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Sure - but the point is that the original commenter is using an extreme as though it was typical or necessary, when it is clearly not. I have a curry recipe th
by zepto 5y ago
Sure - but the point is that the original commenter is using an extreme as though it was typical or necessary, when it is clearly not.
I have a curry recipe that takes about 3 hours to execute, however it makes about 20 portions which can then be frozen, and reheated. That’s 9 minutes per portion, and reheating it along with some rice from a rice cooker takes 5-6 minutes of attention. I.e. 15 minutes per meal.
My lunch today will be pan fried salmon with crispy skin, a baked potato, and lettuce.
The potato takes at most 2 minutes to scrub and put into a toaster oven. It takes about 2 minutes to rinse and select a few lettuce leaves. The salmon takes about 10 minutes to pin-bone, season, and cook isolaterally. Again, around 15 minutes.
I learned the salmon cooking technique from watching a 10 minute Gordon Ramsay YouTube video. This stuff isn’t rocket science. You don’t have to spend 7 hours a day cooking, but you do have to accumulate learned techniques steadily over time, just like with anything you want to do yourself.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoOur family relies a lot on frozen Tilapia that can be fried up easily enough in a non-stick. It isn't rocket since, 7 hours is an exaggeration (for the USA at least), but...there is surely a better way to do this food preparation thing (outsource to businesses who can scale up and specialize in it, like we did in Roman times).
- zepto 5y agoSure - I mean where I live DoorDash can provide me with a healthy meal within 30 minutes. It’s just more expensive.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoYes, that is the problem with the USA. But surely there must be some room for disruption here: food that can be prepared more economically than you could by yourself. It has happened in other countries (even Switzerland has lots of nice cafeterias that are very competitive with home preparation), why not here?
- zepto 5y agoYes, I agree with the general idea. Conceptually I call this an ‘eating house’ rather than a restaurant. In my neighborhood this need is served by Taquerias.