Posted on 09/27/2017 4:14:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A guy who can cook will spend more dates at her place than in restaurants. Costs mucho less, too.
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Never thought I’d see the words, “recipe” and “necrotic” in the same sentence. LOL!!
For those times when we risk it, we usually both feel ill afterwards.
They cook with the cheapest oil.
“Recently bought a big countertop convection oven, best $50 I’ve spent this year!”
I think one of those was advertised in the Costco sale brochure we got yesterday and it looked interesting. Sounds like something to consider, based on your recommendation.
You call that living?
Yes, my dear Dad, rest his soul, called that America becoming a service economy (way back in the 80s).
There really is a need for an adult Home Economics course online. Probably one for women and one for men. Not just about cooking, but going into things like:
cleaning
budgeting
sewing
home maintenance
savings
credit
car buying
renting and mortgaging
how to plan (using the Sun Tzu military method)
insurance
Hundreds and hundreds of hours of instruction here, but it would be invaluable to those who were never taught it.
You boil your steaks and fillets?
Mostly it’s because of two income households. It’s a pain to cook after working full time all day.
Every school district in my area has home ec.
People are lazy and women more frequently reject traditional roles on principle ...or lack of
I eat lunch out 4/5 days a week
Supper twice a week
Same here with four kids and until recently, I always still cook daily. Finally gave up a couple years ago and now only cook 3 nights/week and husband takes either Saturday or Sunday.
I know how to cook, learning from my mom, but my wife was the one who cooked for the family every evening until our kids grew up and we retired. We rarely went out except for pizza brought home on Friday nights. I always cooked tacos for Sunday dinner.
But now there is just two of us and we live on a cattle farm. We work most days doing chores and things we need to operate the farm. We leave the house at different times in the morning and come back in in the evening at different times. We don't feel like cooking for meals. We're hot, tired and dirty. Showers first, meals last.
I don't eat sugar or processed carbs but my wife does. So it's easier for each of us to prepare our own meals. We keep it simple. Once or twice a week we BBQ some chicken, pork chops or hamburgers, then eat some of it as the main part of a meal for several days. Sometimes we heat up a green vegetable from our garden in the microwave. Otherwise, I just add some radishes, scallions, cucumber slices, and/or a piece of avocado and I'm done. Takes 5 minutes. No cooking involved except the meat once or twice a week.
Neither off us eat much so cooking meals everyday is time-consuming and not compatible with our lifestyle. Too much trouble. Except to bake a cake for a special occasion, the stove in the kitchen is rarely used.
So both of us knows how to cook meals but don't want to. We eat healthy but don't want to spend the time cooking or cleaning up from a meal. We just put things together. No recipes in this house.
Living in the country, we're also a long way from restaurants. So it's easier to do what www do at home than to go out. Plus we're retired on fixed income, so going out is considered a luxury we can't afford often.
Cooking is not all it's cut out to be for some folks.
I’m a serious cook
In particular creole
Everyone of those listed is already available online.
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Thanks. How do you get the whites firm? Serious question. I’ve tried putting a cover on the pan and the white will set, but the bottom of the yolk gets hard. I’ve also frying eggs over very low heat with the same results. I can flip one but not more. How much fat do you use?
I tried basting the top with butter which seemed to work pretty well, but I prefer not to dirty a second pan.
I really enjoy cooking - not so crazy about the after eating clean-up.
My problem is I’m tired. After about 10-11 hours at work (I average between 60 & 70 hours a week,) and with severe arthritis, I have problems standing at the stove after I get home.
On top of everything else, it’s no fun cooking just for myself. If my make my own soups, casserole, meatloaf, or pasta, I’ll be eating the same thing for the next 5 days.
Mark
I also had a hard time adjusting to cooking for just 2 people. Fortunately, my hubby is not someone who won't eat leftovers; so, if I cook a meal it usually takes care of two dinners that week. We eat out twice a week.
Also, I am now in my 60's and cooking a meal which includes a lot of chopping of veggies and other preparations, doesn't appeal to me as much as it used to.
I used to love to cook, try new recipes, etc. And that was when I worked full time. Now that I’m retired and have all the time in the world, I do not enjoy it at all! I think it’s not so much the actual cooking, but meal planning. There are so many other things I’d rather be doing, I guess.
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