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Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by sobriquet » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 8:32 AM UTC

acgourley wrote: post #14

Sounds pretty cool. After ingredients he is probably paying 100 dollars. That's between 2 and 3 dollars a meal, which is about right for something made from farmers market grade ingredients. However, for 100 dollars I could probably order out to a set of restaurants to eat for a week. (5 orders of 2 dishes each, should be 20 per an order. That leaves me with 10 restaurant meals which would be about as much food as 12…

>>After ingredients he is probably paying 100 dollars. That's between 2 and 3 dollars a meal,

Uh, fuzzy math? He's paying $60/week + food, so $100/week would be more like $7/meal (assuming breakfast isn't a fully cooked meal since eggs/pancakes don't cook so well). Would be $15/meal if he's only talking dinners.

Still seems like a good deal considering the time he saves, and I'd like to have a mother's cooking rather than my own feeble attempts :)

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by sidsavara » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 8:43 AM UTC

Xichekolas wrote: post #13

Sounds like a brilliant idea to me, but I was confused by one point. He says she drops the food off twice a week. Is it only two days worth of food or is she batching up 3-4 days of food and delivering it all at once?

The latter - I have enough food for all my meals (lunches and dinners) each week. I often have more than enough, and share with my roommates and friends.

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by sidsavara » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 9:04 AM UTC

colinplamondon, thank you for submitting my site to HN. I was debating it but didn't want my first submission to be mistaken as self promotional blog spam. I'm glad you and others have enjoyed it =)

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by sidsavara » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 9:14 AM UTC

sobriquet wrote: post #21

acgourley wrote: post #14

Sounds pretty cool. After ingredients he is probably paying 100 dollars. That's between 2 and 3 dollars a meal, which is about right for something made from farmers market grade ingredients. However, for 100 dollars I could probably order out to a set of restaurants to eat for a week. (5 orders of 2 dishes each, should be 20 per an order. That leaves me with 10 restaurant meals which would be about as much food as 12…

>>After ingredients he is probably paying 100 dollars. That's between 2 and 3 dollars a meal, Uh, fuzzy math? He's paying $60/week + food, so $100/week would be more like $7/meal (assuming breakfast isn't a fully cooked meal since eggs/pancakes don't cook so well). Would be $15/meal if he's only talking dinners. Still seems like a good deal considering the time he saves, and I'd like to have a mother's cooking rather…

I think you are both right - it is a few bucks a meal for food, but when you factor in the labor costs into the total of what I actually end up paying, it is in the range of 5-10 a meal based on the week - some weeks I get shrimp, some weeks it's turkey!

This week (first batch), it's Greek food! Kabobs and some salad. No idea what's coming Friday =)

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by sidsavara » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 9:15 AM UTC

timcederman wrote: post #15

If I was less of a germo, I'd be totally down for this. :)

I have had friends tell me what I should watch out or I'm going to get poisoned =P

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by david927 » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 9:37 AM UTC

sidsavara wrote: post #22

Xichekolas wrote: post #13

Sounds like a brilliant idea to me, but I was confused by one point. He says she drops the food off twice a week. Is it only two days worth of food or is she batching up 3-4 days of food and delivering it all at once?

The latter - I have enough food for all my meals (lunches and dinners) each week. I often have more than enough, and share with my roommates and friends.

You're brilliant! I would have never thought of that, and yet I think that this is absolutely a trend we'll start seeing. Outsourcing is going to go to the neighborhood.

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by revorad » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 9:50 AM UTC

the funniest thing is that someone in the comments says, "this is web 2.0".

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by revorad » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 10:06 AM UTC

the funniest thing is that someone in the comments says, "this is web 2.0".

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by Tichy » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 10:25 AM UTC

I admit that cooking sometimes takes too much time, but on the other hand, one is also supposed to take breaks now and then. For example going shopping is really just gong for a walk, which is healthy. Frozen food all the time also does not sound very pleasant.

Re: Outsourcing Cooking with Craigslist for $60/week

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Post by Timothee » Tue, Sep 23, 2008, 11:00 AM UTC

Psyonic wrote: post #18

Does anyone else find this whole "outsource your life" movement a little disturbing?

In a way, I think I would feel uncomfortable because having people doing your menial tasks sounds a little like having servants.

However, I think it can make sense. If it makes you happier, more relaxed, or gives you more time to work on something you enjoy... the money spent can be worth it (or even more).

As far as I'm concerned, I know that I'm wasting too much time in general to be able to say that I need to outsource parts of my life because I don't have enough time for myself.