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As a broke PhD student, my conclusion was that I just need to cook more. As pointed out in the article, the ingredients cost a small fraction of the price of th

As a broke PhD student, my conclusion was that I just need to cook more. As pointed out in the article, the ingredients cost a small fraction of the price of the dish. Yes, its a bit time consuming but its also interesting to make different dishes, and many things like lasagna or biriyani can be batch cooked. There's a lot of really interesting dishes that don't take a whole lot of time per portion.

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6510 3mo ago
I would argue that if building one thing is cheaper per unit than building 100 there is something fishy going on. You aren't even good at cooking!
- broken-kebab 3mo ago
  Manual labor may as easy be more expensive at scale, not cheaper. Then if you really read the article there are tax/regulatory expenses which you are spared of as an individual.
  - 6510 3mo ago
    You are suppose to collect tax and use it to improve and stabilize quality of life. Here it is used to punish people for trying to feed themselves, used to squeeze restaurants out of existence and used to punish social life. The vat alone is twice what the restaurant makes and it requires keeping track of everything to calculate it. You cant sell me on the idea this benefits the economy.
    - broken-kebab 3mo ago
      >You cant sell me on the idea this benefits the economy. But I don't say anything like that. Surely, the UK (and many other countries) both overtaxing, and overregulating restaurants to the point they have either to cut every corner to detriment of visitors experience or find a place in some expensive niche.
- collingreen 3mo ago
  If the restaurant made only one dish and employed a skeleton crew reheating it from frozen because it was made in enormous batches then yeah they might be able to reduce the cost so far below you doing it at home that they can pay the other restaurant overhead and still come out on top. That's a lot different than running a full service restaurant though.
DangitBobby 3mo ago
If you like Indian food, you can make absolutely gigantic batches of curry in the instant pot for low effort (stove top also viable requires a bit more attention), then freeze or refrigerate the curry and serve it with rice or protein of choice at your leisure. Awesome for college students because you can make not-quite restaurant quality food with very limited kitchen supplies.

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6510 3mo ago

I would argue that if building one thing is cheaper per unit than building 100 there is something fishy going on. You aren't even good at cooking!

broken-kebab 3mo ago
Manual labor may as easy be more expensive at scale, not cheaper. Then if you really read the article there are tax/regulatory expenses which you are spared of as an individual.
- 6510 3mo ago
  You are suppose to collect tax and use it to improve and stabilize quality of life. Here it is used to punish people for trying to feed themselves, used to squeeze restaurants out of existence and used to punish social life. The vat alone is twice what the restaurant makes and it requires keeping track of everything to calculate it. You cant sell me on the idea this benefits the economy.
  - broken-kebab 3mo ago
    >You cant sell me on the idea this benefits the economy. But I don't say anything like that. Surely, the UK (and many other countries) both overtaxing, and overregulating restaurants to the point they have either to cut every corner to detriment of visitors experience or find a place in some expensive niche.
collingreen 3mo ago
If the restaurant made only one dish and employed a skeleton crew reheating it from frozen because it was made in enormous batches then yeah they might be able to reduce the cost so far below you doing it at home that they can pay the other restaurant overhead and still come out on top. That's a lot different than running a full service restaurant though.

DangitBobby 3mo ago

If you like Indian food, you can make absolutely gigantic batches of curry in the instant pot for low effort (stove top also viable requires a bit more attention), then freeze or refrigerate the curry and serve it with rice or protein of choice at your leisure. Awesome for college students because you can make not-quite restaurant quality food with very limited kitchen supplies.