That’s why I get take-outs, don’t have to do the dishes.
Also, can we take a moment to talk about how great the performance of whomever that woman in the meme is? Looks like an Oscar worthy performance to me.
Lmao I was about it comment about who this was but then I saw your name.
This. Sometimes it’s even cheaper than making a meal at home depending on what you get.
Just don’t think about dying and all the dishes get cleaned and put away in your dream house magically somehow.
But the whole point of the story is that choosing to be human in the real world, instead of being an everlasting symbol in a fantasy world, is to accept everything that comes with being human in life: dying, doing dishes, but more importantly, the ability to choose your own path in your story.
Everyone is focused on the cooking time and not the punchline, which is still needing to do the dishes.
Do some dishes while you’re cooking.
What are you cooking that takes 2 hours every day? I cook most of my own meals and i don’t often go over an hour of cooking and most of that is just waiting.
Even if it does take 2 hours start to finish, I have to imagine there’s at least SOME part of the recipe that involves waiting for something to cook. That’s dishwashing time right there.
Yup, and unless you let it dry in for a few hours after eating, then final cleanup should be done in a jiffy.
With leftovers most meals take a couple minutes!
Not everyday, but some dishes take time
I once made Coq au Vin, it took around 2 hours, and I never felt like cooking that again.
At least it was really tasty.
and that’s why proper coq au vin is a fancy schmancy dish, not something you cook every day.
I used to feel this way about cooking. I started trying to find joy in the repetitive parts of life, so they didn’t seem so annoying. It’s definitely a journey, but if you keep at it, you get to a point where cooking feels like a creative outlet. Once you have enough experience to create something new from your pantry and quit following recipes verbatim you’ll have fun. It took me a few years to get there, but you’re going to have to cook your entire life anyway, might as well get something out of it.
We absolutely hit a specific age where the annoying parts of life, like cleaning and tidying, suddenly become one of the most satisfying parts of life.
One must imagine Sisyphus happy and all that.
Do you have a tip for enjoying scrubbing the shower, the toilet, and behind the toilet? Everything else is ok, but I hate those. As a result, I try to keep them as clean as possible in day to day use (squeegee the shower after every use, use toilet cleaner, etc) but I still have to dedicate time to cleaning them occasionally and tbh I’m considering paying someone else to do it.
That’s why you cook enough for 15 meals and re heat it over the week.
Meal Preppers rise up
Even better is finding someone to cook with and make 30 portions instead. It goes faster, is more fun, and when you’re making that much food doubling the amount doesn’t appreciably increase the work.
I cook and clean for an entire family inside of 40-50 minutes 5 nights a week. All of that is mostly “from scratch” and delicious. At some point it becomes a skill issue.
Big batch of pasta gang represent.
imagine thinking cooking is the hard part of adulting
As someone who has been cooking for himself for a long time, cook large amounts and refrigerate each serving in separate microwavable containers for later.
I also try to make things that can all go onto a single plate to create less cleanup.
This is the way
I had this whole comment typed up but I genuinely don’t know where to start because I don’t have this problem. If you do, and you want some help, let me know and we can work something out together.
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Eat slower than 10 minutes. My God have some company over. If you’re spending 2 hours cooking there’s no way doubling the recipe takes much longer.
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Make the company or your significant other do the dishes. If you’re in a situation where you’re cooking for two hours then doing the dishes yourself, something is wrong.
somebody mentioned a dishwasher. Is the SO considered as an appliance ? :-D
Don’t be like that. It’s just that if you work that hard on food, have someone else enjoy it enough to want to do the dishes each time. And always have a dishwasher (the appliance), so it’s easy.
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This is why my SO and I try to clean as we cook so it’s easier for later.
This is the way for me too, seeing a stuffed sink full of dishes just makes me stressed let alone how dirty it feels in general.
Also, make more one pot meals. And make big batches so you have leftovers for days. If you are spending more than 15 minutes actively preparing a meal, you can and should probably be lazier.
You’re doing something wrong if it takes you two hours to make dinner.
Skill issue.
So you basically stick to 30 minute meals or under and there’s nothing wrong with that since they do typically take less skill to prepare. There are plenty of recipes that take 2 hours or longer to make.
Ok but if you’re new to cooking and you can’t make a meal without complaining about it taking forever maybe stick to easy meals?
Like I said it’s a skill issue. You don’t need to cook gourmet meals every night.
I mean… just yesterday I slow cooked something for 8 hours and ate in 30 minutes with some left over. That doesn’t mean I have to treat it all as “cooking time”.
If I am cooking something more labor intensive then I may just simultaneously cook something else for the week/meal prep/clean used dishes in the gaps in time.
Still It does feel like that sometimes. The only other thing you can really do is cook enough portions for a few meals so that you can reheat for later meals.
Yeah, slow cooking, especially in sous vide, is the best! Especially with 24 hour recipes. You just put stuff in a bag for tomorrow!
I don’t mind that, but what I do mind is that it now costs as much to make food at home as it did to dine out two years ago.
where on earth do you live? cooking at home is like 20x cheaper than even the cheapest fast food here in sweden.
And it now costs twice as much to dine out. So there you go. Greedflation working as intended.
