Who else hates to cook?

[ApK]

Turns out I had a $20 item in my cart just waiting for excuse to add a Prime add-on item, so the chopper will be here tomorrow. :-)
I figure it's cheap enough that if I have regrets about cluttering my kitchen with another gadget, I can satisfyingly throw it out.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by ApK

Turns out I had a $20 item in my cart just waiting for excuse to add a Prime add-on item, so the chopper will be here tomorrow. :-)
I figure it's cheap enough that if I have regrets about cluttering my kitchen with another gadget, I can satisfyingly throw it out.

I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

[johnjacobs]

Count me on. I am a terrible at cooking. I only know how to boil an egg.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by johnjacobs

Count me on. I am a terrible at cooking. I only know how to boil an egg.

Eggs are very nutritious and if you can boil one, you can boil several and make deviled eggs! I love deviled eggs. I put minced bacon, minced celery, minced onion and mayo in mine!

Now, I'm hungry!

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

Eggs are very nutritious and if you can boil one, you can boil several and make deviled eggs! I love deviled eggs. I put minced bacon, minced celery, minced onion and mayo in mine!

Now, I'm hungry!

You just made me hungry.

[Blossom]

Not me. I find mayo and eggs gross. I eat my eggs scramble or poached. Hubby likes them fried but I have yet to master that or an omelet.

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[Cinisajoy]

Corrected link to get everything.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014ZJ3JO0...ing=UTF8&psc=1

[Sirtel]

I've always hated to cook. Just can't stand all that messing with food. By the time the meal's ready, my appetite is totally gone. That's not to say I've never cooked, I just prefer not to, if at all possible.

So usually another family member cooks, or we buy takeout, or often enough eat out.

[charlyee]

It's not that I don't like to cook but I believe cooking is a waste of time.

It takes 1-2 hours to prep dinner, 20 mins to eat, and an hour to clean up. Something wrong with that scenario imo.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by charlyee

It's not that I don't like to cook but I believe cooking is a waste of time.

It takes 1-2 hours to prep dinner, 20 mins to eat, and an hour to clean up. Something wrong with that scenario imo.

Well, yeah. You're taking too long to cook! Most meals take me about 20 minutes prep and cook time. When I make sushi, that's a longer meal and some of the more complicated meals, like alfredo sauce, may take me longer. But most meals take 20 minutes, even lasagne (not counting oven time on that one). Clean up, well, it's at least a half hour, if I cook at home. If I cook at my parent's house it's longer because it seems that my MOm is also cooking something or other and that woman can use every dish in the house three times before I ever need it! I do a lot of stuff here and there during the day. Today, for example we were eating leftover BBQ. That part was all done, but we were out of beans, so I sorted and soaked those in the morning and then used a pressure cooker to cook them up in an hour. But the stove was doing all the work, so actual prep time for today's meal was about 5 minutes.

When I bake, it's also about 15 to 20 minutes for cookies or most cakes (not counting tiramisu) . I made choc mousse pie yesterday and that's a time consuming one. You have to make a pie crust (5 to 10 minutes prep and then oven time to bake it), melt chocolate and do the eggs. The egg part takes me 5 to 10. Then there is whipped cream which is another 5...so I'd say that takes me at least a 1/2 hour to 45 minutes if you include the crust. The clean up is more difficult because the chocolate sticks to the pan and to the melting bowl and has to be cleaned off with very hot water. I don't do that dessert often although it's my favorite. Tiramisu is worse. The cake for that is difficult to make and requires an inordinate amount of beating. Then after it's cooked, the cream filling is more beating, more eggs and more whipped cream. Husband makes the espresso for the layers, but then you have to grate chocolate (I do use cocoa as it's faster, but for the top, it really looks better with grated chocolate). That one takes me well over an hour.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by charlyee

I believe cooking is a waste of time.

It takes 1-2 hours to prep dinner, 20 mins to eat, and an hour to clean up. Something wrong with that scenario imo.

This. Not to mention all the time standing over a hot stove sweating and then having to serve the food, wash dishes as you go so it doesn't build up on you and put up any left overs and wash remaining dishes before you can sit down and relax. It's just not worth it.

Today's Dinner is two #7s from Jimmie John's without mustard and added cucumber. Too hot to even think about cooking.

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[ApK]

Originally Posted by charlyee

It's not that I don't like to cook but I believe cooking is a waste of time.

It takes 1-2 hours to prep dinner, 20 mins to eat, and an hour to clean up. Something wrong with that scenario imo.

Ha. That's the same reason I don't scuba dive any more.

[BearMountainBooks]

Originally Posted by ApK

Ha. That's the same reason I don't scuba dive any more.

Weird. I also found SCUBA to be a lot of trouble for the worth of a trip. I do like to snorkel, however. All the good stuff is near the top where there is light!

[Blossom]

Too hot here 102 heat index. Dinner is Papa John's pizza. Two kinds: hamburger & bacon and ham and pineapple.

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[BearMountainBooks]

Clam linguini with sides of sauteed zucchini and onions (together) and flash fried/sauteed sweet potatoes.