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In the same vein, brushing your teeth is more work than not, cleaning the table is more work than leaving it, etc. I dunno, I don't subscribe to this 'hyper-op

In the same vein, brushing your teeth is more work than not, cleaning the table is more work than leaving it, etc. I dunno, I don't subscribe to this 'hyper-optimize all the things' mindset, you're already in the kitchen anyway, it's a normal thing for humans to do.

dragonwriter 7y ago
> In the same vein, brushing your teeth is more work than not, cleaning the table is more work than leaving it, etc. Yeah, and it would be wrong to suggest the opposite, just as it was when you did it for homemade sauce.
- esotericn 7y ago
  My specific quote: > It barely takes longer than emptying a jar. Because it doesn't. Making pasta takes the same amount of time either way. You know just as well as I do that this is silly, we both exist in the real world and know how long things take, and you know the point I'm trying to make. Realistically people don't do these things because it's not habit, or because their workplace has no cooking facilites, not because of some epsilon seconds longer on meal prep or whatever.
  - dragonwriter 7y ago
    > Making pasta takes the same amount of time either way. Making the complete dish does not take the same amount of time either way, even ignoring added cleanup; the prep+cooking time of a from-scratch sauce is greater than the time it takes to boil water and cook the pasta (while bringing premade sauce to temperature does not), so even though it can be parallelized (which may be problematic if you are already multitasking, e.g., supervising children while making dinner, as a prepping and cooking a from-scratch sauce also takes more attention than reheating premade), it definitely adds before-serving time. It also adds cleanup time. I’ve got two young kids, and cook pasta with premade sauces (often, sauce I previously made from scratch, but sometimes store bought) and with scratch-made-at-the-same-time sauces each fairly regularly. > Realistically people don't do these things because it's not habit, or because their workplace has no cooking facilites, not because of some epsilon seconds longer on meal prep or whatever. I did nothing but scratch-made sauces, mostly in parallel with cooking the pasta, for several years before having kids; I now use store bought between a third and half the time. It's absolutely because of the delta in work involved, which is not mere seconds.

dragonwriter 7y ago

> In the same vein, brushing your teeth is more work than not, cleaning the table is more work than leaving it, etc. Yeah, and it would be wrong to suggest the opposite, just as it was when you did it for homemade sauce.

esotericn 7y ago
My specific quote: > It barely takes longer than emptying a jar. Because it doesn't. Making pasta takes the same amount of time either way. You know just as well as I do that this is silly, we both exist in the real world and know how long things take, and you know the point I'm trying to make. Realistically people don't do these things because it's not habit, or because their workplace has no cooking facilites, not because of some epsilon seconds longer on meal prep or whatever.
- dragonwriter 7y ago
  > Making pasta takes the same amount of time either way. Making the complete dish does not take the same amount of time either way, even ignoring added cleanup; the prep+cooking time of a from-scratch sauce is greater than the time it takes to boil water and cook the pasta (while bringing premade sauce to temperature does not), so even though it can be parallelized (which may be problematic if you are already multitasking, e.g., supervising children while making dinner, as a prepping and cooking a from-scratch sauce also takes more attention than reheating premade), it definitely adds before-serving time. It also adds cleanup time. I’ve got two young kids, and cook pasta with premade sauces (often, sauce I previously made from scratch, but sometimes store bought) and with scratch-made-at-the-same-time sauces each fairly regularly. > Realistically people don't do these things because it's not habit, or because their workplace has no cooking facilites, not because of some epsilon seconds longer on meal prep or whatever. I did nothing but scratch-made sauces, mostly in parallel with cooking the pasta, for several years before having kids; I now use store bought between a third and half the time. It's absolutely because of the delta in work involved, which is not mere seconds.