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You've missed the point of fast. It's not about attentive time, it's about total time and not cooking. What you suggest fails on all counts. People who want

You've missed the point of fast. It's not about attentive time, it's about total time and not cooking. What you suggest fails on all counts. People who want fast want it because they're in a hurry, often because they're running late for something. They don't have time to boil water or prep a steak. Love my foreman, but it takes a solid 4 minutes cook time and 10 minutes rest time to make a proper steak, that's not fast.

IanCal 13y ago
> They don't have time to boil water I refuse to live a life where I regularly cannot find time to boil water. That's just absolute insanity. > but it takes a solid 4 minutes cook time and 10 minutes rest time to make a proper steak, that's not fast. If we're comparing it against eating soylent, then I don't think resting it is going to be vital. An unrested steak is still tasty, which means we're talking about 4 minutes. Maybe we've got vastly different ideas of "quick".
- gnaritas 13y ago
  > I refuse to live a life where I regularly cannot find time to boil water. That's just absolute insanity. That's fine for you; others don't want to have to take that time just to refuel. We don't all think of eating as an event or a treat, it's often just a burden of being biological. > An unrested steak is still tasty, which means we're talking about 4 minutes. Then we seriously disagree about the proper way to make a steak. :)
  - IanCal 13y ago
    > We don't all think of eating as an event or a treat, it's often just a burden of being biological. Boiling a kettle is so burdensome it's only done by those looking for a treat or some special event? I'd understand if we were talking about preparing a roast (I still think that takes very little time out of a day), but boiling a kettle or frying a steak? These are things that can be done while thinking, reading, playing air guitar. I mean seriously we're talking about very small parts of a day here. > Then we seriously disagree about the proper way to make a steak. :) Well we're talking about people who seem to find boiling an egg such an ordeal they're giving up food altogether as it's a "burden of being biological", I don't think the difference is going to be a deal-breaker.
    - gnaritas 13y ago
      Do you fail to understand what "in a hurry" means? Slapping together a sandwich is fast, microwaving something is fast, cooking is not fast. I could be out the door before the water even warms up. > Well we're talking about people who seem to find boiling an egg such an ordeal they're giving up food altogether as it's a "burden of being biological", I don't think the difference is going to be a deal-breaker. Yes it would be, eating a meal replacement doesn't change the way I like my food prepared and an un-rested steak is just awful IMHO.
      - IanCal 13y ago
        > Do you fail to understand what "in a hurry" means? The original question was "I have not been able to find a breakfast food that's quick, tastes ok, and isn't high in carbs.", not "What can I make in less than 20 seconds?". You introduced that I'm saying if you're regularly in such a hurry then you're doing things wrong. This is an extreme hurry. Yes, yes, every so often you'll sleep through an alarm and need to run out of the door but if you're always doing this then something is very wrong with your schedule. > Yes it would be, eating a meal replacement doesn't change the way I like my food prepared and an un-rested steak is just awful IMHO. Well then you might have to plan in an entire 10 minutes of reading or coding into your schedule. Shocking I know, but such is the terrible price of haute cuisine. I really don't get how this is such a terrible thing. Read HN? Steak on, read a couple of stories, take steak off, go through a docker tut or read more, eat. That's the amount of time required to have steak for breakfast. Or start reading your emails, or coding, or ... Or cook something other than steak. Bacon and eggs on toast, or just bacon and eggs. You can even take it with you if you don't have time to eat at home.

IanCal 13y ago

> They don't have time to boil water I refuse to live a life where I regularly cannot find time to boil water. That's just absolute insanity. > but it takes a solid 4 minutes cook time and 10 minutes rest time to make a proper steak, that's not fast. If we're comparing it against eating soylent, then I don't think resting it is going to be vital. An unrested steak is still tasty, which means we're talking about 4 minutes. Maybe we've got vastly different ideas of "quick".

gnaritas 13y ago
> I refuse to live a life where I regularly cannot find time to boil water. That's just absolute insanity. That's fine for you; others don't want to have to take that time just to refuel. We don't all think of eating as an event or a treat, it's often just a burden of being biological. > An unrested steak is still tasty, which means we're talking about 4 minutes. Then we seriously disagree about the proper way to make a steak. :)
- IanCal 13y ago
  > We don't all think of eating as an event or a treat, it's often just a burden of being biological. Boiling a kettle is so burdensome it's only done by those looking for a treat or some special event? I'd understand if we were talking about preparing a roast (I still think that takes very little time out of a day), but boiling a kettle or frying a steak? These are things that can be done while thinking, reading, playing air guitar. I mean seriously we're talking about very small parts of a day here. > Then we seriously disagree about the proper way to make a steak. :) Well we're talking about people who seem to find boiling an egg such an ordeal they're giving up food altogether as it's a "burden of being biological", I don't think the difference is going to be a deal-breaker.
  - gnaritas 13y ago
    Do you fail to understand what "in a hurry" means? Slapping together a sandwich is fast, microwaving something is fast, cooking is not fast. I could be out the door before the water even warms up. > Well we're talking about people who seem to find boiling an egg such an ordeal they're giving up food altogether as it's a "burden of being biological", I don't think the difference is going to be a deal-breaker. Yes it would be, eating a meal replacement doesn't change the way I like my food prepared and an un-rested steak is just awful IMHO.
    - IanCal 13y ago
      > Do you fail to understand what "in a hurry" means? The original question was "I have not been able to find a breakfast food that's quick, tastes ok, and isn't high in carbs.", not "What can I make in less than 20 seconds?". You introduced that I'm saying if you're regularly in such a hurry then you're doing things wrong. This is an extreme hurry. Yes, yes, every so often you'll sleep through an alarm and need to run out of the door but if you're always doing this then something is very wrong with your schedule. > Yes it would be, eating a meal replacement doesn't change the way I like my food prepared and an un-rested steak is just awful IMHO. Well then you might have to plan in an entire 10 minutes of reading or coding into your schedule. Shocking I know, but such is the terrible price of haute cuisine. I really don't get how this is such a terrible thing. Read HN? Steak on, read a couple of stories, take steak off, go through a docker tut or read more, eat. That's the amount of time required to have steak for breakfast. Or start reading your emails, or coding, or ... Or cook something other than steak. Bacon and eggs on toast, or just bacon and eggs. You can even take it with you if you don't have time to eat at home.