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..how are you cooking eggs that they're done in under a minute? The only way I can think of that stands any chance is by frying, which is hardly the healthiest

..how are you cooking eggs that they're done in under a minute? The only way I can think of that stands any chance is by frying, which is hardly the healthiest option. Soft-boiling an egg takes me six minutes, plus the time to heat the water. About quarter of an hour all in, at a guess. As for a burger, when I cook one of those it's an absolute minimum of half an hour start to finish - peeling & chopping the onions & garlic, dicing the bacon, mixing it all together with the beef, cooking it properly.. I can easily take up an hour. You seem to be confusing "Microwave crap from a packet" with preparation of decent food.

ricardobeat 13y ago
Frying is totally fine if you use no (or little) oil and a non-stick pan. I wouldn't consider making burgers a fast-prep food, but you can chop up an onion and clean the board in under two minutes. Skip the bacon. Actually, skip the onion too, just slice it up and brown a little for use as a topping, the best burgers are pure meat. Grilling, browning the bun and assembly takes another 10 minutes. A good titanium pan is clean in 30 seconds. Freeze a dozen patties and you can have a lot of instant meals. I do cook a lot so am used to doing things reasonably fast, but I can't really see the argument for soylent saving time. You need breaks from work/activities anyway; besides, cooking can be relaxing, and is a great time to catch up on a podcast/video you've been saving for when you have the time, so it doesn't have to be completely "wasted".
6d0debc071 13y ago
> ..how are you cooking eggs that they're done in under a minute? The only way I can think of that stands any chance is by frying, which is hardly the healthiest option. Soft-boiling an egg takes me six minutes, plus the time to heat I've got ~5 minutes here: Boil water in kettle ~2 minutes Place in pan on hot ring on hob with eggs, comes to boil ~.5 minutes Boil until cooked ~3 minutes - add a minute or two if you prefer hard boiled And it doesn't require you to be standing over it so if you take away the time you can be absent that's going to take you down to more like 3 minutes.
- mrb 13y ago
  A hard boiled egg is 10min in boiling water. None of your times include: time to clean dishes, time to eat and chew solid food, time to go out to a restaurant to eat, etc. You guys quoting "X minutes to cook food" really don't look at the big picture of all the steps that are saved by just having to drink a pre-made substance.
  - 6d0debc071 13y ago
    > time to clean dishes, Dishwasher, not worth measuring. You do it when you walk back to the kitchen after the meal. And you'd have to clean the glass from your drink anyway. Or walk back to the kitchen to throw the bottle away and then you've got the time for throwing the extra trash away. > time to eat and chew solid food, Not mutually exclusive with that many other things that I'd be doing at home. Hard to really count it as a loss.

ricardobeat 13y ago

Frying is totally fine if you use no (or little) oil and a non-stick pan. I wouldn't consider making burgers a fast-prep food, but you can chop up an onion and clean the board in under two minutes. Skip the bacon. Actually, skip the onion too, just slice it up and brown a little for use as a topping, the best burgers are pure meat. Grilling, browning the bun and assembly takes another 10 minutes. A good titanium pan is clean in 30 seconds. Freeze a dozen patties and you can have a lot of instant meals. I do cook a lot so am used to doing things reasonably fast, but I can't really see the argument for soylent saving time. You need breaks from work/activities anyway; besides, cooking can be relaxing, and is a great time to catch up on a podcast/video you've been saving for when you have the time, so it doesn't have to be completely "wasted".

6d0debc071 13y ago

> ..how are you cooking eggs that they're done in under a minute? The only way I can think of that stands any chance is by frying, which is hardly the healthiest option. Soft-boiling an egg takes me six minutes, plus the time to heat I've got ~5 minutes here: Boil water in kettle ~2 minutes Place in pan on hot ring on hob with eggs, comes to boil ~.5 minutes Boil until cooked ~3 minutes - add a minute or two if you prefer hard boiled And it doesn't require you to be standing over it so if you take away the time you can be absent that's going to take you down to more like 3 minutes.

mrb 13y ago
A hard boiled egg is 10min in boiling water. None of your times include: time to clean dishes, time to eat and chew solid food, time to go out to a restaurant to eat, etc. You guys quoting "X minutes to cook food" really don't look at the big picture of all the steps that are saved by just having to drink a pre-made substance.
- 6d0debc071 13y ago
  > time to clean dishes, Dishwasher, not worth measuring. You do it when you walk back to the kitchen after the meal. And you'd have to clean the glass from your drink anyway. Or walk back to the kitchen to throw the bottle away and then you've got the time for throwing the extra trash away. > time to eat and chew solid food, Not mutually exclusive with that many other things that I'd be doing at home. Hard to really count it as a loss.