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Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by maerF0x0 »

generic92034 wrote: post #184
maerF0x0 wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm going to venture a guess is that the reason is it solves nothing, it simply batches the effort. You cannot fast forever. At some point you need to average your TDEE (lets say 2k calories). Intermittent fasting means you go from eating 2k calories in like 4 meals across ~16hrs to as few as 1 meal in 15 minutes (OMAD). I'd suggest the longest sustainable (ie, doesnt _eventually_ result in starvation) intermittent f…

If you are in an equilibrium and do not want to lose weight that may be true. But I think in many countries that is rather the exception than the norm.

sure, but even at a modest caloric deficit of 10% (~200 calories per day) using my own stats (200lb 25% body fat) I carry only about 175K calories in total (you cant lose all your fat and live to tell th etale). That would bring me down to a hard to sustain 9.9% bodyfat in under 2 yrs (about 615 days by my quick math).

So yeah, even in short order it has to get to equilibrium.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by j7ake »

dm319 wrote: post #92
j7ake wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Japanese people have ramen joints for quick and satisfying meals after a 16 hour day.

My impression is that they're reasonably priced - is that true? Could a student exist without cooking facilities by eating at ramen joints?

Yeah, young Japanese professionals can eat out every meal.

Ramen is maybe 3 to 6 dollars.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by mrob »

bob1029 wrote: post #191

The trick for me is to apply engineering to the kitchen. You can actually enjoy really elaborate meals if you simply make more each time and utilize pyrex+freezer. Why make only 6 servings of spaghetti when there's still 50% free space available in your instant pot? (that 'max fill' line is but a polite suggestion :D) Planning ahead, logistics, etc. can make all the difference in the world. Imagine spending one hour…

The importance of the "max fill" line in an electric pressure cooker depends on what you're cooking. If you're cooking legumes, you should respect it, because they can foam and make a huge mess if you try to cook too much at once. But I've never had a problem cooking steamed vegetables past the line.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by oefnak »

generic92034 wrote: post #184
maerF0x0 wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm going to venture a guess is that the reason is it solves nothing, it simply batches the effort. You cannot fast forever. At some point you need to average your TDEE (lets say 2k calories). Intermittent fasting means you go from eating 2k calories in like 4 meals across ~16hrs to as few as 1 meal in 15 minutes (OMAD). I'd suggest the longest sustainable (ie, doesnt _eventually_ result in starvation) intermittent f…

If you are in an equilibrium and do not want to lose weight that may be true. But I think in many countries that is rather the exception than the norm.

I think mostly Americans have that problem...

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by keepamovin »

I laughed at the title before I even read it. Am I going to be disappointed if I read it?

You know back in the day I remember 'the anarchist cookbook' along with all kinds of other somewhat legally dubious online literature, such as phrack magazine, 2600, erowid, thehive.ws;

And bizarre euphemisms such as SWIM (someone who isn't me) peppering the tales of free long distance telephone calls, dumpster diving, and synthesis of (most likely scheduled) hallucinogenic, entheogenic psychoactive chemicals. Hahaha. Those were the days!

These days I'm so leery of ubiquitous surveillance I likely wouldn't even dare search for those things (tor be damned, eyes everywhere, can't trust anything!)...heavy sigh

On a finer point: I really wish they hadn't scheduled Salvia because of the seeming hysteria that resulted from some people who had unfortunate outcomes while apparently using it. Such a powerful spirit plant!

By that logic alcohol should have been Schedule 1 LONG ago. My suspicion is 'the ruling elites' like to schedule anything that can allow people to unlock higher abilities, or bring more power to themselves. So, sadly, beneficial plants and chemicals are thrown in with actually dangerous addictive ones...:( Fucking tragedy.

My hope is one day its glory will be restored in the same way that we're seeing with psychoactive mushrooms happening now to some extent. Good old Salvia--you meet entities on that trip, too! To me they literally seemed like tree/plant/forest spirits, and when on it, like I, oops I mean, like SWIM, was "inside the plant network".

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by hereonout2 »

Saturn5 wrote: post #98
coolvision wrote: post #52

My 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?

Tray bake: just throw any potatoes, veggies and meat (replacement) in a single layer on a baking sheet with some oil, and spices and put it in the oven until it’s done. Maybe toss it around halfway through. For meat we use anything from chopped-up Italian sausage, bacon strips, chick peas, chicken wings to an entire chicken. Veggie wise anything from classic roasting veggies like carrot, oignon and pumpkin to broccol…

Tray bake is a ridiculously easy and healthy way to feed a family. We do one a week and prep time is around 15 mins, cook it for 50 mins in the oven. A real fire and forget meal.

Casserole is another simple one we do, essentially whatever you'd put in a tray bake plus a tin of tomatoes and some stock. A little more prep time and we usually have it with rice, but still relatively quick, simple and healthy.

I like the ones that you can bung in the oven for an hour. With WFH I can do the prep, put in the oven, clean up in less than 30 mins, then finish a few more work issues before we can all eat together at a reasonable time.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by generic92034 »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #198
generic92034 wrote: post #172

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Way too much effort, unfortunately. That is, for me when I am in the mood the book is alluding to. ;)

Perhaps you and I get into very different kinds of "sad" but was even this part too much? > I just buy multiple costco rotisserie chickens, some frozen veggies, put food on plate, microwave, cover in sauce, eat.

Some days going outside for shopping groceries is just not "on the menu".

But anyway, if you are eating alone there is generally a real imbalance between the time required for preparing a meal and cleaning up afterwards versus the time required for eating. On low energy days this can be already too much.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by generic92034 »

maerF0x0 wrote: post #201
generic92034 wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are in an equilibrium and do not want to lose weight that may be true. But I think in many countries that is rather the exception than the norm.

sure, but even at a modest caloric deficit of 10% (~200 calories per day) using my own stats (200lb 25% body fat) I carry only about 175K calories in total (you cant lose all your fat and live to tell th etale). That would bring me down to a hard to sustain 9.9% bodyfat in under 2 yrs (about 615 days by my quick math). So yeah, even in short order it has to get to equilibrium.

The point is that in some countries a high percentage of people are overeating all the time. They can easily do with a caloric deficit, for a long, long time.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by shever73 »

coolvision wrote: post #52

My 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?

Straight-to-wok noodles with some chopped mushrooms, a standard sauce mix and then stir in a spoonful of Lao Gan Ma at the end. Takes about 10 minutes to prepare and cook.

If I have more time, I'll make my own sauce using stock, curry powder, tomato puree and soy sauce.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by iteria »

keepamovin wrote: post #205

I laughed at the title before I even read it. Am I going to be disappointed if I read it? You know back in the day I remember 'the anarchist cookbook' along with all kinds of other somewhat legally dubious online literature, such as phrack magazine, 2600, erowid, thehive.ws; And bizarre euphemisms such as SWIM (someone who isn't me) peppering the tales of free long distance telephone calls, dumpster diving, and synth…

To be fair, we did try to outright ban alcohol and make it illegal. It just didn't work. If people in mass acted towards any drug like they did with alcohol, they'd cave. See: Marijuana
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