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This article is premature. There are many regions still either under partial lockdown or where people remain uneasy about going out. These trends may be interes

This article is premature. There are many regions still either under partial lockdown or where people remain uneasy about going out. These trends may be interesting if they continue a year from now, but it's too early to tell.

slg 6y ago
"For good" is often used to mean a permanent change, but the context here is using "for good" as in an improvement which isn't necessarily permanent. Either way, that is sloppy writing and the intention should have been made clearer with a slight rephrasing like "for the better".
- addicted 6y ago
  I read it as permanent as well. Your interpretation makes more sense but is still not accurate because I hardly think a value judgment that cooking at home more is better, for example, is necessarily valid. And I say this as someone who cooked nearly every meal at home not because I needed to but enjoyed it.
pen2l 6y ago
I'd like to offer you my anecdote, suggesting this will have lasting effects: it forced me to learn cooking! My folks have commented on this a lot, I really stepped up my cooking game in this confinement. I've learned how to make a lot of pasta sauces, and how to do them _easily and quickly_, etc. The key was learning it well enough to become comfortable with it so that it doesn't loom as some esoteric activity which will eat some unknown amount of time. Moreover, I crossed the point of being good enough that now it's one of the activities I enjoy... and I'm now intrigued about general principles rather than wracking my brain over strictly, unconfidently following recipes to a tee. Basically, it forced me to get on the right track of starting a wonderful adventure.
- mntmn 6y ago
  Mind to share some good pasta sauce ideas?
  - pen2l 6y ago
    Of course! Marianara sauce: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015987-classic-marinara-sauce https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015987-classic-marinara... You'd have to buy a san marazano can and spaghetti for this, a couple bucks each, and you can store each for quite a while. You can add meatballs in it if you're not a vegetarian. Pesto sauce: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/07/best-pesto-recipe.html https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/07/best-pesto-recip... You might balk at the idea of having fresh basil... I would argue it's one of the things you really need in your life! Buy a small plant, it'll run you 3-4 dollars (if that). Keep it by your window sil so it gets some sunshine, and it looks pretty, and the responsibility of having to water it is calming and enjoyable. A whit'ish sauce: https://lilluna.com/creamy-garlic-penne-pasta/ https://lilluna.com/creamy-garlic-penne-pasta/ It really gets fun when you get fancy with it. I often add whatever vegetable I have at hand (e.g. , get some cumin seeds and bay leaves heated up in some olive oil, add some onions/garlic into this oil... and whatever spices you like and can handle (I'm partial to a bit of cayenne pepper, paprika, ground cumin), and finally add your $VEGETABLE). Add this to your pasta sauce.
    - mntmn 6y ago
      Nice inspirations, thank you!
    - ironchef 6y ago
      Non basil pesto is also amazing. Some of my faves are with flat parsley (more spicy notes), ramps (not in season right now obvi), and mint pistachio
    - ghaff 6y ago
      Also Spaghetti Carbonara is super-easy if you're OK with bacon :-). Can also toss in some quickly defrosted frozen shrimp to many recipes. A lot of quick spaghetti recipes.
  - 6y ago
- spaginal 6y ago
  I’m a very proficient cook, but I’ve learned, with 3 young sons, work, stressful days, sometimes going out to eat is a Godsend. I enjoy it when I can take a night off, where I can do nothing but play crossword puzzles with my kids while drinking a beer, waiting for a great meal, it is one of life’s simple and stress free joys.
- smoe 6y ago
  First days of quarantine, but it being clear that this is going to take a while (Living in Colombia, most of the world has already been hit at this point), I realized that this might well be the easiest time for the rest of my life to change habits because of just how influential your environment is on those. But it could change as easily for the good as well as the bad. Thus I made a very concentrated effort for the good even tough work was incredibly stressful at the time. Stopped smoking cold (after 15ish years), more physically active outdoors (also to deal with loneliness and confinement living alone far from family in a large city), daily, much more money/time effective and healthier cooking (I used to mostly only do very elaborate fancy dishes on weekends), more focus on hobbies like music and painting. Personally it looks like the lock-down which is still ongoing almost 20 weeks in, will have a long lasting positive impact on my life. But unfortunately I also know a couple of people who went in the exact other direction. So I think there will definitely be impact on society, but it is too early to tell whether overall positive, negative or neutral.
- nemo44x 6y ago
  That’s great. Iv’e been cooking often for about 6 years now and when you get to the point where you’re more about technique than trying to follow a recipe it’s great. You stop worrying about if something is done yet, you learn to improvise, and you get a feel for when to do things and what to add, etc. Another nice side effect is you end up getting really good at making basic things quickly too. And you get an instinct for where you can cheat and when to do the work.
mindslight 6y ago
Srslywtf? Why is this article talking as if Covid-19 is anywhere near over? If the graphs were focused on say New Zealand I could understand, but taking the world as a whole (and the US specifically) we're still in the thick of it. I certainly do look forward to having beers and dinner out at a restaurant some time. That time is just well into 2021, iff we are lucky.

slg 6y ago

"For good" is often used to mean a permanent change, but the context here is using "for good" as in an improvement which isn't necessarily permanent. Either way, that is sloppy writing and the intention should have been made clearer with a slight rephrasing like "for the better".

addicted 6y ago
I read it as permanent as well. Your interpretation makes more sense but is still not accurate because I hardly think a value judgment that cooking at home more is better, for example, is necessarily valid. And I say this as someone who cooked nearly every meal at home not because I needed to but enjoyed it.

pen2l 6y ago

I'd like to offer you my anecdote, suggesting this will have lasting effects: it forced me to learn cooking! My folks have commented on this a lot, I really stepped up my cooking game in this confinement. I've learned how to make a lot of pasta sauces, and how to do them _easily and quickly_, etc. The key was learning it well enough to become comfortable with it so that it doesn't loom as some esoteric activity which will eat some unknown amount of time. Moreover, I crossed the point of being good enough that now it's one of the activities I enjoy... and I'm now intrigued about general principles rather than wracking my brain over strictly, unconfidently following recipes to a tee. Basically, it forced me to get on the right track of starting a wonderful adventure.

mntmn 6y ago
Mind to share some good pasta sauce ideas?
- pen2l 6y ago
  Of course! Marianara sauce: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015987-classic-marinara-sauce https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015987-classic-marinara... You'd have to buy a san marazano can and spaghetti for this, a couple bucks each, and you can store each for quite a while. You can add meatballs in it if you're not a vegetarian. Pesto sauce: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/07/best-pesto-recipe.html https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/07/best-pesto-recip... You might balk at the idea of having fresh basil... I would argue it's one of the things you really need in your life! Buy a small plant, it'll run you 3-4 dollars (if that). Keep it by your window sil so it gets some sunshine, and it looks pretty, and the responsibility of having to water it is calming and enjoyable. A whit'ish sauce: https://lilluna.com/creamy-garlic-penne-pasta/ https://lilluna.com/creamy-garlic-penne-pasta/ It really gets fun when you get fancy with it. I often add whatever vegetable I have at hand (e.g. , get some cumin seeds and bay leaves heated up in some olive oil, add some onions/garlic into this oil... and whatever spices you like and can handle (I'm partial to a bit of cayenne pepper, paprika, ground cumin), and finally add your $VEGETABLE). Add this to your pasta sauce.
  - mntmn 6y ago
    Nice inspirations, thank you!
  - ironchef 6y ago
    Non basil pesto is also amazing. Some of my faves are with flat parsley (more spicy notes), ramps (not in season right now obvi), and mint pistachio
  - ghaff 6y ago
    Also Spaghetti Carbonara is super-easy if you're OK with bacon :-). Can also toss in some quickly defrosted frozen shrimp to many recipes. A lot of quick spaghetti recipes.
- 6y ago
spaginal 6y ago
I’m a very proficient cook, but I’ve learned, with 3 young sons, work, stressful days, sometimes going out to eat is a Godsend. I enjoy it when I can take a night off, where I can do nothing but play crossword puzzles with my kids while drinking a beer, waiting for a great meal, it is one of life’s simple and stress free joys.
smoe 6y ago
First days of quarantine, but it being clear that this is going to take a while (Living in Colombia, most of the world has already been hit at this point), I realized that this might well be the easiest time for the rest of my life to change habits because of just how influential your environment is on those. But it could change as easily for the good as well as the bad. Thus I made a very concentrated effort for the good even tough work was incredibly stressful at the time. Stopped smoking cold (after 15ish years), more physically active outdoors (also to deal with loneliness and confinement living alone far from family in a large city), daily, much more money/time effective and healthier cooking (I used to mostly only do very elaborate fancy dishes on weekends), more focus on hobbies like music and painting. Personally it looks like the lock-down which is still ongoing almost 20 weeks in, will have a long lasting positive impact on my life. But unfortunately I also know a couple of people who went in the exact other direction. So I think there will definitely be impact on society, but it is too early to tell whether overall positive, negative or neutral.
nemo44x 6y ago
That’s great. Iv’e been cooking often for about 6 years now and when you get to the point where you’re more about technique than trying to follow a recipe it’s great. You stop worrying about if something is done yet, you learn to improvise, and you get a feel for when to do things and what to add, etc. Another nice side effect is you end up getting really good at making basic things quickly too. And you get an instinct for where you can cheat and when to do the work.

mindslight 6y ago

Srslywtf? Why is this article talking as if Covid-19 is anywhere near over? If the graphs were focused on say New Zealand I could understand, but taking the world as a whole (and the US specifically) we're still in the thick of it. I certainly do look forward to having beers and dinner out at a restaurant some time. That time is just well into 2021, iff we are lucky.