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It's true that many tasty meals can be rather quick. I used phrases like "it can be" and "a lot of dishes" specifically to avoid creating a false dichotomy. So
by geetee 13y ago
It's true that many tasty meals can be rather quick. I used phrases like "it can be" and "a lot of dishes" specifically to avoid creating a false dichotomy.
Sometimes I get bored of pan-seared salmon filet with sauce-of-the-week and microwave-steamed fresh broccoli. After the umpteenth time, I'm not deriving pleasure from the cooking process.
The cook in bulk recommendation is front-loading a time commitment for the kind of freedom something like Soylent would permit without sacrificing part of your weekend. I cook in bulk every so often, but blow half my weekend every week? Not a chance.
- rosser 13y agoI cook in bulk every so often, but blow half my weekend every week? And now you're straw-manning. Cooking in bulk generally takes only marginally more time than cooking the same thing for a single meal.
- geetee 13y agoIf you're talking about filling up a slow cooker to the brim and letting it roll, sure, you can do that. I personally rather drink Soylent if that's the meal we're shooting for. For example: If you want to do a stew or chili right, you need to brown the meat. You need to do it in batches to avoid crowding the pan. Batches take time.
- jacques_chester 13y ago> After the umpteenth time, I'm not deriving pleasure from the cooking process. Learn a new dish. "After watching Batman Begins every night for 4 months straight, I got a bit bored with it". Watch a new movie. > blow half my weekend every week? Yet another false dichotomy. As I said above, many dishes can be cooked without supervision. Cook one or two of those. On nights when you feel like cooking fresh, cook fresh. Otherwise pull the stew, curry, chilli, ragu etc etc etc out of the freezer and heat it up. It's just not that hard. And cost:reward vs drinking sour white water seems pretty good to me.
- Cushman 13y ago> Watch a new movie. What? Why do I have to watch a movie?
- jacques_chester 13y agoYou're right. I could just watch the static instead. It contains about as much intellectual content, is quite soothing and has a much lower environmental footprint.
- Cushman 13y agoI don't understand this metaphor at all. I want do go do something else. Shoot, maybe I want to go cook an elaborate and delicious meal! Why are you forcing me to watch anything?
- jacques_chester 13y agoRepetitive food -> Repetitive Batman Static -> Unfilling, sour tasting water
- Cushman 13y agoBut you understand that you don't have to sit there staring at the shake for as long as it would take you to cook a meal, right? You just drink it? Look, however fast and easy it is to make your fast and easy meals, not having to do that is faster and easier. You've already granted the premise that it makes sense, sometimes, to sacrifice complexity of meals for reduced preparation time. Why shouldn't there be very simple options below "some preparation required", if someone wants them? And why are you clinging to this metaphor that asserts that such an option is physically impossible?
- jacques_chester 13y agoI've actually been drinking a meal replacement shake (flavoured casein, oats, psyllium, freeze dried fruit/vegetable powder) for lunch most days for the past year and a half. So yes, I understand the mechanics of making them. I would still prefer to cook and eat real food or -- this might surprise you -- pay someone else a small premium to cook for me. This sub-sub-thread started over a repetitive meal. Replacing it with a bland soup is hardly going to be an improvement. > And why are you clinging to this metaphor that asserts that such an option is physically impossible? I don't follow you on this.
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- DanBC 13y agoI can just about understand that some people don't have any decent food options at the workplace. They work somewhere small, and there are no local food providers, and any food available is terrible junk. You have the options of remember to buy nice food that you can take into work, or taking a liquid food. The liquid food might not be tasty, but ensures you're not eating trash and are getting some nutrients. And, from there, I get that there's a link between Soylent and YC, and so people are really keen to see them do well. But I can't understand why people seem to ignore the very many brands of liquid feed already being made, which have undergone serious testing.