80% of Treatler discourse is that some men consider it beneath them to do their own cooking for self evident yet ineffable reasons
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When's the last time you heard of a blind date?
I think this is a more accurate description of most men’s treatment of their female partners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPRKIYFw9dU
Maybe it’s related to the Madonna and an inability to accept their mothers as flawed human beings?
Women initiate divorce more, are more likely to stand up to bigoted male relatives, accept queer family members, and forego patriatrchal tradition.
I’m far from the best dad, but my three boys can all make a few dishes and see me cook regularly. So I reckon that’s one thing I’ve got right…
This is genuinely alien to me. I get the abstract and bigoted reasoning. But it's just fundamentally incompatible with my personal understanding of reality.
I also live on my own, so if I didn't like cooking I'd be kind of screwed.
As you advance it can be as complex as you want, but you should have some simple basics in your repertoire that you can make.
one of the things that's really great about cooking as a hobby is how naturally you can progress
I would turn that leftover chicken into sandwiches or wraps, the bones into soup in the winter, if I was the mood.
It was how I was raised so it's no big deal to me.
It will change ur life.
* How do I spend less time getting food to a plate
* How do I spend less effort getting food to a plate
And in rare cases, both (thank you instant pot)
https://www.amazon.com/Best-30-Minute-Recipe-Cooks-Illustrated/dp/0936184981
Maybe I’m weird, but I don’t mind chopping vegetables. I have never had a time that I preferred frozen veggies to fresh.
"throw it in a pot, cook it till it's hot"
Chop cook spice stir eat
Then you do your best to make meals stretch as many days as possible.
Also, here's a link to the cookbook Good and Cheap. (Cooking with SNAP benefits)
skill issue tbh, I'm an AMERICAN
Or just go straight for the Mitski/boygenius.