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How do you cope with having to cook alone/for a single person for the rest of your life, /ck/? I really liked cooking back when I had a gf, but it's been decades since that and I lost all motivation, it seems completely pointless to do it alone especially knowing you don't really have to practice because you'll never find anyone else to cook for ever again.

>> No.14637408

>>14637401
I cook for my mom once a week lol

>> No.14637417

>>14637401
I EAT FOR TWO

>> No.14637428

>>14637408
Lucky you, I have no family left.

>> No.14637434

>>14637401
I hate cooking because a single man eating one meal a day means you end up with the same shit for days if you want it to be cost effective, but frankly, I hate being in a relationship more.

>> No.14637444

>>14637428
i don't care faggot

>> No.14637466

>>14637401
>decades
Ouch. I've been cooking for one for 24 years.
>>14637434
I cook things like soup and chili, and then freeze them in peanut butter jars. But, yeah, cooking for one is hard to optimize. I just had spaghetti and meatballs for the last 3 meals

>> No.14637478

>>14637401
How old are you?

>> No.14637506

>>14637478
42, why?

>> No.14637683
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14637683

kinos with happy endings

>> No.14637883

>>14637401
I have a gf, but she's so picky(think tendies and tots only) that I rarely cook anything for the two of us. I enjoy the freedom of not having to alter what I cook in order to please someone else. It's great because I can make myself something nice whenever the fuck I want.

>> No.14637910

>>14637683
fuck those piece of shit kids for not showing up the first time...buncha entitled assholes, no wonder america is going to shit

>> No.14637916

>>14637910
This.
You know they're just there for the social media attention. Fucking parasites.

>> No.14637943

>>14637506
just asking

>> No.14637945

>>14637683
Dunno what's more cringe the old man capitalizing on the cringe meme or the disinterested grand kids. Either way fuck all of them they look like Drumpf supporters and unironically I wish they'd kill themselves, even papaw

>> No.14637955

>>14637945
>they look like Drumpf supporters
> I wish they'd kill themselves
ah yes, the tolerant left strikes again

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>>14637955
Yes.

>> No.14637974

>>14637683
I always assume boomers are terrible people who deserve all the bad things in life unless they prove otherwise. It hasn't failed me so far. Those kids clearly do not want to be there.

>> No.14637989

>>14637683
look how happy they are to be there.

>> No.14637994

>>14637401
>>14637428
>>14637466
>>14637506
>DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAIN
>LET IT BE A MOTIVATOR FOR CHANGE
>DO SOMETHING

>> No.14638009

>>14637883

used to date a woman like this she drove me fucking nuts. lived off lean cuisines and frozen food. she was thicc as fuck tho and i think thats why. she just ate like shit. i enjoyed that she had huge tits and a fat ass but i hated that she would not eat my cooking unless it was just meat, cheese, and carbs.

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>>14637971
>t.

>> No.14638045

>>14637994
Like what?

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14638051

>>14637974
>

>> No.14638107

>>14637401
I don't cope, it's actually freeing. You can and experiment at your leisure, cook at whatever time you fucking want. No bitching, no nagging.

>> No.14638137

>>14637401
I cook for myself, I enjoy it. I make menu plans and everything.

>> No.14638150

For health/skin reasons I have to eat a really restrictive diet, so I cook all my meals and eat them alone

>> No.14638209

>>14638045
sit there and be inactive and let the rest of your life go away

>> No.14638293

>>14637974
https://www.takimag.com/article/the-myth-of-boomer-privilege/
I'm not a boomer, and have more reason to hate them since I'm genX, but boomer hate is a fad

>> No.14638376

i don't mind it so much until it comes to baking / making desserts. the fuck am i gonna do with 20 cookies or an entire cake? even after scaling to 1 egg a lot of recipes are still way more than i'm ever gonna eat myself before it goes bad.

>> No.14638516

>>14638376
I found out that my cheesecakes freeze and thaw tolerably well.

20 cookies? Gorge yourself over a couple days.

>> No.14638784

>>14637910
Its obvious that old fart is an asshole.
his fault they dont like him

>> No.14638790

I have had some coworkers who test out their cooking by making full plates and desserts for the other workers to try and sell. If your cooking is solid you'll make a good chunk of money from your coworkers every single week.

>> No.14638800

>>14638790
this, or start a cooking youtube channel where you redo all of jacks recipes the right way, shitting on how he did it the wrong way as you go

>> No.14639030

>>14637945
rent free

>> No.14639747

Usually when I enjoy cook for myself and a girl for the very fact that I have someone to cook for and they usually appreciate the meals.

I also I may secretly be a bit of a show off.

>> No.14639799

>>14638800
This is kinda the guy you are looking for, he remakes all of the shitty youtube "chefs" food and rates he's pretty funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kty_sd_EeZU&t=762s

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>>14637401
Blog here with photos of the process with lots of alcohol and cats/opossums.

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>>14637401
Do you have a microwave, OP?

>> No.14639857

>>14637989
They know they would have been crucified if they didn't turn up again.
I wouldn't be suprised if a couple of them got death threats online.

>> No.14639861

>>14637401
By cooking. I hate other people.

>> No.14641296

>cope

What? Do it for your own enjoyment. Also it's easypeasy to cook for one person, in fact it's far easier especially with a proper airfryer, baking stuff has never been so easy and fast.

>> No.14641305

>>14637401
I cope by looking in the mirror and being real with myself. Would I fuck me? Am I fuckable? If the answer is no, I try to fix it.

>> No.14642021

>>14641305
What does fucking have to do with anything, are you a retarded brainwashed coomer?

>> No.14642028

>>14639030
My fat cock is in your asshole rent free fag

>> No.14642053

>>14638376
Bring them to work, bro. Fall is my favorite season. PUMPKIN SPICE SNICKERDOODLES FOR THE THOTS

>> No.14642855
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>>14637401
Listen

Go to every farmers market in your area

buy fruit, buy vegetables, buy a few kinds of meat

try to talk to the vendors

when talking to vendors, try to talk to people buying from vendors

don't force it, just a quip or and line is enough

do this every week for 2 months

use your freezer for raw meats and cooked meals

cook for 2 everynight

invite any person over for dinner you can

create a space in your house for dinner

if no one comes, save the second portion

cook it into an omelet the next day, this is why the french invented them

cook what you like, drink a lot of water, exercise everyday

>> No.14643392

>>14637417
You sound like a fat psychopath rapist.

>> No.14643402

>>14637401
Ate frito pie with wilf brand chili and i forgot how despressing of a meal that is. I wanna die.

>> No.14643406

>>14642855
mega gay image, mega based advice

>> No.14643453

>>14638045
Improve yourself. I just decided to start learning Russian and getting /fit/.

>> No.14643457

>>14637945
4 more years

>> No.14643514

>>14642855
I only have a really tiny fridge with a freezer that fits maybe 2lbs of food, and a studio apartment that fits a couch and a kitchenette, don't really have a proper table, but I guess it would be good advice for a rich American with a TV-show style house.

>> No.14643740

>>14637401
I don't cook. I eat out exclusively. It's the only social interaction I get beside from my job. I am suicidal.

>> No.14643757

>>14637434
learn to not be shit about it and you can vary your foods a lot. a rotisserie chicken can be used to make like 3 different meals easily.

>> No.14643768

>>14643757
>a rotisserie chicken can be used to make like 3 different meals easily.
Yeah and a live-in maid can be used to make like 200 meals, fucking bourgeois faggot.

>> No.14643769

>>14642021
Fucking has to do with everything. It's why you exist brainlet.

>> No.14643788

>>14643769
No, it's why you exist. I exist because my parents actually loved each other.

>> No.14643802

>>14637401
I just do it. It doesn't matter. Nothing matters. It seems like you already understand that on some level. Recognise the thought, and let it flourish.

>> No.14643811

>>14643769
If fucking was everything, there would never have been civilization. We would in fact be extinct. Our ancestors would have simply captured women, fucked them continuously, and fucked to death every baby that was thereby produced.

>> No.14643816

>>14643788
How do you know they loved each other when you were conceived, or very young? You don't. You could have been an accident, like over half of people are. Dad didn't pull out or was too incompetent at using birth control, and here you are
>but my parents said they wanted me
Parents lie about this shit all the time

>> No.14643826

>>14643816
How do you know that yesterday existed and you aren't a robot?

Sorry you had a shit family life, people usually cope by projecting and imagining everyone else had it the same, but it's just not true.

>> No.14643830

>>14643768
due to covid they're been pricing them under $4 per chicken lately. hard to beat

>> No.14643837

>>14637401
Get gf or bf on Tinder. Figure out what you like to eat and then only eat what you like. I currently eat lox w/ french bread and coffee ice cream (dessert) for lunch 3x a week... Eat what you like.

>> No.14643840

>>14643830
I thought we were talking about cooking from scratch here, not repurposing bits of Walmart chicken.
>>14643837
This "person" lives.

>> No.14643851

>>14643457
4 more years of my cock ramming you rightoids in the ass? based

>> No.14643854

>>14643837
I drink beer most days of the week. sometimes I just skip food and drink more beer

>> No.14643932

>>14643826
You can't say for sure that your parents loved each other when you were conceived. You can believe it, and/or them, but most people lie all the time, especially to themselves

>> No.14643933

>>14637401
>>14643514
>>14643854
You really just made this thread to cry about your life didn't you, faggot.

>> No.14643940
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>>14637401
unironically the best part of living alone is getting whatever you want for groceries and cooking whatever you like and no one fucks up with your pots and knifes

>> No.14643945

>>14637434
Learn to make smaller portions and repurpose your food. Buy small pieces of produce, so you can cut up half to whole a tiny onion, for example) for just one meal worth one or two portions. Also just cut off what you need from large stuff, no need to cut up all of it, which I used to do and end up with way to much. But even then you can just put the extra in mason jars if you like so you don’t have to cut it all up for the next meal. Next step is repurposing. Make chili then repurpose it into chili pepper stuffing by adding rice and cheese. If you still have some left then figure something else out like adding more rice and turning it into more of a chili flavored rice side. Recently I made a vegetable stew, added left over beef into the bowls after cooking. The next night I thinned it out, added some zucchini, pasta, and herbs and made it into a simple minestrone. You have to be creative and willing to cook often. That’s the alternative to cooking a lot of food, eating the same thing for 6 meals, but only cooking once for 6 meals. Also I try to make it easy on myself by boiling 6-10 gold potatoes, taking them out a bit early, and putting them in a bowl covered with plastic wrap in the fridge. They continue to cook until they cook down and then I’ve got potatoes I can add to any meal or even grab as a quick snack. I like an egg and a potato with sour cream and salt for breakfast when I’m home. But I work a shift that starts at 3am so I usually put a potato and some left overs into a mason jar and eat it in my car.

>> No.14644041

>>14638293
>baww we boomies got tricked don't blame us baww it was the ebil government
That's what I got from that article.

>> No.14644055

>>14637683
>force a human into existence out of your own will
>feel entitled for that human to fulfill your desires and obey your commands forever as "repayment" for what it never requested of you
Breeders are mentally ill

>> No.14644100

>>14644055
Your continued existence is consent. If you don't like the terms and conditions of life nobody can stop you from using your exit clause in your contract.

And they're being asked to go to dinner. Not servitude. Stop being silly.

>> No.14644120

>>14644100
Living and then dying =/= never having existed

>> No.14644132

>>14637401
i like cooking just for me because it's easiest in a speed type of way, but i like to see if i can meet up with peoples sense of taste so it feels bad being single in that sense

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>>14637401
I dread the day I'll have to life alone. Right now I cook for 4 people everyday, because I still life at my parents house and university is still online-only because of corona-chan.
But in less than two years, I'll finish my degree, move out and have to cook alone everyday.
And since I am as beta virgin as one can get, it's not like I'll have a wife to cook for anytime soon.
Fuck.

>> No.14644187

>>14637401
who the fuck cares anon. good something great for yourself. then do it again the next night.

>> No.14644308

>>14637401
Literally impossible to be alone as a man. Once you got your 30s there's plenty of thirsty lonely 30-something women that'll throw themselves at you, or 20-somethings with an older man fetish.