#cookblr community

[unmellowyellowfellow]

hey tumblr. i cant believe i'm asking this but...is there any good alternative to potatoes?

i'm allergic to potatoes (not sweet potatoes. just the other ones). and i want to eat them so bad, but no can do. DOES ANYBODY OUT THERE HAVE ANYTHING THAT COMES CLOSE PLEASE

[disasterbate96]

You know what I don't understand? Cooking. Like how do you NOT fumble your way through a kitchen, constantly double checking your recipe for the millionth time just to be absolutely positive you read it correctly after each step?

Is there a Tumblr cooking community? Is cookblr a thing? I'm honestly really embarrased over how much I can't cook. What are your best resources on this?

I come from a family of chefs, and I'm 100% incompetent in this field. My dad and two of his siblings all went to culinary school. Dad used to own his own foodcart and has been sous chef at a number of upscale restaurants here in Portland. Uncle is a cooking instructor at a high school, and my aunt used to be the president of a fucking culinary school and is now trying to open her own brewpub.

I can use a microwave.

I'm trying to get in shape this year, and part of that goal is to learn to cook, specifically so I can ditch the fast food and microwavable crap and actually make something good for myself, but I feel like I'm facing some kind of barrier that is making this way harder than it probably should be.