#as for cass... i honestly can't remember if i've seen her cook or not. she was homeless for a long time before she met the batfam

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a few cooking headcanons!

dick: can cook at least at the rudimentary level to be able to live independently. cooking is a life skill for him. as an athlete and vigilante, he pays attention to what his body needs, just maybe forgets about it when he has his breakdowns. maybe he can cook well enough for when he entertains friends, or at the very least knows their preferences by heart so he can order what they like instead

jason: similar to dick. cooking is a life skill. his cooking focuses on what nutrients he needs to maintain his peak physique for vigilante activity. not so much on the flavor or complexity, but protein, etc, not for entertaining others

tim: never learned how to cook, probably won't ever. he lives on Alfred's food, delivery orders or whatever he can scavenge on the go. expertise is knowing which foods can provide the most energy in the least amount of time and effort

damian: didnt see the point in learning how to cook in the kitchen. if he wanted good food he just asked for it. the only exception is maybe food from his childhood with Talia. kept badgering bruce to teach him survival hunting, gathering and cooking to become the peak vigilante up until he became vegetarian. now he learns how to cook bc he can't trust others to provide vegetarian options for him.

cass: has to be taught from scratch. basic ingredients, combos, and preparation techniques. gets a hang of the technical skills, but needs a while to learn how to balance the flavors. steph: can cook like any teenager/ young adult can after a long day of school/ work. specializes in both classic comfort food and in food for growing muscles, especially when she gets serious about becoming a vigilante. bruce: did the whole training how to hunt and gather for food in any possible situation under his masters. knows the nutrients/ effects of most animals and plants. developed the technology so he would never. have. to. actually. do. it. has a wide palette, but focuses on what his body needs.

#these are good! only two have some canon things niggling at my mind #since damian is freakishly skilled in a lot of things i think he would've been taught to cook some basics at least #but i agree that he would expect other people to make food for him the majority of the time #and i like that he would learn to make his own vegetarian meals #i think he'd be cooking for himself a lot more recently since he's been on his own #as for cass... i honestly can't remember if i've seen her cook or not. she was homeless for a long time before she met the batfam #so she might've picked up some cooking skills during that time #if she had access to cooking ? aslkdja #(someone lmk if cass's cooking skills were ever mentioned in canon) #but anywho yeah i like the thought you put into each one in terms of the cooking/flavor/nutrient complexity #👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #batfam #cooking headcanons #anon