is it hard for other people with ADHD to learn to cook?
I have trouble with written direction and measurements. I find cooking tedious and not worth the pay off. if I cook for myself alone it's ok. but the pressure of serving others while not understanding or enjoying cooking is honestly painful.
It’s not hard for ADD people to learn anything but you have to really be motivated and generally enjoy cooking a lot and then it will be fun but if the task is like tedious boring or routine you just won’t be able to get through it that’s the way ADD works you have to find a way to make it fun
Why not do something like follow along with a YouTube video? Mythical Kitchen has a lot of wild ones, but also lots of practical ones. They provide the written recipe, so you can collect your supplies beforehand.
ADHD can come in handy at times. We can get what's called hyper focus (or something like that) where when we're interested in what we're doing and enjoy it we can get to where we just do any said activity for hours on end. Not everyone, but I've found that's how it is with me. Ya won't k ow unless ya try anyways at least
I get joy from cooking and I learned when I was younger so I think if it's doesn't bring you joy it may be harder to learn but if it's something you enjoy I have faith that you'll be able to learn
I worked in a kitchen for 6 years. Food can be so darn fun or the most boring thing that I've ever had to endure.
(Please keep your surfaces clean, your knives sharp, your hot foods over 140°f, your cool foods under 40°f, and your frozen foods under 32°f.)
Make food interesting! Look up videos! Take classes! Read recipes! Watch fails! Try the thing!
most people have the food channel the Cooking Channel things like this that just come on regular TV that show different recipes all day the problem is is that translating that into actual real life is harder than just watching the program and the thing is because I have ADD I absolutely cannot concentrate on any of those cooking shows as soon as I turn them on I immediately zone out and my brain shuts down.
i never follow the exact directions i’ll be honest, but i also like recipes that give room to taste and adjust as you like, such as one pot pasta or stews, but not so much bread and baking sometimes
I find that it is very time consuming, I generally take a lot longer than the time listed on a recipe. In terms of the written directions I think that there are smart devices that can read it to you.
Yeah I found if I making something like banana bread all the measurements have to be super precise and it’s very persnickety but other things like cooking a roast you can kind of just throw some wine on top of it without having to measure.
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is it hard for other people with ADHD to learn to cook?
I have trouble with written direction and measurements. I find cooking tedious and not worth the pay off. if I cook for myself alone it's ok. but the pressure of serving others while not understanding or enjoying cooking is honestly painful.
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