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[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you spent 2 hours cooking hopefully you made enough for more than one meal.

For me, 2 hours of cooking would be like 2 weeks worth of food, unless I'm smoking something, of course.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cleaning as you go is a lifesaver.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
  • Batch cooking
  • Cleaning as you go
  • Listen to something while you're doing it

Makes it a pretty efficient and fun time.

[–] Morgoon@startrek.website 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Mental illness, which is why I as an enlightened man of the 21st century only drink meal replacement shakes

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Vybey gang rise up!

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 years ago

so stop cooking dinners for the queen? if i'm lazy i can whip up food in like half an hour and i'll just make 2 portions of it so i have for later too

boil some spaghetti, fry some meatballs, whip up some powder sauce, done.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Oh man, it's been the complete opposite for me the older I get. Cooking has now become a pretty relaxing activity, but I think that's because I've gotten more confident and skilled with my knife, prep, cooking, and cleaning abilities that I can really just focus more on the joy and experience of making delicious things for both myself and the people I love.

It's probably one of the only true forms of self love that I engage in.

But for real, learning to clean as I cook was probably the most important skill I developed that has seriously reduced how painful cooking used to be for me. There's no giant mess at the end and really, once you get good at it, you'll find that there's hardly any big daunting cleanup (unless you're making a large family dinner or a finicky dish).

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

One pot wonders are good for regular cooking. Crock-Pot can make it easier too. Dump it in and come back a lot later.

I think Dan Olsen on Folding Ideas said it best that it is maddening when people talk about cooking at home that they always exclude the clean up.

https://youtu.be/V-a9VDIbZCU?si=IJ1Ffr_luBReNfIV (Folding Ideas, longer video about Jamie Oliver's war on chicken nuggets)

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you clean as you go, there should be very little cleanup after.

For me, the only cleanup after eating is rinsing the pots/pans that had been soaking while I ate.

[–] AeroNaut@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Victory loves preparation.

Cooking is basically just a choreographed dance, so planning beforehand is important.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I think it depends on how many guests you have for the post-cleanup. However, I generally agree with you.

I sometimes get on my partner's or family members case about things left around when we're waiting for the oven or something and they're like: "I'll just do it at the end". For big meals, the large dish rack plus the dish washer (which seems to be another dish rack for us) almost always gets over crowded and we need to use those drying pads.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Or make the other people who ate help clean up.

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recently thought "God damn it's 2024 where is my potato washing, peeling and cutting robot???"

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Potato peelers exist and they're the best fucking invention ever. It's like $15 max on Amazon. The ones for apples work on potatoes too just FYI. Yeah you still gotta cut it unless you get another gimmicky kitchen device but anything is better than hand peeling potatoes imo

[–] LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I read some reviews on amazon and they said they were total trash. I'll have another look, thanks! But yeah ideally I'd want some smart device.

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They're definitely not all trash. I've had mine for like 5 years now and it's mostly cheap plastic lol. It still works and not having to hand peel a single potato for years is lovely. The only issue I have sometimes is that it struggles with really big potatos but I just buy the ones I know it can handle or cut them in half.

If you have a kitchenaid you can also just get the peeling attachment if higher quality is a must for you.

Edit: If it helps, the one I've had for years is called the rotato lol