/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Air Fryer No.19886429]

>born to EAT. forced to COOK.
>face it: if you had a private chef, you would not cook. enjoying cooking is a COPE.
>air fryer auto-cooks your food to perfection in a fraction of the time, keeping chicken juicy and crispy when air fried, fish with the perfect soft texture on the baked setting, and potatoes perfectly prepared on the roast setting

take the air fryer pill anon, and stop wasting time cooking as it doesn't progress you towards your REAL GOALS

[Anonymous No.19886455]

>>19886429
My top oven does convection
If I had the money to pay someone to cook for me at home I would give it to me and cook for myself and spend the money on dumb shit like NODs

[Air Fryer No.19886486]

>>19886455
convection ovens can't achieve the same time efficiency as quality results as an air fryer

[Anonymous No.19886494]

air fryers are somewhere between a microwave and real cooking
they are never as good as doing it yourself but they're better than microwaving at the cost of being more time consuming

[Anonymous No.19886515]

>>19886429
>if you had a private chef, you would not cook. enjoying cooking is a COPE.
I dunno. I've never had a private chef, only food services such as cafeterias, fast food, as well as restaurants all over. There is definitely something to be said for having a wagie prep your food, its definitely nice and relaxing that is for sure. Plus depending on their expertise level you can enjoy stuff that would take a LONG time to learn, or is pointlessly laborious to make. Ramen, pho, BBQ, and other long-lead items are excellent examples of things that having someone else do it for you is a massive labor and time savings. Pizza is a another good one because of the stupid oven temps and proofing you need to do.

But I have also experienced the other side of that - were the slop I was served was barely edible and highly aggravating because I knew I could make it infinitely better if I was cooking. I'm talking cafeteria slop here of course, but fast food often falls into the pitfall too - of being "convenient" but shitty in quality.

My opinion is that making your own food is a basic survival skill, one that you (and everyone) should at least have the bare minimum in - not to some autistic 3 star chef level of course, just the basics. Aka you can feed yourself when no other options are available, but you have access to ingredients be it preserved good or raw produce. It's also not a bad hobby to have, as it is VERY rewarding. Taking ingredients and making something tasty is a quick way to boost self esteem with a small success, and if it is comfort food tier, you get a happiness boost from it as well. Stacked repeatedly, you get all these little successes, and that is good for mental health. Plus if you get better than survival food, you can feed others and get social acceptance and approval, furthering that dopamine hit and helping your depressed ass fit in better. Plus there are fringe benefits like smelling spices and aromas in the house.

[Anonymous No.19886522]

>>19886429
I genuinely enjoy cooking but I get tired of it sometimes. Still, I think having a private cook would be too weird, and I'd prefer my own personal touch

[Anonymous No.19886525]

>>19886486
Ballsack my anus
Get a better set of ovens

[Anonymous No.19886539]

>>19886515
yeah developing a basic intuition for what tastes good and what goes with what is life changing, and cooking for your family on the holidays is a really great feeling
it's like there's this small learning curve to get over where you get a lot of frontloaded reward and then you can keep going if you want to but you don't have to
and trying new things is always a boost even if you don't get it perfectly right because later it will contribute to getting something else right

[Anonymous No.19886545]

>>19886429
I love cooking because of the feeling of making something by my own hands
can you give us an example of an action that is NOT a cope?

[Anonymous No.19886567]

chefs are very unsanitary people

[Anonymous No.19886672]

>>19886429
>REAL GOALS
Don't have any
>enjoying cooking is a COPE.
For me it is for sure

[Anonymous No.19886699]

>>19886567
just the public ones

[Anonymous No.19886720]

>>19886429
telling someone what you want to eat makes you a chef. just look at chatgpt

[Air Fryer No.19887031]

>>19886720
based i do this

[Anonymous No.19887439]

I am a NEET. Every single day of my life is a void that desperately needs to be filled, if I don't waste my time on something I spiral into depression and feel like dying. Cooking is one of the few things that keep me sane, occupy my thoughts and give me a sense of purpose. If I stop cooking I'll probably kill myself.

[Anonymous No.19887447]

I like cooking.
Even if someone was cooking for me, I'd at least still bake. It's fun.

[Anonymous No.19887472]

>>19887439
Too real

[Anonymous No.19887531]

>>19886429
Just try cooking a turkey with it, heh

[Anonymous No.19887893]

>>19887439
ha ha me too anon
me too :')

[Anonymous No.19887990]

>>19886429
sometimes I'm tired and don't want to cook, but I genuinely enjoy it when I have time.

[Anonymous No.19888432]

>>19887439
FUCK YOU

[Anonymous No.19888597]

I cook for my family about 5 times a week. I get to move quickly and multitask and not stare at a screen. Sometimes I involve the kids, guaranteeing an hour of focused bonding time. My cooking impresses my wife every time, which feels great.
>pic rel: Wednesdays dinner.