Fuck no.
From a bag. I do not *do* cooking.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 18:37, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

What will you have to go with your oven-chips?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 18:39, Reply)

Heat them up.
I meant cooking from scratch, I can't/won't do that.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 18:44, Reply)

Why?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 18:54, Reply)

Because it's expensive and boring and I'm not very good at it.

(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:07, Reply)

It is fundamentally quite boring isn't it?

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:14, Reply)

I have better things to spend my time doing*
I just can't get excited by it.


*Massive lies
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:24, Reply)

Well I suppose you bake
so that sort of counts. I think I'd like cooking more if I was better at it haha
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:25, Reply)

Gawd, I've only baked properly once and it was so exhausting and annoying
I have a huge new found respect for bakers
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:27, Reply)

The baking I do is a piece of piss though.
Get ingredients. Chuck ingredients in bowl. Blitz with electric whisk. Pour into cake tin. Put in oven. Remove from oven. Bask in cake-love.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:37, Reply)

Most of my cooking isn't far off from that, just chop it up and bung it all in a pan.
I've developed quite good knife skills, so I don't think twice about chopping up stuff when cooking for just a few. It really isn't that far off, in fact, it's less, I never messure or weigh stuff.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:47, Reply)

I have trouble getting ingredients though.
There's no shops within walking distance, so I have to get a lift to a supermarket if I want to do a proper shop, but even then I don't tend to buy stuff to actually cook with because it will go off before I've had chance to eat it. Food doesn't bother me that much, I'm definitely a 'eat to live' rather than 'live to eat' person.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:50, Reply)

I can't even begin to count up the amount of stuff I've binned, it's really hard when cooking for one.
But there are a few ingredients you could try that have long shelf life, if you wanted too that is, I got a few meals that take litterally as long as it takes to boil some pasta that taste amazing where everything bar just one ingredient is out of a jar that lasts for a good 6 months or soo.

Do you like Crab Sticks / Prawns?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:58, Reply)

Also, there are the delivery services theses days that I hear are good, can't say I've used one though on account of me living in easy walking distance from quite a few supermarkets/shops.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:58, Reply)

Thanks Gonz
I'm a vegetarian though, and I can't use delivery because I never have *any* money on my debit card.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 20:04, Reply)

Heh, no worries =)
I can still help recipy wise, in fact, I'd say about a third of the things I cook wouldn't make much of a difference without meat.

Can't help with your personal international credit crunch crisis though, that one is a lot tougher.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 20:15, Reply)

Sorry, that was very rude of me, I asked such a question and ran off.
I guess it's a bit like a football fanatic and me; I don't understand such deep seated love for the game.

I find food amazing, it's not the eating of it, although that is good... It's the fact that it is something everyone has in common, everyone has loves and hates food wise, and memories too, both bitter and sweet. And that it is a great insight into other cultures. I also love the pleasure other poeple show me when they try my food, that is the tastiest bit for me. And the creativity away from a screen.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:40, Reply)

I see what you mean about the creativity.
But I suppose it's like asking a person who's no good at painting why they don't want to paint.
(BelladonnaAnodyne Melissa's gonna wet herself, I swear..., Thu 10 Mar 2011, 19:43, Reply)