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Murphy Brownback posted:The weird thing is he actually was a good chef and worked at a lot of respectable places - not michelin star places obviously but high-class 50+ dollar a seat places. So I think he must have had at least some concept of what flavors worked and what didn't, but when he cooks for himself it's the kind of stuff you'd expect from your 9 year old. I love to cook, have done so professionally, and have been told I am good at it. However, more often than not, being single, I often skip meals with some level hassle and drop to the lowest common denominator, as it just isn't worth the time and effort and cleanup for just me.
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Samizdata posted:I love to cook, have done so professionally, and have been told I am good at it. However, more often than not, being single, I often skip meals with some level hassle and drop to the lowest common denominator, as it just isn't worth the time and effort and cleanup for just me. I teach cooking classes as a part time job and if I'm not cooking for at least my roommate and me I tend to make myself the easiest poo poo possible. Taking the time and resources making a full meal for yourself just seems really pointless unless you're doing it as a special treat or something.
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May 10, 2015 16:42
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Aesop Poprock posted:I teach cooking classes as a part time job and if I'm not cooking for at least my roommate and me I tend to make myself the easiest poo poo possible. Taking the time and resources making a full meal for yourself just seems really pointless unless you're doing it as a special treat or something. I used to be able to keep my hand in a bit when I did a weekly dinner with some neighbors. Started out with everyone bring a component, one of the neighbors cooks, the rest chip in on cleanup. Then it turned to Samizdata doing ALL the cooking ALL the time, which then turned into Samizdata doing ALL the cooking ALL the time and ALL the cleanup all the time. Which is why I no longer do the weekly dinners.
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May 10, 2015 16:48
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When I had roomies I was totally okay with me doing all the fancy cooking in exchange for everyone else doing all the cleaning, but yeah when you live alone it's just not worth the time.
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May 10, 2015 16:51
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Samizdata posted:I used to be able to keep my hand in a bit when I did a weekly dinner with some neighbors. Started out with everyone bring a component, one of the neighbors cooks, the rest chip in on cleanup. Then it turned to Samizdata doing ALL the cooking ALL the time, which then turned into Samizdata doing ALL the cooking ALL the time and ALL the cleanup all the time. My roommate can't cook poo poo so I don't mind cooking even if we share cleanup duties. I left for a week to watch my parents house recently and when I came back the only things he had eaten during the time period was cereal, tuna, and an entire thing of cookies we'd just bought. It was like leaving a 5 year old alone.
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May 10, 2015 16:54
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Aesop Poprock posted:My roommate can't cook poo poo so I don't mind cooking even if we share cleanup duties. I left for a week to watch my parents house recently and when I came back the only things he had eaten during the time period was cereal, tuna, and an entire thing of cookies we'd just bought. It was like leaving a 5 year old alone. Welp, once again, there was no sharing of cleanup, prep or anything else. So I finally said FIDO.
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Food and eating are pointless distractions when you have higher callings in life. http://www.npr.org/2011/09/09/140321495/the-banality-of-evil-following-the-steps-to-sept-11 quote:McDermott found out from a roommate that Atta hated to eat. He found it boring. He used to boil a bag of potatoes, mash them up, and leave a mound on a plate in the refrigerator. When he was hungry, he would simply grab a spoon and take a chunk out of his potato mountain.
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May 10, 2015 17:30
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This McDermott fellow must be a regular in the bachelor thread, then.
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That's a really interesting article, but what's up with the ending? It's like it's just cut off in the middle of a paragraph.
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May 10, 2015 18:29
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Data Graham posted:Yeah, funny about that Wonder if it could be where they decided to end the transcript of the broadcast.
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May 10, 2015 19:05
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From the picture thread in ylls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooGLzqDGd0w Although I suspect to most posters there it's very much just pure porn, food and otherwise.
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May 10, 2015 21:29
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Anti-Food Porn Thread: you gonna have to have one a' them jack-off books
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DekeThornton posted:From the picture thread in ylls. Maybe it's because I'm really hungry right now, but...I would eat that.  While readin' my jack off books of course.
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DekeThornton posted:From the picture thread in ylls. I eat a package of ramen almost every day (I just really like it for some reason) - and I am not swole at all. Call me crazy, but I think Mr. Kali Muscle might be exaggerating how he obtained his physique! 
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May 10, 2015 22:11
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Anti-Food Porn Thread: FULL OF SODIUM!! FULL OF IT!
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Throatwarbler posted:Food and eating are pointless distractions when you have higher callings in life. This man is ahead of his time.
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I was trying to find a picture of Jailhouse Burritos* and found this gem on my friend's Facebook while searching: I guess his roommate made him that as a birthday breakfast. ~so shiny~ *: I am excited to take a picture of this when I make it. Basically, a friend of mine used to make a "dish" called Jailhouse Burritos in prison. It was just basically poo poo you could buy in commissary for cheap. Ingredients: - Small bag of Cheetos - Small bag of ranch Doritos - Package of Ichiban - Slim Jims, to taste Crush Cheetos, Doritos and Ichiban until your hands are achey and you don't have the energy to keep going (yes, you must use your hands). Pour the powder into the Doritos bag, plus chopped Slim Jims, and add boiling water. Fold the top of the bag over and leave it under a book for like, two minutes or whatever. Open bag, allow orange loaf to slide unattractively out of the bag onto a plate. Add hot sauce. We still eat this because after this guy died, we thought it would be funny to celebrate his birthday with a bottle of Black Tower and these burritos.  I'm doing it alone this year. Sigh.
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Aesop Poprock posted:Here's a clip about a british girl who would only eat burnt sausage or something and was planning on being a chef even though she refused to try any of her own food or ingredients. I have no idea why you would get into a field like that if you're totally unable to even comprehend what you're creating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGIMd3_LfY
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May 11, 2015 03:12
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I think a pretty big factor in kids growing up not liking vegetables is that, frankly, a lot of people's parent's can't cook worth poo poo. anyway         The last four are all Mother's Day dinners.
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May 11, 2015 09:26
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cheeto goop
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The Ferret King posted:God please tell me that's placenta. It looks like steak actually, except they managed to make a steak dinner look un-appealing through the magic of terrible plating.
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olaf2022 posted:cheeto goop  thanks for that. Pizzachat: this video never fails to crack me up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYgDiuRzhP8
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cobalt impurity posted:How do you gently caress up as a parent and not introduce your children to eating fruit so that they love it? pentyne posted:It's telling that picky eaters are almost 100% fatty, fast food eaters. No picky eater only eats rice and bell peppers, or just eats healthy food, it's always pizza, fries, pasta fatty foods, sugary treats, etc.
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May 11, 2015 13:33
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I think I made that exact dish in Afghanistan.
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May 11, 2015 13:59
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How spicy are the flaming hot cheetos? It doesn't seem that bad to toss into a meal for the spiciness.
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pentyne posted:How spicy are the flaming hot cheetos? It doesn't seem that bad to toss into a meal for the spiciness. Somewhat? It really kind of depends on what your spice tolerances are like. I mean, I'm a guy who likes spicy foods so it's relatively tame. And I'm a guy who likes to cook. But I gotta say, if I'm looking to cook and make something spicy, I'm going to reach for my spice rack before I reach for a bag of Cheetos to season up my food. Maybe if I was desperate for a spicy crouton or something...And had literally nothing else on hand
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Tiggum posted:That's pretty common, but some people just only eat bland foods (eg. rice, potato, chicken breast). And some people eat perfectly healthy stuff, just a really small variety of things because that's all they're used to. And some people just aren't all that interested in food, so they're happy to just eat the same thing all the time. Yeah, that's what the midwest is like. My parents were raised on a diet of casseroles, vegetables boiled to mush, pancakes, and meatloaf. Most people when they leave the area end up broadening their horizons but I guess people who stay in one region their whole lives just become so accustomed to it that new flavors are terrifying to them. My dad was always the outlier when we visited family back there because he'd order spicy/exotic food (eggplant parm as opposed to meatballs) while the rest of the family would eat starchy butter/cream covered pasta dishes.
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Sometimes people don't eat things not because they're terrified, but because those things taste disgusting to them. I'm not afraid of bananas, but I still can't eat them without gagging. 
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May 11, 2015 18:21
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I think you're eating them wrong....
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pookel posted:Sometimes people don't eat things not because they're terrified, but because those things taste disgusting to them. I'm not afraid of bananas, but I still can't eat them without gagging. You're not supposed to eat the whole thing at once hth
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pookel posted:Sometimes people don't eat things not because they're terrified, but because those things taste disgusting to them. I'm not afraid of bananas, but I still can't eat them without gagging.   Rice cooker pizza  Claims to be cake  Quoting: "Tortilla stuffed with white chocolate chips, marshmallows, and PB, then fried in butter."  ""Dirty" "fries""
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pookel posted:Sometimes people don't eat things not because they're terrified, but because those things taste disgusting to them. I'm not afraid of bananas, but I still can't eat them without gagging. It's okay, gagging is just part of the experience.
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May 11, 2015 19:32
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At least until you get rid of the reflex.
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pookel posted:I'm not afraid of bananas, but I still can't eat them without gagging. There were plenty of incorrect opinions in the thread, but you're pushing it too far.
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On reflection, bananas + gagging may have been the wrong example. (It's a texture thing. The flavor is fine. The squishy sliminess isn't. Every once in a while I give them another try, and nope nope nope.)
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pookel posted:Sometimes people don't eat things not because they're terrified, but because those things taste disgusting to them. I'm not afraid of bananas, but I still can't eat them without gagging. Taste buds are on your tongue not the back of your throat hth
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