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Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by Melatonic » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:22 PM UTC

wholinator2 wrote: post #222

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…

I dunno man, I'm kinda okay with them scheduling salvia and that's an opinion you won't hear often from me. I tried Salvia and it was just singularly extremely uncomfortable. My friends left reality altogether and had experiences ranging from becoming a 2d book who's pages wouldn't stop flipping, to being flayed open and ripped apart for literal eternities. I do agree that that can be avoided by experienced usage but…

Agreed.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by bemusedthrow75 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:23 PM UTC

fragmede wrote: post #214

janwillemb wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alternatively, one can enjoy cooking and don't mind spending time in the kitchen. Freezing food degrades the taste imo. But in my country eating out is considered a luxury activity, homecooking is the norm (the Netherlands)

I think it should be noted that it is not universal. In other places, having the time, the space, the electricity or gas, to home cook a meal is the luxury, and eating out is the default.

The parent post did not make a claim of universality.

I don't really understand this implicit criticism of lack of explicit completeness thing that goes around on Hacker News but I wish people would do it less.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by totallywrong » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

One of the things I absolutely love about the country I live in is the culture of the daily menu. Every day you get a different, grandma-like soup, main course, fresh juice, and small desert. Nearly every restaurant does this for the equivalent of 4 - 6 dollars (I'm in LATAM). Eating that well would be otherwise impossible for me as I don't enjoy cooking at all.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by ghaff » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

flyinghamster wrote: post #250

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…

> I haven't ordered a pizza in 3+ years. Even building a pizza up from a prepared crust is way better than frozen. My mother needs gluten-free, and there was a GF frozen pizza we liked that a local store carried. But then it disappeared, and I decided to try building my own from a GF crust. The home-built pizza was so much better that there's no going back - not to mention the opportunity to try different toppings.

I haven't done it in a while but the flatbread pizza crusts/naan that at least in the stores around me make a good base for a superfast pizza that's definitely better than the frozen pizzas I very periodically try and am disappointed in. Using sliced through French bread is another good option.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by de6u99er » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

I got myself a cooking robot (Bosch Cookit). All I have to do is buy ingredients, follow the instructions on the display, and put it to the dishwasher after cooking.

The recipes are easy to follow, very tasty and most of them are healthy.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by MengerSponge » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:25 PM UTC

slothtrop wrote: post #274

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…

This is increasingly difficult as you have more mouths to feed. Not only would you need to produce a very high yield, you need the space for it. The balance for us is to make only 2-3 separate dinner meals per week and have leftovers. That way we have some variety but don't have to cook every night (plus when we do cook, we don't mind spending the extra time for a delicious meal. If you're cooking on a time constrain…

It's increasingly difficult to prep more meals. The difference between one and two or three is vanishingly small though. For me (active adult male) I can prep up to six meals at a time. More than that would require a larger pressure cooker and a lot more fridge space.

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Post by bemusedthrow75 » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:26 PM UTC

Melatonic wrote: post #287

fragmede wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it should be noted that it is not universal. In other places, having the time, the space, the electricity or gas, to home cook a meal is the luxury, and eating out is the default.

Where is this the case ?

To be fair to that point there are maybe a hundred million people around the world living in tiny places without much more than a hotplate or rice cooker, or working in factory dormitories and having no control over the food they eat.

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Post by HAMSHAMA » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:27 PM UTC

Melatonic wrote: post #287

fragmede wrote: post #214

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it should be noted that it is not universal. In other places, having the time, the space, the electricity or gas, to home cook a meal is the luxury, and eating out is the default.

Where is this the case ?

Large Chinese cities are like this. So many street vendors are both a cause and an outcome of this state.

Re: The Sad Bastard Cookbook

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Post by PopAlongKid » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:28 PM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #119

Eisenstein wrote: post #60

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With an Instant Pot, an induction burner, and a toaster oven you can make anything that would require a normal kitchen, just in smaller portions (as in, you aren't cooking a whole turkey or a giant casserole).

On that note, I've been wondering about the recent hype about "air fryers", which - best I can tell, after looking into it repeatedly - are basically countertop, underpowered version of fan ovens that have been, in my life, a standard appliance in every kitchen I've ever seen. But maybe it's a sign of worsening economical prospects of the generation - people no longer own, only rent, increasingly worse quality apartm…

My stove came with "convection bake" and "convection roast" settings on the oven. Then some time after purchase I was offered to download an "air fryer" mode, but I would have to enable the wifi connection on my stove and use a smartphone app, which I do not want to do. Am I really missing much? Can a full-size home oven also be an effective air-fryer?

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Post by ASNRAlpha » Sun, Aug 06, 2023, 2:29 PM UTC

Bystander22 wrote: post #281

VoodooJuJu wrote: post #227

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We had other solutions for a while too: get married and have one person do the more-than-fulltime job of homemaking. But that role disappeared because corporations needed more cheap worker-units and politicians needed more GDP, so they rode each others' coattails to eliminate that role. With each homemaker now a worker-unit, there are twice as many worker-units but employee costs are the same, household income is the…

>have one person do the more-than-fulltime job of homemaking. This was almost always the woman. >disappeared because corporations needed Also because women did not like the absolute dedication of their lives to homemaking as a default. They wanted the freedom to join the paying workforce, and wanted equal pay for their work (still waiting on that). There's some truth in your comment, but it glosses over the very real…

These power structures have existed for millennia, so this abstracted idea that women wanting to step out of their traditional gender roles ONLY in the last century is a bit arbitrary.

It makes much more sense that because the ruling class wanted a bigger work force they sanctioned for (or at the very least turn a blind eye) women’s role in the work force.