I read the article. And I would say that about 50% of the people I know cook. And when I say cook -- I mean more than a sandwich.
I cook. My sister doesn't. She knows how to, and will make stuff for parties, but on a regular night, she either orders in or buys something that she can just microwave. (Last week, I was mocking her mercilessly, because her dinner, on a night when I went out to a fabulous vegan restaurant and had invited her and she declined, was dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets.) My mom cooked when I was a kid, but lately she hasn't been cooking much, mostly ordering in. She keeps saying that she needs to cook more.
I wonder how that statistic that the average American spends 27 minutes a day on food prep was measured. Like, if I'm making lentil soup, I might spend 15 minutes peeling and chopping vegetables and getting everything into the pot, then another 30-45 minutes sitting on the couch watching TV while getting up every 5-10 minutes or so to check on the soup and maybe stir it a bit. What do those 30-45 minutes count as? Would they count differently if I spent the time sitting in the kitchen staring at the pot?
Thanks for linking to your Natter post, Shir. I am so sorry they haven't caught the guy yet. Much get-the-bad-guy~ma to your police force.
Frankly, my country's police force sucks beyond reason, and I'm afraid some might wanna leave this ambiguity about the nature of this crime, so they can say it was a revenge of a hurt lover or something like that.
Not knowing how did it, in a blind country such as mine, can be also a horrible comfort, so people won't have to deal with the consequences and the reality.
Happy birthday, wonderful Deena!
I was thinking about that , too, Hil. And On Mondays, I cook a few things -- that will be part of meals through out the week. It cuts the time I spend cooking overall, by a little bit.
I am tempted to cook black beans in tomato sauce, chili powder, and beer, based on a half-remembered dish that I ate at a Mexican restaurant about three years ago. I guess the worst that'll happen is I'll waste some food, best that'll happen is I'll have a side dish for tonight's tacos. These tacos seem more like they should have a cold side dish, though. I've got some leftover rice -- maybe I'll make some kind of rice and bean salad or something.
I'm going to make a frittata tonight.
It's erika's fault.
DH has wanted hotdogs for a week. He actually bought some, but we didn't cook them. I got polish sausage today. I need to make coleslaw and something else. Not sure what.
We are having one of our quickie standbys. A baked potato with turkey chili on top (and a little cheese and/or sour cream if you are so inclined). Along with a salad, that's dinner about once a week.
Today's XKCD makes me sad. [link]
