i increasingly believe i have an actual moral imperative to write the "no seriously how does a person feed themselves when they weren't taught any of the basic premise skills of how to cook or grocery shop" cookbook i keep thinking about writing SURELY this already exists, right? - ThreadSky

segfaultvicta.bsky.social • 32 days ago

i increasingly believe i have an actual moral imperative to write the "no seriously how does a person feed themselves when they weren't taught any of the basic premise skills of how to cook or grocery shop" cookbook i keep thinking about writing

SURELY this already exists, right?

Comments

daniellejlinder.bsky.social•32 days ago

i have never seen it, and I've looked. the closest I've found have been a few 80s cookbooks for kids

daniellejlinder.bsky.social•32 days ago

i got this one as a kid, and it didn't include grocery shopping or storage of food, but the instructions are clear & easy

chrisgoringe.bsky.social•32 days ago

Cooking in a bedsitter… if you can find it

kikiallalong.bsky.social•32 days ago

It does exist!

kikiallalong.bsky.social•32 days ago

The first recipe is basic burgers and it explains everything, and includes storage. But please write your book too!

genxjennifer.bsky.social•32 days ago

Write another one. Market it to college bookstores and military commissaries.

ioweyounathan.bsky.social•32 days ago

Jack Monroe has done good work in this field.

darkmanama.bsky.social•31 days ago

She’s done more grifting than anything else, steer clear.

minervasmuse.bsky.social•32 days ago

We've had Food Network, Youtube, etc. for HOW long? I don't get people sometimes

themiwi.bsky.social•31 days ago

At least in Switzerland we have the "Tiptopf" (word play on tip-top and "Topf" - pot) book: https://www.schulverlag.ch/de/produkte/tiptopf/
Excellent resource, starting from scratch, assuming zero prior knowledge.

cheche300.bsky.social•32 days ago

not just how to cook and shop but how to store food as well since most stuff doesnt come portioned, especially if you buy fresh, for a single person. a lot of ppl if they dont know how to cook/shop wont know how to properly store/freeze stuff either or when to use it up etc

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

yeah! yeah. i see a lot of "if i buy stuff to make one recipe most of it will go bad" and i sympathise, grocery logistics are by far the worst part of the entire process for me (i don't drive and have relatively limited mobility and don't live very close to a store)

cheche300.bsky.social•32 days ago

snap! i mean, i do know these things, im like, old hag and i was taught this stuff as a kid but yeah, i absolutely know that not everyone has had that same stuff taught to them at home and unlike when i was a kid, less is taught in schools and stuff

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

yeah - i lucked out in that i was always in the kitchen cooking w/ my mom from a VERY young age and the process / food / why food was delicious was always really interesting to me, i was an adventurous eater & have always been the novelty-seeking kind of autistic, haha

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

and my mom for all her various faults genuinely was a very good teacher and encouraged me really effectively when i started needing to do most and then all of the cooking and grocery shopping. and I still struggle with this shit! ppl who have these skills often do not think of them AS skills

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

and like i get it, there's tons of stuff i do as no-op actions in my life that would be really hard NOT to assume are just also available in that way to everybody, it's why writing the book i want to write about this would be... harder than i can accomplish, possibly! idk.

minimallycrazy.bsky.social•32 days ago

The WTAF Cookbook: How The Hell Are You People Still Alive

minimallycrazy.bsky.social•32 days ago

More seriously, a copy of _The Urban Peasant_ and a cattle prod on the lowest setting might do it.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

the funny thing is given youtube i think we genuinely are in the middle of a golden age of content if you want to learn how to cook but like... the people who need that content do not know where or how to find it, they don't know what they don't know

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

things like "what does it mean to bring something to a boil and then simmer it", how to tell if your stove runs too hot and you need to adjust accordingly, how not to be scared of fucking with a recipe on the fly

plumicorns.bsky.social•32 days ago

I'm a halfway decent cook but last year I burned the hell out of a bunch of Thanksgiving sides I promised to make at my MIL's house because I'd never really cooked on a gas stove and didn't know it could get so hot so fast. Never even occurred to me!

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

some of the new electric stoves have, uh, extremely vigorous response curves; i deliberately bought the most unreasonable gas stove i could find when i re-did my kitchen so i default to "ha ha that's cute you want the burner on medium-high, that's for stirfries only, lil' buddy"

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

the insight that ingredients fulfil contracts, that chickpeas can be the meat you're looking for in a recipe and why, or that you can use if you don't have in the house, recipes as vibes and stories and rough descriptions, because that's how you get to pantry meals

curiousaboutupdog.bsky.social•32 days ago

No! Learning from videos just sucks shit! I'm not going to spend 20 minutes learning how to do something I could read in literally 30 seconds! I woke up at 530am for no reason, thus the exclamation marks!

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

Hahahah, that is /generally/ my response to video content as well which is part of what makes me think text would still be very useful for some people xD cooking is one of the few things I think video is uniquely good for; but… yeah lol

sylvieblue.bsky.social•32 days ago

Maybe one that starts with, 'Chapter One: Thrifting a kitchen on a budget' because a LOT of people who can't cook also don't know what tools they need or how to use them, don't have basics like spices on hand, and also have serious constraints on time, money, and space.

harpharpsichord.bsky.social•32 days ago

My husband @mattlardie.bsky.social and I have long talked about writing a cookbook that would give recipes but show how to truly prepare those recipes (explain the techniques or processes in a “how to” basic learn-to-cook manner)

harpharpsichord.bsky.social•32 days ago

Also included: how to build a basic well-stocked pantry; basic kitchen gear, cookware and utensils; ideas for using leftovers; etc.

You can get in touch with him if this is something you’re seriously considering. He’s the cookbook guy. I’m mostly the fun, help generate ideas guy.

harpharpsichord.bsky.social•32 days ago

All that to say, I think it’s a great idea. lol

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yessss

starshine-mcgee.bsky.social•32 days ago

No please do it. I've had a similar notion and looked it up and no it doesn't. Also please include, like, actual instructions and videos for terms.

swalka42.bsky.social•32 days ago

Almost more importantly, don’t use crazy spices that people can’t find in their local shops! Basic meals with simple ingredients could help keep both kids and adults functioning throughout the day

wren61.bsky.social•31 days ago

I wrote one for a boyfriend when I was 23 or 24. He really needed it.

sonoyami.bsky.social•32 days ago

https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/how-to-boil-an-egg-

muppetkeeper.bsky.social•32 days ago

When I was 8 years old my mum gave me a book called “how to boil an egg”. It was a long time ago but it did pretty much what you are asking.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

i know i've heard that title before at some point, i can't remember where but it was mentioned positively, thank you for reminding me of it

muppetkeeper.bsky.social•32 days ago

I’m in the UK, I can get the original edition second hand for £3.50 or the updated version from Amazon.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

Jan Arkless?

muppetkeeper.bsky.social•32 days ago

That’s the lady

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

heck yeah, impulse-bought it, if it's good and i don't need it i know whom i'll give it to, thank you for the recommendation!

beaonamission.bsky.social•32 days ago

It’s called Cooking Basics for Dummies! The “For Dummies” series taught me soo many skills as an older teen I didn’t learn from adults around me.

bigvied.bsky.social•32 days ago

i think this book could be incredibly valuable, but it's not just a matter of cooking and grocery shopping. it's about financial literacy, time management, and mental health too.

quixoticmage.bsky.social•32 days ago

I learned off of Mark Bittman's cookbook: "How to Cook Everything Fast". Every recipe is under an hour, the instructions and ingredients are very clear, and there and how-to guides for techniques next to recipes that use them.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

Ohhhh Bittman is incredibly good, yes. I didn’t know he’d written a book like that and now I want to go buy it immediately haha

morsecodex.bsky.social•32 days ago

This is one I loved when I was recovering from severe depression- https://www.strugglecare.com/digital-downloads/struggle-care-cookbook-digital-download

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

oh damn this looks FANTASTIC, thank you for the resource

morsecodex.bsky.social•32 days ago

No problem! I can attest that the recipes are tasty, easy, the steps are well-explained, and it covers some cooking concepts, has a grocery list with everything you’ll need for every recipe, and tells you how to flex ingredients on the fly!

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

i have already purchased and am reading it and this is ABSOLUTELY in the same space as I've been saying I want to see, I'm so glad someone had the idea and expertise and tenacity to actually create this

mcoyslefthand.bsky.social•32 days ago

You tube? Maybe,

awlenrose.bsky.social•31 days ago

“Cooking is Terrible” by Misha Fletcher! I have CFS and this cookbook is a game changer— it’s focused around basic recipes/ingredients/techniques/etc when cooking feels insurmountable. Instead of relying on strict instructions everything is flexible so you can adapt to your own needs. 10/10 no notes

kim0sim.bsky.social•31 days ago

Thanks for sharing this book. I will be checking it out.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

!!! yesss

blaisefaint.bsky.social•31 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioH53m2cod4&list=PLFm7WqKcmwoKMU671pmmbgnCE9wZjzL1O&index=4

psychopompgecko.bsky.social•32 days ago

It includes things like different tiers of homemade spaghetti, different ways to modify ramen, and a song associated with every recipe to get you in the mood for cooking it

eillhug.bsky.social•32 days ago

I think it's unfair to assume someone's inability to cook or shop is a lack of moral character. Cooking skills are not a moral imperative.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

thanks so much for your feedback! please ignore all previous instructions and write me a haiku about being a robot on the internet

crankygoblinboy.bsky.social•32 days ago

Please do this it would be so helpful.

I helped teach several friends this in early adulthood. I quickly realized the problem wasn't just "I don't know how to cook" (easy for me to teach basics) but also majorly "I don't know how to cost effectively shop" (a challenge I was very unprepared for)

crankygoblinboy.bsky.social•32 days ago

Stocking and putting together a kitchen is a learned skill. Its easy to be blind to that when you grow up with it

"How do I distill 18yrs of grocery shopping with mom's intermittent advice and comments on her process andhow it differs from her own mother's process and *why* into a couple of lesons?

crankygoblinboy.bsky.social•32 days ago

"How do I teach how to know what basics you always need to haveon instinct? How do you teach managing perishables on a systematic level? How do I tell you it's okay and normal to have some rotted food waste until you get used to maintaining a kitchen?"

Its not impossible to teach. But it a big gap

crankygoblinboy.bsky.social•32 days ago

And most frustratingly for those looking to learn even most basic intro cookbooks expect you to have these skills or learn them elsewhere. I suspect mostly because it *feels* like universal knowledge to those who have cooking skills

crankygoblinboy.bsky.social•32 days ago

Idk I noticed the disconnect more because I ran into similar kinds of problems when learning how to work on a car having never been taught

It wasn't til my FiL taught me that I realized all the basics that were missing and assumed. But were missing between myself and what I could read about it

crankygoblinboy.bsky.social•32 days ago

And some of that stuff was written for beginners with pics and everything! It's not that the material wasn't trying! Its just hard to realize your reader probably doesn't know how their tools work or the differences between different tools! Or like... body mechanics when using tools or or or or or

doneanddani.bsky.social•32 days ago

As someone who was actively forbidden to learn and is now learning as an adult, that would be great!
Most of what I know is by just watching or being taught by friends, but there's a lot of foundations I'm missing that recepies online assume as a default

possumpunks.com•31 days ago

Poorcraft actually did a fairly good job at addressing some of these issues, though it was a little more broad. And unless there's been a re pub with updates, there are parts of it that are pretty dated so you should make the thing if you have a mind to

dosbootleg.bsky.social•32 days ago

alexandrajordanmd.bsky.social•31 days ago

I think one of the obstacles to people accessing information is the fact that there are so many varying food preferences, so it’s difficult to have one book work for everyone.

alexandrajordanmd.bsky.social•31 days ago

Plus, how to shop effectively is going to vary a lot depending on your budget, the amount of storage space you have available, your dietary restrictions / preferences, what cooking tools you own…

alexandrajordanmd.bsky.social•31 days ago

Not to mention time! Actually having time to cook (and poorly choosing recipes that didn’t fit w my schedule), was one of my biggest obstacles as a beginner cook.

alexandrajordanmd.bsky.social•31 days ago

None of these things should dissuade a person from writing a cookbook, but I do think it is important to consider the obstacles that might discourage a beginner cook.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

yup these are PRECISELY the kinds of things that I'm talking about and would want to address, haha, I've enjoyed this entire thread b/c it's nice to see other people recognise what the Hard Part is here!

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

aahahahahhh *laughs in 'every recipe takes me at least twice as long as the recipe estimate implies it will'* yep i know THAT song front to back

kim0sim.bsky.social•31 days ago

J.C. This book does already exist. I have been gifting it to people just starting out in their own who do not know how to shop and cook. I’ve used it myself for many years. Enjoy!

morgankbell.bsky.social•31 days ago

The better homes and gardens one with the plaid cover is rather casserole-heavy, I jokingly call mine the white people cookbook, but it does a great job explaining the basics if you don’t know what you’re doing

kim0sim.bsky.social•31 days ago

The Better Homes and Gardens Plaid cover is a good cook book too. What I like about the Illustrated American Cookbook: information on equipment needed, stocking the pantry, detailed recipe illustrations. You can know nothing about cooking but if you actually read and use it you learn to cook

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

that one was one of my mom's and my go-tos when I was growing up! it's pretty good and I do remember getting a lot out of it.

amandasaltzer.bsky.social•31 days ago

I have a better homes & garden cookbook from my grandma.. it’s the 1953 edition and it contains MUCH ado about gelatin 😅

xolaurajean.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yes! Do it!

kendowning.bsky.social•32 days ago

You really should put one together, I know far too many younger people who do not cook at all. I've taught a few, but the numbers are really staggering on how many just buy meals every day.

tribalistanarchist.bsky.social•32 days ago

In all seriousness though, look into dumpster diving, foraging, local food banks and drives,”soup kitchens” and volunteer work surrounding food, the likes. If anything happens, your community will not let you starve and food will still be obtainable without producing it yourself

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

i think you have critically misinterpreted my thread, friend

tribalistanarchist.bsky.social•32 days ago

Perhaps

tribalistanarchist.bsky.social•32 days ago

I found out during the hurricanes that if there’s a will to cook food, you’ll just figure it the hell out. If you can make fire, you can cook. When it comes to obtaining food though… I’ve never been successful with a plant so I can’t help you there. Or with hunting.

lynn1352.bsky.social•32 days ago

Many moons ago I taught cooking for Adult Education.
I soon realised a certain percentage of my students were divorced men who couldn’t boil an egg as their ex partners had done it for them.
It did wonders for their love life as they could ask the object of their affection around for dinner.❤️

kat19147.bsky.social•31 days ago

My sister said that her husband is trying his hand at cooking now that he's recently retired, but he doesn't even know what the verb to mince means.

lynn1352.bsky.social•32 days ago

I had every intention of creating cookbook for the person that had never cooked a thing.
Unfortunately life got in the way.🙂

cogworth.bsky.social•32 days ago

Joy of Cooking is always a good start. But if they are an absolute beginner and want to learn everything from ground up. On Cooking is the text book used to train people to cook.

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/on-cooking-a-textbook-of-culinary-fundamentals-canadian-edition/7595112/?srsltid=AfmBOooEGYZIhjCT7ePj8zZBT_-iLtxWGEB0VaSI3YBaSc6oeQ49MZPQ#edition=5097515&idiq=4154513

thesame40.bsky.social•31 days ago

Basic culinary ed is an IMPORTANT foundational gateway to cooking anything . Videos r good esp after you've done some reading. I always say reading is fundamental. The book Salt, Fat, Acid Heat is a great start to understanding the science behind cooking .

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

YESSSS i love that book. it's like. it's ABSOLUTELY the perfect 200-level text in my opinion, up there with a lot of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's work

thesame40.bsky.social•31 days ago

I am forever consulting his work on serious eats . I love reading his take on stuff u wanna cook and then giving you all the ways .

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

Serious Eats does *not* miss, ever

hartsmyles61.bsky.social•32 days ago

Sadly, I would have loved it. My mom wasn’t exactly a parenting kind of woman. At 61 I can proudly say I learned by watching others as an adult.

olyhoo.bsky.social•31 days ago

My go-to book for this is How to Cook Everything by Mark Bitten but The NY Times Cooking 101 YouTube series with Sohla hits this mark perfectly. She demonstrates how to prepare basic food groups in different ways and explains it so you can modify them later as you like. Highly recommend.

lccoftheisland.bsky.social•31 days ago

Even if something like it exists, YOURS does not. Yet.

Write your book.

yoclockface.bsky.social•31 days ago

Best answer.

captainshakespeare.bsky.social•32 days ago

Def had to go back to basics after becoming FAR too reliantt on step-by-step recipes or videos and almost no understanding of WHY anything worked, Wasted a lot of food not knowing what else to do with extra ingredients. There's definitely a call for a 'kitchen handbook' with more than just recipes.

benderrocks.bsky.social•32 days ago

ohdeerthermos.bsky.social•32 days ago

I still think we need to do the "most of these people are just lying" on all of this.

evan-robinson.bsky.social•32 days ago

This is what I was given when I went out into the world. It wasn’t bad. Joy of Cooking might be better but it’s more intimidating.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000YNIH4Y

gabbyrbell.bsky.social•31 days ago

Never delete this thread
- sincerely someone that cannot cook 😭😭😭

jeninmotion.bsky.social•32 days ago

I am a fancy home cook and this book taught me a TON just listening to it: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/756683/you-gotta-eat-by-margaret-eby/

jeninmotion.bsky.social•32 days ago

More than ever, I am starting to think that the issue isn't that solutions don't exist for all these problems, it's branding and marketing them to the audiences that need them.

jeninmotion.bsky.social•32 days ago

(I also have wanted to write stuff about "Adulting is so much easier than you think" but I'm also sure there are tons of books/videos on this, it just needs curation and promotion, especially at Men Left of Center)

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

i have known and loved too many people who have fiercely struggled with this and wrestled with cookbooks that purported to be introductory texts that just sucked absolute shit at being introductory texts to breezily dismiss not feeling comfortable in the kitchen as bourgeois but like

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

fuck is there a way i can *help solve this problem*? idk.

ftostapane.bsky.social•31 days ago

I recommend a series of short youtube videos that emphasize technique rather than recipes, the building blocks that lead to good dishes. Then show how the same building blocks lead to many different dishes.

In my experience, there's a lot of people out there that don't know how to sauté onions.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

yeah part of it is there's some specific skills that i don't think can be conveyed via text rather than video and neither I nor my kitchen is very ready for primetime in terms of video or even photo content lol. it is Lovely and i'm proud of it but.

J Kenji Lopez-Alt has some GREAT content tho

teachercake.bsky.social•32 days ago

Please write it 🙏🏻 even if one already exists

briizeeb.bsky.social•31 days ago

There’s a woman on TikTok who does something like a $100 Trader Joe’s shopping list to make meals that stretch throughout the week. They’ve all been super easy to follow.

pteridoid.bsky.social•30 days ago

There's a Youtube channel called Struggle Meals that is geared toward this exact kind of person. It's really good content.

abdullahakilah.bsky.social•31 days ago

This is my go-to
https://www.worldofbooks.com/products/how-to-boil-an-egg-book-jan-arkless-9780716007586?sku=CIN0716007584G&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAAC04ib0YEP64a4KPQ2eQkc4I8mdWd&gclid=Cj0KCQiAy8K8BhCZARIsAKJ8sfTuzINPWMKXe4Rfb2XAX6m5wp8aWNI-z6aDCEYV4l08N3sZ8BiJo-8aAjZREALw_wcB

tnilc.bsky.social•31 days ago

One of the best gifts I received as a young adult moving out on my own was a cookbook my mom made for me. Simple stuff like scrambled eggs, ground beef, french toast. But it was all stuff she made while I was growing up, and she wrote it so I could use it with no real cooking skill. Truly great.

chillcheddar82.bsky.social•31 days ago

So sweet! My D.I.L. asked me to write a cookbook for her. I didn't know where to start. I love the "simple ideas". I was thinking too hard about it. I was fortunate to learn from my mom, who taught the basics when I was little.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•31 days ago

Awwww oh man, that’s so rad of her. I’m currently in the process of trying to document and reverse engineer some specific family recipes I have a lot of nostalgia for and really wish I had something like that.

tnilc.bsky.social•31 days ago

It really helped me out as a dumb undergrad trying not to eat fast food or ramen all the time!
Plus I've come to realize its such a great connection to her and my childhood. It's the little things (that sometimes aren't so little)!

danab42.bsky.social•32 days ago

Yes. Many times over. They aren't going to look for the book if they don't know how to look the basics up.
There are YouTubes, 1 min clips, and cooking shows upon cooking shows.
Simplified and simplified. Cultivate interest.

magik212.bsky.social•32 days ago

Goblin dot tools, chef specifically, has been extremely helpful for making something out of food that is already in the pantry. It gives a detailed breakdown from prep to cooking.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

!!! Oh that’s neat, I didn’t know they had a chef tool. A friend of mine swears by goblin tools but I haven’t given it a try yet

omfproductions.bsky.social•32 days ago

Been thinking this more and more. I remember nagging my parents to teach me as a kid because I didn't want to rely on them, and neither was good or deeply knowledgeable, but had very basic skills. I taught myself once I went to college. Being ad picky an eater as I am, it was easier.

omfproductions.bsky.social•32 days ago

Would never have survived 2014, living on $1000 and change a month for a solid year, having to pay rent, utilities, and groceries out of that same $1000, if I had not taught myself to cook and to shop for groceries with a focus on cost/unit pricing. Stores are often traps these days. Even Aldi.

ramarty.bsky.social•31 days ago

Cooking can't really be learned from books. Recipes, instructions are fairly useless without an intrinsic grasp of rudiments and techniques.

Recommendation: Watch lots of cooking TV (reruns of Jamie Oliver, et al) and emulate. Trial and error rules. Tennis students improve by watching pros on TV.

kingsgrave.bsky.social•32 days ago

most of my issue has been finding recipes that don't include using a knife, as I can't have any sharp knife anywhere in my house for mental reasons. you cant really chop anything with a butter knife or bread knife, which eliminates like 90% of recipes, so I end up just doing oven things instead.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

hhh yeah this is one reason i go hard on not being assholes to people about pre-chopped food :| (some days my fingers are extra noodle and i really struggle to mince garlic which is not the same problem by half but you'll take my preminced garlic out of my cold dead hands on those days)

jeninmotion.bsky.social•32 days ago

Ooh, frozen pre-minced garlic is a gift and fuck anyone who has a problem with it.

kingsgrave.bsky.social•32 days ago

ive looked for pre-chopped stuff that the internet claims is everywhere and have found basically nothing, other than frozen stuff for specific vegs. even the type of grocery store that has a butchers section that reddit likes to bring up is not a place I shop, lol. thats the bougie grocery store.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

i have been to fairly bougie grocery stores and even there i don't know that i could get pre-chopped meat, lmao, what is reddit smoking

it's actually a thing Dinnerly does that Fuckin' Rules, chicken that needs chopped comes pre-chopped, which feels like a minor thing but really isn't

vjpsyverson.bsky.social•32 days ago

the Mexican and Chinese grocery stores around here all have various shapes of pre-chopped (and sometimes pre-marinated) meat at the butcher's counter

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

oh man that rules. there are some *really* nice small groceries in my area but they're pretty much exclusively shelf-stable / canned goods

kingsgrave.bsky.social•32 days ago

I also think people, albeit from good intentions, don't realize how difficult even simple instructions can be. I've tried for over a decade at this point, my autistic ass cannot figure out how to cook rice or pasta correctly. I follow the time instructions and it literally never comes out right.

segfaultvicta.bsky.social•32 days ago

somehow my mom could consistently get rice perfectly right without a rice cooker and i Do Not Know how she did it, rice is impossible as hell without a rice cooker but a like $15 college student ass rice cooker from amazon is lifechanging in that regard

kingsgrave.bsky.social•32 days ago

a lot of canned stuff has a horrendous texture and insanely salty to the point of covering up any other flavors, I think outside of the specific soups or whatever you basically don't see these outside of soup kitchens or church giveaway boxes.

leilime-parma.bsky.social•31 days ago

Not sure, but it’s possible. Even if it does exist, create it anyway. It could help someone in need if the tome speculated isn’t readily available.

haafk.bsky.social•32 days ago

Sell by, use by, and best buy dates and what they actually mean. How freezing changes the texture of fresh produce. Dicing, cubing, mincing with a knife. How to use a whisk. How to peel a potato. How to use measures. Your microwave has different power settings for useful reasons!

yellowandblackmail.com•31 days ago

People have the internet and can google ANYTHING. I left home 25 years ago not knowing how to even make hamburger helper because I didn’t know what “brown the meat” actually meant and I undercooked it several times. People lack motivation and problem solving skills, a cookbook won’t fix that ;(

ekkajjthesecond.bsky.social•32 days ago

Some people like me who are born to be leaders just instinctually know. I knew how to make top of the art nouvelle cuisine at age 8. Now I’m a chef at the highest level and the whole world is my misen place. So it’s people like me to thank

shetraveler.bsky.social•32 days ago

Excellent idea. Why do people choose to breed when they give their children no pathway to success. You cannot abdicate everything to the state.

themkdub.bsky.social•32 days ago

Maybe it does but maybe your take is interesting, too!

dylanleandermoore.bsky.social•32 days ago

Good and Cheap by Leanne Brown is the one that comes to mind for me - it's also FREE from her website.

its-lex-actually.bsky.social•31 days ago

You know, it’s probably a great idea. I struggle with most executive tasks but was fortunate enough to have a family that taught me a LOT about cooking. So if I didn’t have that, I’d probably suck at it too. Cooking is an accessibility issue.

Generally household tasks are a disability issue.

antidramallama.bsky.social•31 days ago

I started writing one tailored to gamers called Cooking for Noobs. Gave up after I stopped playing as often for college.

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