On 2019-03-21 11:06 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook.Â* "Just for
> yourself?"Â* Yes.Â* "You live alone, right?"Â* Yes.Â* "And you cook.Â* Just
> for yourself."Â* I laughed.Â* Of course I do!Â* You don't think I go out to
> eat every day, do you?
>
> Maybe the millenials go out to eat all the time but I'm not a millenial.
> Â*The idea that people living by themselves don't cook seems to be a
> common misconception.
>
> I explained to her I have a small stand-alone freezer.Â* Cooking for one
> isn't difficult.Â* But with a freezer it's easy to cook some things in
> slightly larger quantities and have leftovers for homemade freezer meals
> for when I don't feel like cooking.
>
> I don't understand why the concept was such a surprise.Â* Your thoughts?
>


I can't get too excited about cooking for myself. I don't have a problem
with baking for myself because my wife rarely eats cookies, pies and
stuff like that. If she goes away for a few days I resort to hamburgers
and going out.