Self-Taught Homework #2: A poor chef blames their tools

You feel obligated to defend yourself for a second to keep the audience on your side for future posts:

Okay, I actually don’t think I’m that bad of a cook. I’m pretty detail-oriented in my life, and I pay bills on time, and I want to be thorough, and my food has been coming out well-seasoned and balanced. So what if I don’t know how to do a lot of things? So what if I bite off more than I can chew—and no, not in the “pun intended” way? So what if I boiled my hand, seared Luke with hot oil, and b...