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People Who Don't Cook

chessylady — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 01:45:57 GMT

I have a friend who has told me she doesn't cook. She nominally cooked while raising her children. I am single yet I cook almost every day. I can't imagine living on frozen food and take out. My mother was a good cook but she was too busy to teach me. Still eating good food as a child must have left an impression on me. Do you know people who don't cook?

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birkin baby — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 01:50:19 GMT

I try to not cook as often as possible. Summer is when I try even harder to not cook.

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millieshops — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 01:56:34 GMT

Some of us who say we don't cook actually do cook a little. I make "real" oatmeal most days, I put a chicken breast in the oven along with a potato to bake and I make fresh tossed salads or a fresh steamed veggie (no sauces, few herbs). Sometimes I substitute fish fillet for a chicken, but i just put it in a small casserole sprayed to keep it from sticking. Again no sauces please.

I just don't consider what I do cooking, I guess because to me that involves a recipe which I seldom use any longer - but not a whole lot of takeout and even less frozen except for bags of plain veggies.

I still like to look at dishes and kitchen gadgets, still enjoy cookbooks. Strange maybe, but that's the way it is.

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Mz iMac — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 01:57:56 GMT

@chessylady wrote:
Do you know people who don't cook?

MOI.....and proud of it. I do take out on weekends & go to restaurants the rest of the week. I eat breakfast at my local diner every day.

My S.O. buys my groceries & does ALL the cooking when he comes over. Good thing he knows how to throw down in the kitchen!

I grew up in a household where my father & brothers did ALL the cooking. My mother only cooked on Sundays but my father did the meats. I was never taught to cook.

Never taught my 43 yr old daughter to cook either. SIL can't cook. When they walk into a restaurant, everybody knows their name!

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giddy up — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 01:59:13 GMT

When I was a younger adult I didn't cook for myself much. But over the last 5 or 6 years I have learned to cook and have started cooking with different appliances....slow cooker, pressure cooker, toaster oven etc. The best part about it.......I am loving my own cooking I also like being able to stay home around the dinner hour and not have to run out somewhere to pick something up.

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tedEbear — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:00:37 GMT

I second what birkinbaby said!!!! I have never been a good cook, even watching the food real close. I do cook because DH says he is hungry and then complains. I can barely microwave. My Mom was an OK cook.

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Annabellethecat66 — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:02:10 GMT

I almost never cook. Every now and then I'll make my favorite spaghetti sauce, freeze it and when I get hungry for it cook the noodles.

I eat out with a friend at least 3 or 4 times a week. If I'm out, I'll get something to eat. We don't eat fast food but we eat at restaurants.

It doesn't make sense to cook much when you are by yourself. Sometimes I go by my daughter's on way home from the Drs and eat at her house.

There are a lot of older people who don't cook much. If you live alone it is a pain in the neck to do much cooking and then sit and eat it.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:07:59 GMT

People who've never cooked are usually too lazy to read and follow directions. Cooking isn't rocket science.

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scotnovel — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:09:54 GMT

I used to have a friend who didn't cook. Her husband asked me to buy her a cookbook for Christmas one year. She had expressed some interest in a few things that I made so I felt ok getting her the cookbook. She learned how to make 2 or 3 things and after that she always acted like an expert when anyone was talking about cooking skills. It was kind of funny. I knew her for several years and don't remember her ever baking anything.

The mother of a girl I went to grade school with made only 7 main dishes, one for each day of the week They had the same meals over and over again each week. My friend liked to stay overnight at various friend's houses so she could actually have the opportunity to eat some different dishes.

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GenXmuse — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:10:01 GMT

I don't think I know anyone who doesn't cook at least some. I love cooking. It's the cleaning up I dislike.

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123SuzyQ123 — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:46:31 GMT

I am nearing age 69 and have always lived with family until now!! I have lived completely alone for the last 2 years, 3 months and 1 week (but who is counting?)! I never lived alone before now. So, I don't see much reason to cook a "real meal" for just myself. However, once a week I make a huge pot of veggie soup, with fresh veggies and a few strips of bacon for flavoring. I make enough to get at least 3 meals off it.

I also buy a "plain" pizza (cheese only on it) and I load it up with fresh veggies and cook it and have that for 3 or 4 meals. Sometimes I bake a potato for a meal, and put steamed mushrooms and onions on it. Very filling. And I always have cereal for breakfast. So, I guess I do cook a little bit, but not nearly as much as I did in the past!!!

As far as going "out" to eat, I do that about once a month, and I do pick up a fast food meal about twice a month.

Edited to add: I just figured out one reason that I don't cook much anymore - the dishwasher is broken and I hate the cleanup and hand washing of dishes and pans after I cook!!! (excuses, excuses)! LOL

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jaxs mom — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:12:58 GMT

@chessylady wrote:
I have a friend who has told me she doesn't cook. She nominally cooked while raising her children. I am single yet I cook almost every day. I can't imagine living on frozen food and take out. My mother was a good cook but she was too busy to teach me. Still eating good food as a child must have left an impression on me. Do you know people who don't cook?

I don't know anyone that doesn't cook. I grew up in a family where everyone cooked and baked. My friends cook too. I wouldn't not want to live on resturant food and frozen meals either. I cook from scratch, make my own bread and stock and can food from my garden. I buy very few prepared items.

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circles — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:17:03 GMT

I live alone....I can't see making a big meal for me...so my meals are simple...burgers...hot dogs...sometimes spaghetti..frozen dinners...sandwiches...or i call for a pizza....it suits my life style..

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Mz iMac — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:20:35 GMT

@Kachina624

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tansy — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:21:54 GMT

I cooked when my boys were growing up but I never considered it to be fun, unlike baking which I enjoyed.

Now that I'm retired I make simple meals a few times a week and we get lunch out the other days. We will eat leftovers, sandwiches or salads for other meals. I rarely bake anymore for health reasons.

If someone doesn't cook, it doesn't mean they are lazy -- just not interested in the mechanics of meal planning, grocery shopping, the actual cooking process and clean up.

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september — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:25:44 GMT

I have to say, I've never understood the "I don't cook" comments either.

I don't make complicated meals, but like to have something healthy and fresh on the table every night. Leftovers are good for lunches the next day.

It doesn't take a lot of time. If I were to drive to a local restaurant to pick up what I could have made at home....that would take more time, and probably wouldn't have been as good.

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tedEbear — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:25:49 GMT

@Kachina-----I can read, however most recipes have "things and stuff" in them, so that is that. We don't eat things and stuff or a lot of flavors.

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Mz iMac — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:26:14 GMT

"I cook from scratch, make my own bread and stock and can food from my garden."

@jaxs mom

KNOCK KNOCK.....It's me inviting myself over for breakfast, lunch & dinner.

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september — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:27:28 GMT

@tansy wrote:
I cooked when my boys were growing up but I never considered it to be fun, unlike baking which I enjoyed.

Now that I'm retired I make simple meals a few times a week and we get lunch out the other days. We will eat leftovers, sandwiches or salads for other meals. I rarely bake anymore for health reasons.

If someone doesn't cook, it doesn't mean they are lazy -- just not interested in the mechanics of meal planning, grocery shopping, the actual cooking process and clean up.

Not all that complicated.

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alliswell — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 02:29:16 GMT

Growing up, I watched Julia Child on PBS and later bought her cookbook,"The Art of French Cooking."

After watching Julia, nothing in the kitchen seems too challenging and it's fun to be creative, try new things, improve, entertain others, while having fun myself.

If I maintain a "clean-up as I go" mindset, it's not too difficult to keep on top of being tidy.

But in the summertime, cooking is at a minimum.