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re: What do you think about people who don't cook?
Posted on 8/13/12 at 2:01 am to TheIndulger
Posted on 8/13/12 at 2:01 am to TheIndulger
As a college student, it can be difficult when you're in school & working. Usually I prepare meals in my crock pot (chicken tacos, chili, soup, etc.) or make easy dishes, i.e. baked chicken, salad, tacos, English muffin pizzas.
Pinterest has a lot of easy recipes for college aged kids who are beginner cooks.
Btw it irritates me that parents get their children fast food everyday; cooking can be easier, cheaper, & healthier. You don't have to cook an elaborate meal every night. Plus frozen veggies are fresh tasting (I like the microwave steamers). Crock pots are also a great investment.
Cooking just takes a little planning to be a success.
Pinterest has a lot of easy recipes for college aged kids who are beginner cooks.
Btw it irritates me that parents get their children fast food everyday; cooking can be easier, cheaper, & healthier. You don't have to cook an elaborate meal every night. Plus frozen veggies are fresh tasting (I like the microwave steamers). Crock pots are also a great investment.
Cooking just takes a little planning to be a success.
This post was edited on 8/13/12 at 2:03 am
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Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:31 am to TheIndulger
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What do yall think?
What do I care?
Posted on 8/13/12 at 7:20 am to CITWTT
Don't you have some fake French dish to tell us how to cook?
Posted on 8/13/12 at 7:32 am to Btrtigerfan
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My wife doesn't cook. She will sit on a stool in the kitchen and talk to me while I cook. I can dirty every pot, pan, and appliance in the kitchen. After the meal, she will clean it all and put away the food. No problem here.
She can, however bake. Cookies, cakes, and desserts. She is much better than I am. Baking is like following directions. I suck at that.
this describes my wife and i pretty well, except i can bake...but i stick to bread and biscuit type items. she does the desserts.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 7:32 am to Martini
Heh? I do not give instructions without knowledge of the dish, the hows and whys and the experience of the whole thing. That is why I say that I desire to do dog one day, although a shocking experience to American taste buds and mentalities, how can a billion plus people be wrong
Posted on 8/13/12 at 7:52 am to CITWTT
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That is why I say that I desire to do dog one day, although a shocking experience to American taste buds and mentalities, how can a billion plus people be wrong
The way I see it you don't find many in the west eating meat from animals that aren't grazers. Look at the meats you find in the grocery store, cows, chickens, pigs, and lamb. Look at what we mainly hunt and consume. I haven't met anyone feasting on bobcat or wolf. Bear perhaps, but I have no desire really, unless one of those predarors had attacked me and I killed it and wanted to prove just who was the top predator around, or I was hungry as a son of a gun and had to fill my belly with sustenance.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 8:42 am to ApacheDriver
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What do you think about people who don't cook?
This may sound harsh but it is a personal opinion based on my upbringing. I find people who don't cook to be "dependent" in other areas of life. If you can't perform a basic function such as feed yourself based on what is available in your pantry, then you probably have some other issues in life as well.
Mommas don't pass cooking on to their daughters anymore and daughters are more dependent on their men to cook AND pay for everything. Might contribute to the divorce rate. Just sayin.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 8:48 am to Motorboat
Didn't read the whole thread but here are my thoughts: my main beef is with parents who won't cook wholesome, nutritous meals for their children and feed them take out and/or easy processed crap for their own convenience. It's your kids for christ's sake. Take some extra time and prepare some vegetables for them.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 8:57 am to etm512
As a child of people that survived the Depression and WWII the axiom was simply eat it or go make a jam sandwhich (two pieces of bread) for your meal. There are recipes I so much wish that my brain could remember now, but alas they are just memories and flavors in my skull.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 9:15 am to Martini
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Not that high on my pedestal
Calm down man... (I'm sure by now you have). No pedestal here. The people I know are not buying outback every night because they are volunteering atthe homeless shelter, or taking their children to soccer practice. They are just lazy. But you're right, why should I care about how lazy people
are?
This thread turned into a mess. I'm out of here.
This post was edited on 8/13/12 at 9:22 am
Posted on 8/13/12 at 9:29 am to theantiquetiger
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There are two different topics here, people who don't cook and people who don't know how to cook.
Yep. I'm sorry. Call me judgmental. If you don't know how to make spaghetti with sauce out of a jar or scrambled eggs with bacon (it doesn't even have to taste excellent...just manageable taste)...you're a failure at life.
Again, not saying anything about whether you actually do it consistently
Posted on 8/13/12 at 11:12 am to TheIndulger
I have a friend who is a gastroenterologist and his wife is an oncologist here in Baton Rouge. They have two middle school age children. In their house you will find soy milk, healthy cereal and everything you need for a healthy salad. That is it. Nothing more except coffee. They eat out seven days a week. They pay for a service that allows them to get a table at most any restaurant within ten minutes of arrival, no reservations needed. They both practice, take call, volunteer for civic organizations, active in childrens school, who are both athletes and outstanding students. They all exercise daily, know more about nutrition than anyone I know, attend church weekly and take care of elderly parents, pay their taxes and volunteer for free medical services to the poor.
Yet neither one has the desire to scramble one egg or make a piece of toast. And you would find this annoying as its both lazy and a waste of money the ability to cook shows good character. You know nothing of the person eating out whether they can afford it or not, whether they are lazy or not and whether some circumstance makes them eat out or just not cook.
I think people should mind their own business. That's what I think. My predicament is not the same as yours so don't worry about me.
And your last line was "what do y'all think?" don't be annoyed with me because I think differently than you. You asked and I told.
Yet neither one has the desire to scramble one egg or make a piece of toast. And you would find this annoying as its both lazy and a waste of money the ability to cook shows good character. You know nothing of the person eating out whether they can afford it or not, whether they are lazy or not and whether some circumstance makes them eat out or just not cook.
I think people should mind their own business. That's what I think. My predicament is not the same as yours so don't worry about me.
And your last line was "what do y'all think?" don't be annoyed with me because I think differently than you. You asked and I told.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 1:23 pm to Martini
My only question is.. what are they feeding their children at these "immediate table" places each night?
If this is true, then that's great. I am unsure of how many places in BR truly offer real nutritious meals for daily meals for a growing child.. but if they are knowledgable about nutrition, I assume they know what they're doing.
When I worked at Dempsey's, I had people come in on a regular basis and let their kids eat a basket of hushpuppies as dinner.. or a plate of french fries.
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hey all exercise daily, know more about nutrition than anyone I know
If this is true, then that's great. I am unsure of how many places in BR truly offer real nutritious meals for daily meals for a growing child.. but if they are knowledgable about nutrition, I assume they know what they're doing.
When I worked at Dempsey's, I had people come in on a regular basis and let their kids eat a basket of hushpuppies as dinner.. or a plate of french fries.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 1:27 pm to LouisianaLady
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but if they are knowledgable about nutrition
Most people aren't
As in 0% of people actually are
Posted on 8/13/12 at 1:45 pm to Powerman
Well yeah, but there are the obvious things that aren't good.. which is hard to avoid when dining out nightly.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:09 pm to TheIndulger
I rarely cook...I just eat my SO's delicious meals. 
Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:10 pm to LSU lilly
Posted on 8/13/12 at 3:17 pm to BRgetthenet
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When I dated in h.s. and college, I figured if a girl didn't know how to cook there were probably a whole bunch of other important things she didn't know about either.
High school?! Not cooking in high school is a predictor of um ... not cooking in high school.
Posted on 8/13/12 at 4:34 pm to LouisianaLady
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My only question is.. what are they feeding their children at these "immediate table" places each night?
Well Flemings, Beausoleiu and Bonefish figure prominately so I imagine, beef, fish and chicken along with a vegetable. Just because you are at a restaurant doesn't mean you cant eat healthy. I'm sure Dempsey's even has a few healthy alternatives.
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If this is true, then that's great. I am unsure of how many places in BR truly offer real nutritious meals for daily meals for a growing child.. but if they are knowledgable about nutrition, I assume they know what they're doing.
I'd be willing to bet most restaurants even some fast food places offer well balanced meals and probably more balanced than most people eat and "cook" at home.
Letting your kid eat a basket of hushpuppies is a different story. And nothing of this is what the OP is requesting or suggesting. He's just annoyed that people don't cook and are lazy. If you have a problem with a women feeding her kids fast food and she's using food stamps that might be different but not what he's talking about.
And even if you do see people doing this how do you know peoples circumstances? They may not even have a home to cook in much less a kitchen with pots and pans. Maybe no one in their life ever showed them how to cook an egg. Maybe the parents just beat the shite out of them and locked them in a closet or molested them or abandoned them for that matter.
Why does this annoy anyone? Why is it anyone elses business? Healthcare? Childhood obesity rates? Ok that is where a discussion should take place. In the end sugar and HFCS will cost us more money than we can imagine. This is where the discussion should be taking place. Educate people on proper nutrition, make restaurants, grocery stores, food suppliers and distributors provide better food sources, get involved with your community and schools and make a change. Don't just think because you know better and you can cook a chicken that everyone is as talented, educated, willing and can afford to.
Go eat a meal at St Vincent DePaul. It might be chicken soup. It might be peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. It might be rice a roni or boxed mac and cheese. Whatever it is it probably isn't the healthiest meal but it is calories and it's substantial.
Posted on 8/14/12 at 9:15 am to ApacheDriver
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I bet you don't find any trouble to eat at la Madeline like all other females 18-25. Oh no I can't afford to go to the grocery store, but let's go to la Madeline tonight !!!!
this made me giggle
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