lol, as a civilization we've arrived to the point where books/internet are more available/commoditized than "good food." Sad Bastard indeed.
Logically a fallacy (it should be a "progress race"), but factually a point.
The Sad Bastard Cookbook
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#62My food for when I can't be bothered is pasta with canned pesto sauce (+optional parmesan). Can eat it every day. Another a bit more involved option is pasta with checkpeas: https://www.seriouseats.com/pasta-e-ceci-pasta-with-chickpea... What's yours go-to recipes?
I'm with ya up until Pine Nuts show up in the pasta. Then I did.
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#63I wish I could just take one pill a day (or three) for nutrition (and satiating hunger) and not have to eat meals at all. That would be amazing, not to have to deal with food. Buying, preparing, ordering, over eating.
Have you ever tried not eating at all? Fasting is actually easier than you think once you get over the initial hunger humps. Obviously seek proper medical advice first but just to point out that it's possible and I've personally done up to five day fasts while still working and going to gym as normal.
(trigger warning: eating problems) For me, when I have trouble cooking, and especially when I don't cook because of an overwhelming lack of energy, fasting is actually the problem. That's because it's what I do by default, it's the easiest after all. It's forcing yourself to make the effort to eat something that can be difficult.
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#64Reminds me of a non satire student cookbook where recipes are sectioned by what utensils and cooking appliances you have at hand. E.g. one pot, frying pan, etc. all the way up to, well a normal kitchen.
As a student myself I’d appreciate all those recipe sites to have a filter by appliances. Seems half of recipes involving meat requires a stove I don’t have.
My perspnal hotel/dorm microwave+toaster grilled cheese sandwich.
Toast bread in toaster first, well toasted. Put cheese slices on toast and nuke until it melts.
The result is not mushy, due to the bread already being warm, and the minimal time in the microwave.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you ever tried not eating at all? Fasting is actually easier than you think once you get over the initial hunger humps. Obviously seek proper medical advice first but just to point out that it's possible and I've personally done up to five day fasts while still working and going to gym as normal.
Not sure why this got such a negative reception, intermittent fasting has been shown to have multiple benefits. Its probably closer to what we spent generations evolving towards than the typical diet of shoving processed meats + Big Gulps in your face hole 19 hours a day.
Fasting for more than ~36 hours can be quite dangerous without medical supervision. Probably why it’s downvoted.
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#66The preface is ridiculous. Salads, PBJs, Ramen, rice and veggies, english muffins / rice cakes and PB/nutella. I'm not sure why this is a thing.
The funny thing is, I’m not even sure if you mean that this is ridiculous because it’s so simple or because it’s so complicated. I say this, because, when I was at the worst of my depressive state, and still occasionally every now and then, I get to the point where I just can’t do anything at all and if there’s more than one or two steps between me and eating, I’ll just go days without eating at all, this kind of dep…
I hope you are doing better now.
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#67Reminds me of a non satire student cookbook where recipes are sectioned by what utensils and cooking appliances you have at hand. E.g. one pot, frying pan, etc. all the way up to, well a normal kitchen.
Chatgpt is REALLY good at coming up with reasonable recipes under arbitrary constraints. You have X ingredients and Y minutes to cook a meal for Z persons, with ABC cookware. It'll do it.
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#68recipes to make when you've worked a 16-hour day Why not just sit down in a restaurant on your way home? Or if you worked at home, take a nice walk and sit down in a nice restaurant along the way?
There are many places in the world and levels of income where sitting down at a restaurant after a long day is simply not an option.
Then there are different personalities: depending on the nature of that hypothetical 16-hour workday, I might not want to deal with people and would much prefer to fix something up on my own.
Then there's time: a meal at a nice restaurant will likely take some time. If I've really just worked 16 hours straight, I'd likely be wanting to hit the sack asap rather than waiting around to be served. (I'm excluding fast food both for nutritional reasons and since we're specifically taking about "nice restaurants".)
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#69My food for when I can't be bothered is pasta with canned pesto sauce (+optional parmesan). Can eat it every day. Another a bit more involved option is pasta with checkpeas: https://www.seriouseats.com/pasta-e-ceci-pasta-with-chickpea... What's yours go-to recipes?
cacio e pepe; easily the best pasta dish vs effort imo.
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#70If I can't be bothered to cook I will eat a can of hummus spread on bread, then some fruits.