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I like to manage all my computers, configure linux distros, keep them up to date and clean. I use Arch Linux, which is a rather "manual" distro where major pack
by ploxiln 11y ago
I like to manage all my computers, configure linux distros, keep them up to date and clean. I use Arch Linux, which is a rather "manual" distro where major packages have major updates on a rolling basis, and I even have a slightly customized kernel because I'm particular about things. Anyway, for my personal machines, it doesn't take much time, amortized over a month, maybe 30 minutes a week.
But I hate cooking, it's just not my thing. I actually wouldn't mind the cooking part, I like following directions and making stuff, even Ikea furniture, it's fun. But going to supermarkets and trying to find the ingredients, and having too much of one ingredient to just start with a few person-meals a week, and cleaning up all the plates and bowls needed to prepare the ingredients, and the result just not being as good as the many Chipotle-like fast-but-real food places here in Manhattan, that all sucks.
It's hard to describe this feeling ... I understand what you're saying, you can do it well yourself, it doesn't really take that much time, just put some effort into it... but when it comes to food, I just don't want to. Food is messy, I hate it.
I used to live in a place in SoCal where there wasn't the easy access to good prepared food like there is in Manhattan, and I just ate yogurt and granola for dinner most days (literally more than half of them).
If a meal kit has good quality parts and clear directions (complex is fine) I'd be up for that.
- elorant 11y agoThe thing is that if you keep eating out eventually it will take a toll on your health. And I’m not talking in thirty of forty years down the road. Once you hit your forties various health problems will start to emerge that would originate from a bad diet. You can start simple. Pastas and a basic tomato sauce. It’s just three ingredients, pasta, tomatoes either fresh or already crushed in a tin and some olive oil. Grilling a stake will only take you ten minutes. Try salads too. You just buy three or four of your favorite vegetables, chop them and mix them. Surely it won’t taste worse than the shit they’re serving out. Recipes like these will cover the basics. From there on you decide whether you want more complicated recipes and how much time you’ll spend daily on cooking. But even if you cut in half the times you’re eating out it would make a huge difference to your well being. As for cleaning, we all hate it that’s why we buy a dishwasher :)
- edc117 11y agoAgree with this; the reason Chipotle and such taste fantastic is because they're loaded with garbage. There are very, very few places (at least near me) where you can get a healthy, filling meal for a reasonable price, at a reasonable speed. I tend to be the same; a bit minimalistic about the effort involving my cooking, but research and good tools (steam/pressure cooker) and practice (you can get really good at minimizing time spent on it) pay off.