Is cooking becoming a lost art?
I realize easy quick meals are necessary these days, but it seems like doing it yourself from scratch may die out with the Boomers.
Even proper barbecues on a grill seem to have been replaced by trays from supermarkets (And if you've never enjoyed steak tips, chops, or bbq platters of various flavors done from someones own recipie, you haven't lived. Blows away anything pre-made or at a restaurant, if done by a good enthusiast.)
I'm sure it will be, sadly.
Last week I made some authentic Japanese curry chicken---It was great, but I spent way longer making it than I originally wanted to.
I could have easily gone to Trader Joes or Whole Foods and gotten something comparable, frozen, ready-to-eat.
Housewives are (fortunately) becoming a thing of the past so working people in general don't have the time to really make anything complicated anymore.
I still value cooking as a skill though; primarily because I don't trust other people to cook my food.
The cost effectiveness of cooking from scratch has gone with the obliteration of the traditional family, it's not really practical for single people to cook a huge pot of stew for example, at least if you don't want to wind up eating the same thing for four days. Preparing food as a pastime/hobby/artform is going nowhere yet though.
I've been experimenting with bbq'ing and smoking lately.
The problem with takeout besides cost is it isn't that good. It does in a pinch but the majority of it doesn't come close to something you can cook at home. And don't get me started on frozen food.
And throwing a roast or slab of meat in the slow cooker or oven before work/bed isn't much effort. A couple days of meals for minimal prep work. Smoking has proven to take more time and effort, but I'm getting used to it. My main issue is dealing with the coals so far, but need to buy a chimney to bypass effort.
Cooking something on the stovetop isn't much effort either. Unless you're getting into like a 10 step 30-spice curry or something it doesn't take much effort.
Baking seems like it's very time consuming on the other hand. Very productive but a lot of work based on very minimal experience.
As long as you have shit like dried beans, rice, spices and a MEAT, you can make a ton of food for cheap. Butcher shops are also your friends.
Originally posted by One Big MobSmoking food eh? You like consuming carcinogens?
I've been experimenting with bbq'ing and smoking lately.The problem with takeout besides cost is it isn't that good. It does in a pinch but the majority of it doesn't come close to something you can cook at home. And don't get me started on frozen food.
And throwing a roast or slab of meat in the slow cooker or oven before work/bed isn't much effort. A couple days of meals for minimal prep work. Smoking has proven to take more time and effort, but I'm getting used to it. My main issue is dealing with the coals so far, but need to buy a chimney to bypass effort.
Cooking something on the stovetop isn't much effort either. Unless you're getting into like a 10 step 30-spice curry or something it doesn't take much effort.
Baking seems like it's very time consuming on the other hand. Very productive but a lot of work based on very minimal experience.
As long as you have shit like dried beans, rice, spices and a MEAT, you can make a ton of food for cheap. Butcher shops are also your friends.
Originally posted by One Big Mob
I've been experimenting with bbq'ing and smoking lately.The problem with takeout besides cost is it isn't that good. It does in a pinch but the majority of it doesn't come close to something you can cook at home. And don't get me started on frozen food.
And throwing a roast or slab of meat in the slow cooker or oven before work/bed isn't much effort. A couple days of meals for minimal prep work. Smoking has proven to take more time and effort, but I'm getting used to it. My main issue is dealing with the coals so far, but need to buy a chimney to bypass effort.
Cooking something on the stovetop isn't much effort either. Unless you're getting into like a 10 step 30-spice curry or something it doesn't take much effort.
Baking seems like it's very time consuming on the other hand. Very productive but a lot of work based on very minimal experience.
As long as you have shit like dried beans, rice, spices and a MEAT, you can make a ton of food for cheap. Butcher shops are also your friends.
Originally posted by One Big MobBelated happy birthday Brandon.
I've been experimenting with bbq'ing and smoking lately.The problem with takeout besides cost is it isn't that good. It does in a pinch but the majority of it doesn't come close to something you can cook at home. And don't get me started on frozen food.
And throwing a roast or slab of meat in the slow cooker or oven before work/bed isn't much effort. A couple days of meals for minimal prep work. Smoking has proven to take more time and effort, but I'm getting used to it. My main issue is dealing with the coals so far, but need to buy a chimney to bypass effort.
Cooking something on the stovetop isn't much effort either. Unless you're getting into like a 10 step 30-spice curry or something it doesn't take much effort.
Baking seems like it's very time consuming on the other hand. Very productive but a lot of work based on very minimal experience.
As long as you have shit like dried beans, rice, spices and a MEAT, you can make a ton of food for cheap. Butcher shops are also your friends.
Originally posted by shiv
Consumption is more varied.Actual cooking at home from scratch is not.
But foodnetwork says you're wrong:
Americans Are Cooking More Meals at Home, Eating Out Less
Today, 82 percent of the meals Americans eat are prepared at home, a much higher percentage than a decade ago, according to research from NPD Group Inc. cited by Bloomberg.
If what you said was correct, then the sit-down restaurant industry would not be struggling because of the millennials not eating.