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Are you kidding me, how many people do you know who can put together a decent meal, let alone a tasty meal. Combined with the fact that people will stress-eat a

Are you kidding me, how many people do you know who can put together a decent meal, let alone a tasty meal. Combined with the fact that people will stress-eat and stress-drink delivery food and liquor sales will experience a big-time boom.

brailsafe 7y ago
Quite a few actually. Cooking isn't that difficult.
- dylan604 7y ago
  While cooking isn't that difficult, that biggest thing I think people will run into is just not being equipped. I have known several people that enjoyed eating out all of the time and never spent time equipping the kitchen. Sure, your basic pots and pans, but not measuring cups or spoons, mixing bowls, etc. Forks, spoons, butter knives on hand, but not a decent paring knife or chef's knife. I'm not talking stand mixers and food processors, but basic equipment that makes cooking easier and not frustrating. It's no wonder wedding registries are full of kitchen items.
  - sharadov 7y ago
    Absolutely, it takes quite a bit of effort to build out even a small kitchen.
    - brailsafe 7y ago
      I think it's only in retrospect that it seems that way. Over time, you buy stuff as your needs change and you get a bunch of kitchen stuff. It takes very little energy and money to get some basic cheap gear together
  - brailsafe 7y ago
    Ya but you barely need those things for most cooking below a certain level, and in a time where you have no choice, it's okay to be a little frustrated. You can then go buy stuff as necessary.. probably. I have a tiny kitchen with a single very basic pot and some super shitty baking sheets that I got from a thrift store, IKEA chef/paring knives, a mediocre damaged Henckels from Craigslist, and some mediocre non-stick skillets. All in probably $50. Ya, I might like a ~$120 French or Japanese chef knife, and maybe a nicer pot, but it's absolutely fine. My actual chef friend came by recently and made a killer meal with little trouble.
bryanrasmussen 7y ago
maybe it's because I live in Denmark and my wife's family is Italian, but I guess the answer to how many people I know is essentially everyone I know (even the younger 20 year olds at my work) and the answer to am I kidding you is no. I admit when I lived in the U.S the answer might have been less but it was probably still "lots of people", I have generally been the worst cook I know and I can still put together about a dozen decent meals. on edit: but note that I did say the spur left was the tastiness of delivered food so actually I am confused as to are you kidding me based on inability to produce tasty food?
- sharadov 7y ago
  You and I probably move in different circles. I love cooking and am pretty serious about good food, so my bar must be high. But I know less than 10% people who can make good meals.

brailsafe 7y ago

Quite a few actually. Cooking isn't that difficult.

dylan604 7y ago
While cooking isn't that difficult, that biggest thing I think people will run into is just not being equipped. I have known several people that enjoyed eating out all of the time and never spent time equipping the kitchen. Sure, your basic pots and pans, but not measuring cups or spoons, mixing bowls, etc. Forks, spoons, butter knives on hand, but not a decent paring knife or chef's knife. I'm not talking stand mixers and food processors, but basic equipment that makes cooking easier and not frustrating. It's no wonder wedding registries are full of kitchen items.
- sharadov 7y ago
  Absolutely, it takes quite a bit of effort to build out even a small kitchen.
  - brailsafe 7y ago
    I think it's only in retrospect that it seems that way. Over time, you buy stuff as your needs change and you get a bunch of kitchen stuff. It takes very little energy and money to get some basic cheap gear together
- brailsafe 7y ago
  Ya but you barely need those things for most cooking below a certain level, and in a time where you have no choice, it's okay to be a little frustrated. You can then go buy stuff as necessary.. probably. I have a tiny kitchen with a single very basic pot and some super shitty baking sheets that I got from a thrift store, IKEA chef/paring knives, a mediocre damaged Henckels from Craigslist, and some mediocre non-stick skillets. All in probably $50. Ya, I might like a ~$120 French or Japanese chef knife, and maybe a nicer pot, but it's absolutely fine. My actual chef friend came by recently and made a killer meal with little trouble.

bryanrasmussen 7y ago

maybe it's because I live in Denmark and my wife's family is Italian, but I guess the answer to how many people I know is essentially everyone I know (even the younger 20 year olds at my work) and the answer to am I kidding you is no. I admit when I lived in the U.S the answer might have been less but it was probably still "lots of people", I have generally been the worst cook I know and I can still put together about a dozen decent meals. on edit: but note that I did say the spur left was the tastiness of delivered food so actually I am confused as to are you kidding me based on inability to produce tasty food?

sharadov 7y ago
You and I probably move in different circles. I love cooking and am pretty serious about good food, so my bar must be high. But I know less than 10% people who can make good meals.