You can't have take out and drive through every day.

Unless you plan on living with someone who cooks (like your parents) or eating nothing but tv dinner and take-out the rest of your life, you might want to learn to fend for yourself a bit more in this department.

Doing it right now, with occasional forays to the computer while something else is sizzling. Cooking is fun, and putting together a dinner for people you love is one of life's pleasures.

I think knowing how to cook is a very important skill that everyone should know in life. There's nothing like a homecooked meal.

Ability to cook always comes handy. You don't have to depend on your family, or spouse, or restaurants. Don't get me wrong, I love going out and trying new things, but I'm also a good cook and can cook whatever I want and whenever I want it. Plus, you can cook for your loved ones and special someone, they all like it!

Unteather yourself from the fast food giants and eat healthier with your own home cooking. :)

It is a very practical skill to learn and a home cooked meal is the best. The work that's involved goes unappreciated...believe me.

There's no valid reason not to learn how to prepare something, either for yourself or others. At some point, you're going to get tired of ordering stuff through a blown speaker screwed into a plastic neon stand, and restaurants have questionable quality control and even-more questionable prices. Even the klutziest boob can follow a recipe (there's only a hundred million of 'em), and with repetition and patience, you can find your strengths and capitalize on them. Guys, whether you're married or not, chicks TOTALLY dig a man who can cook (for singles, it's a great ice-breaker; for husbands, it shows you care). Excellent vocational choice, as well (some of these folks are pulling down six-figure salaries, depending on the venue). So, jump right in; no time like the present! You'll scald some perfectly-good ingredients along the way, but you can't make an omelet without br.....nah, that's so trite, even I'M not gonna say it!

Any bachelor will agree,eating out all the time is very expensive,and fast food,while "cheap",will ruin your health.Besides,REAL cooking is an art: you can prepare exquisite and healthy meals for much less than you'd pay for even a slopburger if you are savvy about it.

A useful but not totally essential skill, given the amount of alternatives to cooking on your own (i.e., fast food places, regular restuarants, prepared foods at delis, etc.). Wavebacker sort of anticipated my thoughts about being able to eat healthier and cheaper if you do your own cooking. It's a skill I lack almost totally, mainly because my wife is such a great cook. No incentive for me to learn.

Whats odd is that nowadays I meet quite a few women who claim they do not know how to cook at all. These kinds are usually attractive empty headed bimbos who have had men fall all over them and have not had to cook. I never took a woman seriously who could not cook. It says a lot about them that to me is all negative. Most women are not better cooks than myself. I learned from watching my mother and somehow I remembered certain dishes just from seeing her make them often. I enjoy cooking, but frankly, hate cleaning up. If you dont want to be weak, fat and unhealthy living on fast and take out food you should take pride in cooking to some degree. My fat x-wife is a perfect example. All Mcdonalds and no brains.

You dont need to know how to cook, but it helps a lot. It will save you money and keep you healthy by cooking your own food as opposed to buying it or relying on others to cook for you.

A great skill to have but I'm living proof that you can get by with only the very basics of the art. Luckily the people I cook for care about quantity more than quality. I think one (or more) of my brothers has been saying something around the neighborhood, however, as a couple of ladies from down the street often drop by with casseroles saying that they made "a little too much" and would I like to have the extra. Yeah.. too much by like ten pounds. But that's fine with me. I'm not too proud to take it.

It is nice to know how to cook some. Since i am the mom I do most of the cooking. I wish I were a better one. I do not exactly hate to cook but I do not love it either. I cook because i have to. I a glad I learned how to do some of the basic stuff.It would be awful expensive if we ate out all of the time.So I guess it would be somewhat important to learn some cooking skills.

Nowadays one could really get by without really cooking. There are enough frozen and quick foods, and restaurants, that one could have a fairly varied and healthy diet without once ever mixing two ingredients (other than vermouth and gin, of course). (Which reminds me.....) Of course, quality of life will suck...

Cooking is a daily part of life, whether or not someone enjoys to cook. Homecooked meals beat anything from the can or box. I know someone who is almost 21 and she doesn't know how to cook more than Macaroni and Cheese from the box. I am glad I took advantage of watching my mom cook while growing up so I have these skills to use now.

Essential to have a basic knowledge, but a bonus to be really good at it. I have found that I can cook only in very specific circumstances; otherwise, I burn water. But, as long as you can make something appetizing for yourself every once in a while, then you're okay.

The most underrated method of picking up women in college.

There is nothing like a good home cooked meal. Especially when it is NOT from the microwave!!!

I pity those who can't do anything in the kitchen.