (rarely happens but it does) I do pan fried salmon and steamed vegetables. It’s very difficult to get it wrong. It’s easy to season. Looks presentable. I learned to cook the salmon from a short Gordon Ramsay video that you can find on YouTube. Practically foolproof