The Why of Cooking (2017)

Post by jbob2000 » Tue, Apr 10, 2018, 5:58 PM UTC

jmulho wrote: post #92

_1qd4 wrote: post #85

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You make a lot of grand statements there without backing anything up. If it was so convenient and cheap to cook this way, then everyone would be doing it. I have tried and tried and tried to cook like you suggest. I end up wasting food as it goes bad before I can use it. I have a small apartment and ended up going to the grocery store every 2 days to restock. Some ingredients aren't sold in quantities appropriate for…

Actually, our modern food system isn't working for the hundreds of millions of us who are dying from obesity, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc. Nor is it working for those of us (all of us) who are presently going bankrupt trying to pay for each other's healthcare.

Post by verbify » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 9:45 AM UTC

majewsky wrote: post #97

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You seem do think in a waterfall model of cooking: a big plan first and starting from and ending in an empty kitchen. Speaking for my experience: I go to the supermarket once a week, replenishing staples and looking for interesting (and cheap..) stuff. Then later in the week I know what's fresh in my fridge and what's stored the pantry and when I get hungry late afternoon my subconsciousness is thinking about possibl…

But it is daily life for me. The only meal I ever cook myself is dinner (lunch is at work), but I'm not at home many days of the week. If at all, I would be cooking twice a week. Given this situation, it doesn't make sense to buy large quantities of ingredients in advance. Most would just perish. > And I ignore the dishes for every other day or two, because I'm lazy. That's cute. I do the dishes every Sunday. That's…