A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
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. Cooking for one
isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?

Jill

On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:06:47 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
> 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. Cooking for one
> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>
> Jill

i live alone. i cook. although my cooking is very simple. stews, schnitzels, and a popular dessert: steel cut oatmeal sweetened with raw honey. roasts once in a while if someone is coming over.

On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:06:47 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
> 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. Cooking for one
> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>
> Jill

My thoughts? A lot of people don't have a clue.

Is your co-worker single? If so, what does he/she do for meals?
Lean Cuisine?

Cindy Hamilton

On 3/21/2019 12:39 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:06:47 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
>> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>> 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. Cooking for one
>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>
>> Jill
>
> My thoughts? A lot of people don't have a clue.
>
> Is your co-worker single? If so, what does he/she do for meals?
> Lean Cuisine?
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
She is seemingly divorced (I don't ask) but has a grown daughter who
lives in Delaware. She either has a much younger son or a grandchild
she's caring for here in SC.

I have no idea what she does for meals. I mentioned fresh vegetables
and she said they tend to go bad before she can use them. I told her
about parboiling then shocking in cold water and freezing them to use
later. I don't know what she has at her house.

Jill

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.

On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 1:36:53 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.

When my husband has gone out of town on business I've
varied between eating very unimaginatively and making
a bunch of things I know he doesn't like. IIRC his
longest trip was a couple of months. A week or two was
more typical.

Cindy Hamilton

writes:
>On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:06:47 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
>> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>> 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. Cooking for one
>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>
>> Jill
>
>My thoughts? A lot of people don't have a clue.
>
>Is your co-worker single? If so, what does he/she do for meals?
>Lean Cuisine?
>
>Cindy Hamilton


ha! a lot of people don't have a clue, and a lot of people don't have
a clue about cooking

that's why there are Hot Pockets

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:55:08 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 1:36:53 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>When my husband has gone out of town on business I've
>varied between eating very unimaginatively and making
>a bunch of things I know he doesn't like. IIRC his
>longest trip was a couple of months. A week or two was
>more typical.

When I was a bachelor, I often had half a melon as a vegetable.
Because I didn't have to cook it.

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:55:08 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 1:36:53 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2019-03-21 11:06 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> > A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook.* "Just for
>> > yourself?"* Yes.* "You live alone, right?"* Yes.* "And you cook.* Just
>> > for yourself."* I laughed.* Of course I do!* 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.
>> > *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.* Cooking for one
>> > isn't difficult.* 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.* 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.
>
>When my husband has gone out of town on business I've
>varied between eating very unimaginatively and making
>a bunch of things I know he doesn't like. IIRC his
>longest trip was a couple of months. A week or two was
>more typical.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

I've cooked all my life since a young child helping my grandmothers
and mother and I still cook every day unless there are left overs,
typically are. We're not fussy eaters, we enjoy left overs., and
don't mind the same meal 2-3 days in a row. My wife can't cook much
more than a cup of tea or an envelope of instant oatmeaal. When we
first met had she been the kind of woman who insisted on doing the
cooking there probably would not have been a second date. She gladly
eats whatever I serve so long as there're no onions. Neither of us
enjoys eating out, not at someone elses house either. We'll accept
an invite for drinks but not a meal. Whenever she goes to a golf club
luncheon she comes home hungry, she says they put ionions in
everything, every salad contains a field of raw onion. walking by the
salad bar nauseates her from the old onion stench, I don't like the
stench of woofy onions either... meats are too rare, and baked goods
are raw, seems around here a few brown spots on baked goods render
them inedable... we'd much rather have a muffin with a thick crust and
burnt edges than with raw batter in the center. .. neither of us can
understand eating cookie dough. There are a lot more people with TIAD
than yoose think, especially restaurant 'chefs'.... seems they've
become so used to frozen entrees that they nuke that they've forgotten
how to cook or they never knew... these days the priciest eaterys
serve nuked frozen items... may as well dine on TV Dinners. Those
working in pricey restaurant kitchens who call themself a chef are no
more a chef than a cub scout on a camp-out.... anyone can nuke breaded
frozen gulf shrimp from the stupicmarket... WTF would anyone other
than TIADers want to eat gulf shrimp.... warm water seafood is bait.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just for
>yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
> 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. Cooking for one
> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>
> Jill

There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
usually brought to work as lunch.

These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.

On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 4:32:37 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> >A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
> >yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just for
> >yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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..
> > 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. Cooking for one
> > isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
> >
> > Jill
>
> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
> other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
> didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
> usually brought to work as lunch.
>
> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.

i just got invited to a chinese buffet place for my friends birthday. i mentioned before here that i get sick when i eat there. i'm going, but i will only eat the 'north american' type foods such as ribs, wings(just breaded; no sauce), shrimp cocktail etc. i'm not touching any of the 'chinese' type foods. no soup.

On 2019-03-21 2:43 p.m., A Moose in Love wrote:
> On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 4:32:37 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just for
>>> yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>>> 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. Cooking for one
>>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
>> other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
>> didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
>> usually brought to work as lunch.
>>
>> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.
>
> i just got invited to a chinese buffet place for my friends birthday. i mentioned before here that i get sick when i eat there. i'm going, but i will only eat the 'north american' type foods such as ribs, wings(just breaded; no sauce), shrimp cocktail etc. i'm not touching any of the 'chinese' type foods. no soup.
>
Oh, I dunno! You could go for a good Spring clean-out:-)

On 3/21/2019 4:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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. 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?
>>
>> Jill
>
> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to
> some other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours,
> then, I didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I
> did do was usually brought to work as lunch.
>
> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.

I don't dine out often because I know I can do just as well, if not
better, cooking at home at less than half the price. I can, and do,
cook exactly what I want, when I want it. And then often have some good
food (leftovers) in the freezer. Point is, I live alone and yes, I cook.

Jill

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 3/21/2019 12:39 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:06:47 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
>>> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>>> 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. Cooking for one
>>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> My thoughts? A lot of people don't have a clue.
>>
>> Is your co-worker single? If so, what does he/she do for meals?
>> Lean Cuisine?
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>>
> She is seemingly divorced (I don't ask) but has a grown daughter who lives
> in Delaware. She either has a much younger son or a grandchild she's
> caring for here in SC.
>
> I have no idea what she does for meals. I mentioned fresh vegetables and
> she said they tend to go bad before she can use them. I told her about
> parboiling then shocking in cold water and freezing them to use later. I
> don't know what she has at her house.

A lot of people do not cook. My elderly friend generally does not. Never
did. Rarely dines out. Raised 4 kids. The only raw veggies she buys are baby
carrots, bagged salad, an occasional tomato, potatoes, sweet potatoes,
asparagus in season and perhaps some fruit. She does use the microwave to do
veggies. She does not call that cooking.

She will do a pot roast or chicken breasts in the oven. She only uses
seasoning packets if anything. Does not use salt or pepper. She has a rice
cooker and makes rice pretty much every days. Buys frozen veggies for the
microwave. She can do a grilled cheese and knows how to make some Japanese
dishes but rarely does.

Her adult son who lives with her does know how to cook and sometimes does
but he will go through great periods of time when he does not cook.

My friend is now on a very low fiber diet so that limits what she can eat
but prior to that, her dietary staples were yogurt, pudding cups, cereal,
nuts, breakfast type bars, tons of milk, hot dogs, tubs of some kind of meat
in BBQ sauce, frozen entrees and pizza, hamburger helper, crackers with
peanut butter or cheese and canned soup.

This is not a healthy diet, IMO. Whenever she comes to my house, she likes
to raid my fridge for leftovers. I also try to bake for her and when we go
shopping, I try to point out low fiber foods that she might not have
considered before. She is not an adventurous eater and doesn't like trying
new things but she will usually try them if I recommend them or if she can
try them at my house.

My mom never liked to cook and does not now. She doesn't have a full
kitchen. Her BF does but neither of them know how to use the stove.

My brother and his wife do not cook but they do know how to cook a few
dishes. The majority of their meals are eaten out somewhere. They do buy
some stuff at the grocery store like muffins or snack foods.

When I was a kid, I didn't mind eating out so much. Many of the places where
we dined had salad bars and I always had that for my meal when available. I
never ordered anything from the kid's menu if there was one. Those types of
foods didn't appeal. For the most part, the stuff you got in restaurants
back then seemed pretty good and was likely cooked from scratch.

These days so much of what you get in a restaurant is frozen and reheated.
Most people seem accustomed to that and are okay with it. I'm not. I do take
my mom out to eat each week because she enjoys it. We pretty much limit
ourselves to two places that cook from scratch. I will occasionally go to
some other places that cook from scratch if I am in the area. But for me to
drive to some place just to go out to eat is not something I enjoy. Mainly
the only reason I dine out otherwise is that something has taken me far
enough from home that I can't get back here in time to eat. I'll even try to
go to a grocery store and pick up something like hummus and cut up raw
veggies or bean dip and chips before I waste money on mediocre food in a
restaurant. But that's not always an option either.

One in a while, Angela and I will get Jack In The Box tacos before we
grocery shop. They're disgustingly good, bear no resemblance to a real taco
except that you can see that they are in a taco shell. They're also dirt
cheap. In that case it is the cheap that appeals. I generally only do this
when I need just a few things at the store to get me by until the next pay
day. I only get the tacos. I bring a drink from home. Sometimes I just feel
like slumming it.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2019-03-21 11:06 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just for
>> yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>> 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. Cooking for one
>> isn't difficult. 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. 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.

I don't but I don't necessarily cook either. I have things like toast and
cottage cheese, cheese stuffed celery, salads, bean tacos, maybe a quick
pasta. Yeah some of the stuff is cooked as in I might make a pot of beans.
But I don't put a lot of effort into what I make just for myself.

"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:55:08 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>>On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 1:36:53 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>When my husband has gone out of town on business I've
>>varied between eating very unimaginatively and making
>>a bunch of things I know he doesn't like. IIRC his
>>longest trip was a couple of months. A week or two was
>>more typical.
>
> When I was a bachelor, I often had half a melon as a vegetable.
> Because I didn't have to cook it.

Oh yes! I can no longer eat melons as they cause me to have stomach pains. I
used to make my coworkers envious though. Would take half a cantaloupe or
honeydew, hollowed out and filled with cottage cheese then topped with other
cut up fruit. Made a nice meal for hot weather.

I also took large salads with all sorts of veggies, nuts, beans, cheese and
maybe a roll on the side.

Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole then
topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.

wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:55:08 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 1:36:53 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2019-03-21 11:06 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>>>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>>>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
>>>> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>>>> 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. Cooking for one
>>>> isn't difficult. 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. 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.
>>
>> When my husband has gone out of town on business I've
>> varied between eating very unimaginatively and making
>> a bunch of things I know he doesn't like. IIRC his
>> longest trip was a couple of months. A week or two was
>> more typical.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> I've cooked all my life since a young child helping my grandmothers
> and mother and I still cook every day unless there are left overs,
> typically are. We're not fussy eaters, we enjoy left overs., and
> don't mind the same meal 2-3 days in a row. My wife can't cook much
> more than a cup of tea or an envelope of instant oatmeaal. When we
> first met had she been the kind of woman who insisted on doing the
> cooking there probably would not have been a second date. She gladly
> eats whatever I serve so long as there're no onions. Neither of us
> enjoys eating out, not at someone elses house either. We'll accept
> an invite for drinks but not a meal. Whenever she goes to a golf club
> luncheon she comes home hungry, she says they put ionions in
> everything, every salad contains a field of raw onion. walking by the
> salad bar nauseates her from the old onion stench, I don't like the
> stench of woofy onions either... meats are too rare, and baked goods
> are raw, seems around here a few brown spots on baked goods render
> them inedable... we'd much rather have a muffin with a thick crust and
> burnt edges than with raw batter in the center. .. neither of us can
> understand eating cookie dough. There are a lot more people with TIAD
> than yoose think, especially restaurant 'chefs'.... seems they've
> become so used to frozen entrees that they nuke that they've forgotten
> how to cook or they never knew... these days the priciest eaterys
> serve nuked frozen items... may as well dine on TV Dinners. Those
> working in pricey restaurant kitchens who call themself a chef are no
> more a chef than a cub scout on a camp-out.... anyone can nuke breaded
> frozen gulf shrimp from the stupicmarket... WTF would anyone other
> than TIADers want to eat gulf shrimp.... warm water seafood is bait.
>

I know it, Popeye! Yoose ole Mexican woman is sho nuff lucky a handsome
horny sailor like yoose took her in. Else, she'd still be turning tricks
down in honuras. And never even cooked up her own tortillas. Heck, she
wouldn't even have those giant c cups and long thick nipples without yoose!

"A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
...
On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 4:32:37 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> >A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
> >yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
> >for
> >yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
> > 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. Cooking for one
> > isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
> >
> > Jill
>
> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
> other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
> didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
> usually brought to work as lunch.
>
> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.

i just got invited to a chinese buffet place for my friends birthday. i
mentioned before here that i get sick when i eat there. i'm going, but i
will only eat the 'north american' type foods such as ribs, wings(just
breaded; no sauce), shrimp cocktail etc. i'm not touching any of the
'chinese' type foods. no soup.

---
Ugh those are the worst! Chinese food is not the kind of stuff that should
be on a steam table. It either dries out or goes soggy depending on what it
is. I used to get furious with my ex because he loved to go to an Asian
buffet in Alameda. The cost was $20 per person. No cheaper prices for kids.
No way to go in and not eat. The only drinks were Pepsi products which I
hate. I don't even recall tea being available.

They had some kind of salad (Daikon?) that I loved but even a bite of it
shot my blood sugar through the roof. The only thing they had that I would
eat was some lasagna that clearly came from frozen. It wasn't bad but it was
pretty carby for me so I could only eat a small amount of it.

The only thing they had that Angela would eat were tiny muffins. She would
only eat one kind and sometimes they didn't have the kind she liked. And if
they did have them, there was never more than two. Angela loved fried rice
in those days but theirs was always dried out to the point where it was so
crispy you could break a tooth on it. So was the regular rice.

I have no clue why people liked eating there but they did seem to like it.
The place had sushi and purportedly crab. I never saw the crab though. What
I did see was pan after pan of food that seemed decrepit. Mostly what I saw
people eating was the sushi but they had to keep going back again and again
for that. They seemed to only put out about 8 pieces at a time. As such,
people would spend hours in there, eating because it took them so long to
get enough food to fill them up.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 3/21/2019 4:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just for
>>> yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>>> 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. Cooking for one
>>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to
>> some other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then,
>> I didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do
>> was usually brought to work as lunch.
>>
>> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.
>
> I don't dine out often because I know I can do just as well, if not
> better, cooking at home at less than half the price. I can, and do,
> cook exactly what I want, when I want it. And then often have some good
> food (leftovers) in the freezer. Point is, I live alone and yes, I cook.

Agree on that. People always point out smilingly that you don't have to wash
dishes when you go out. True but... You do have to get dressed, get in your
car to drive there, then drive back home. These days if I don't have to go
out, I don't bother to get fully dressed. Depending on the weather, I throw
on a lounge dress, caftan or summer dress and slippers or shoes. I do feel
that I need to put on something more than that when I go out.

And around here, most of the restaurants are either weird (Paleo or other
odd diets) or chain places with mediocre food. It's not like I'm going to
get myself looking all spiffy to get a great meal! So what's the point?

Right now I have a pot roast cooking. Smells divine! I am not doing it the
usual way. We went from record lows to record highs in temp. I am blaming
that for my veggies going bad. Had to toss the zucchini. I just bought it a
few days ago but it's already slimy. Can't remember where I got it but it
was cheap. I think I know why. Also got some marked down green beans. There
were a few spoiled ones in there but that's fine. Am using the peppers that
I bought for the Pad Thai as they were starting to get mushy.

I cut up the peppers, beans and an onion. Got a bag of those fancy ripple
cut carrot slices and some mixed fingerling potatoes. Those will all go in
when the meat is tender, along with some sort of tomato product and Italian
seasonings. The original recipe called for mushrooms (don't have) and I
think celery. I will only add celery if there is room left in the pot. I
doubt there will be.

This is a super easy to make, one dish meal. Very little clean up. Already
cut up the veggies that needed cutting and cleaned up after. It's also very
accommodating in that I can toss in pretty much any veggies I have on hand
or want to use up and it's still good.

I should also add that you cut the roast into serving sized pieces prior to
cooking. So it will take less time to cook than a standard roast.

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:06:41 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! You don't think I go out to
> eat every day, do you?
8<!
> I don't understand why the concept was such a surprise. Your thoughts?
The short answer may be that your co-worker hates to cook and can't
imagine why anyone would want to do so if they didn't have to.

--
Bob
St Francis would have done better to preach to the cats

"Julie Bove" wrote in message ...


"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just for
>yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
> 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. Cooking for one
> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>
> Jill

There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
usually brought to work as lunch.

These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.

==

I can't remember the last time we dined out. We prefer my
food anyway so it
is just a waste of money.

And yes! D. is the one who says so

"A Moose in Love" wrote in message
...

On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 4:32:37 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
> >A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
> >yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
> >for
> >yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
> > 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. Cooking for one
> > isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
> >
> > Jill
>
> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
> other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
> didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
> usually brought to work as lunch.
>
> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.

i just got invited to a chinese buffet place for my friends birthday. i
mentioned before here that i get sick when i eat there. i'm going, but i
will only eat the 'north american' type foods such as ribs, wings(just
breaded; no sauce), shrimp cocktail etc. i'm not touching any of the
'chinese' type foods. no soup.

==

Good luck! Be careful!

"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 3/21/2019 4:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
>> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>> 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. Cooking for one
>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>
>> Jill
>
> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
> other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
> didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
> usually brought to work as lunch.
>
> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.

I don't dine out often because I know I can do just as well, if not
better, cooking at home at less than half the price. I can, and do,
cook exactly what I want, when I want it. And then often have some good
food (leftovers) in the freezer. Point is, I live alone and yes, I cook.

Jill

==

I think it is true of anyone who loves to cook and makes
good food. Living
alone is neither here nor there.

On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
> then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.

That isn't what I call cooking.

Jill

On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 7:25:34 AM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
> > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
>
> That isn't what I call cooking.
>
> Jill

ROFL!!

Define "cooking" then, Jill!!!

John Kuthe, Basically LIVES in TaylorCamp 21st Century!!

On 3/22/2019 4:58 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown"Â* wrote in message ...
>
> On 3/21/2019 4:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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.
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to
>> some
>> other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
>> didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
>> usually brought to work as lunch.
>>
>> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.
>
> I don't dine out often because I know I can do just as well, if not
> better, cooking at home at less than half the price. Â* I can, and do,
> cook exactly what I want, when I want it.Â* And then often have some good
> food (leftovers) in the freezer.Â* Point is, I live alone and yes, I cook.
>
> Jill
>
> ==
>
> I think it is true of anyone who loves to cook and makes
> good food.Â* Living
> alone is neither here nor there.
>
Yet my co-worker made such a point of it! I think Opinicus nailed it:
she hates to cook and can't imagine wanting to do so. All I know is I
can and do make meals better than any restaurant (there are, of course,
a few exceptions).

Jill

"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 3/22/2019 4:58 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
>
> On 3/21/2019 4:32 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
>>> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>>> 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. Cooking for one
>>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to
>> some
>> other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
>> didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
>> usually brought to work as lunch.
>>
>> These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.
>
> I don't dine out often because I know I can do just as well, if not
> better, cooking at home at less than half the price. I can, and do,
> cook exactly what I want, when I want it. And then often have some good
> food (leftovers) in the freezer. Point is, I live alone and yes, I cook.
>
> Jill
>
> ==
>
> I think it is true of anyone who loves to cook and makes good food.
> Living
> alone is neither here nor there.
>
Yet my co-worker made such a point of it! I think Opinicus nailed it:
she hates to cook and can't imagine wanting to do so. All I know is I
can and do make meals better than any restaurant (there are, of course,
a few exceptions).

Jill

==

I think that anyone who loves to cook will make a better job of it)

On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:54:57 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
> > > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
> >
> > That isn't what I call cooking.
>
> Why not?

Frozen burrito.

I've got nothing against throwing together a quick meal, but I don't mistake
it for cooking.


Cindy Hamilton

jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
> > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
>
> That isn't what I call cooking.

Why not?

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:54:57 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> > jmcquown wrote:
> > >
> > > On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > > > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
> > > > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
> > >
> > > That isn't what I call cooking.
> >
> > Why not?
>
> Frozen burrito.
>
> I've got nothing against throwing together a quick meal, but I don't mistake
> it for cooking.

Frozen burrito then enhanced with other ingredients. I call that
cooking.

On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 3:34:38 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> "A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 4:32:37 PM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> > "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
> > >yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
> > >for
> > >yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
> > > 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. Cooking for one
> > > isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
> > >
> > > Jill
> >
> > There were times when I was younger when I went straight from work to some
> > other activities and I might not get home until the wee hours, then, I
> > didn't do a lot of cooking at home although the cooking that I did do was
> > usually brought to work as lunch.
> >
> > These days I only dine out when I have to. I don't like dining out.
>
> i just got invited to a chinese buffet place for my friends birthday. i
> mentioned before here that i get sick when i eat there. i'm going, but i
> will only eat the 'north american' type foods such as ribs, wings(just
> breaded; no sauce), shrimp cocktail etc. i'm not touching any of the
> 'chinese' type foods. no soup.
>
> ---
> Ugh those are the worst! Chinese food is not the kind of stuff that should
> be on a steam table. It either dries out or goes soggy depending on what it
> is. I used to get furious with my ex because he loved to go to an Asian
> buffet in Alameda. The cost was $20 per person. No cheaper prices for kids.
> No way to go in and not eat. The only drinks were Pepsi products which I
> hate. I don't even recall tea being available.
>
> They had some kind of salad (Daikon?) that I loved but even a bite of it
> shot my blood sugar through the roof. The only thing they had that I would
> eat was some lasagna that clearly came from frozen. It wasn't bad but it was
> pretty carby for me so I could only eat a small amount of it.
>
> The only thing they had that Angela would eat were tiny muffins. She would
> only eat one kind and sometimes they didn't have the kind she liked. And if
> they did have them, there was never more than two. Angela loved fried rice
> in those days but theirs was always dried out to the point where it was so
> crispy you could break a tooth on it. So was the regular rice.
>
> I have no clue why people liked eating there but they did seem to like it..
> The place had sushi and purportedly crab. I never saw the crab though. What
> I did see was pan after pan of food that seemed decrepit. Mostly what I saw
> people eating was the sushi but they had to keep going back again and again
> for that. They seemed to only put out about 8 pieces at a time. As such,
> people would spend hours in there, eating because it took them so long to
> get enough food to fill them up.

I'll have to check out the local Chinese buffet scene. I saw a lady that had eaten at a place called "Maple Garden" yesterday. She said it was good. She ought to know - she's an actual Chinese lady. The joint is kind of a dump so it could be kind of risky but it could be rewarding. When she said "hot and sour soup" I knew I had to go there.

https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/maple-garden-honolulu-3

On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:07:08 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:54:57 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
> >
> > > jmcquown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
> > > > > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
> > > >
> > > > That isn't what I call cooking.
> > >
> > > Why not?
> >
> > Frozen burrito.
> >
> > I've got nothing against throwing together a quick meal, but I don't mistake
> > it for cooking.
>
> Frozen burrito then enhanced with other ingredients. I call that
> cooking.
>
Heating up a frozen burrito and adding tomato sauce and probably pre-shredded
cheese is just what it is. Heating up a commercially prepared burrito to
make it palpable; it's junk food. Heating up a Lean Cuisine frozen meal is
not cooking either, nor is a frozen pot pie.

On Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:35:31 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:

>On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:07:08 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> > On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:54:57 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> >
>> > > jmcquown wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
>> > > > > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
>> > > >
>> > > > That isn't what I call cooking.
>> > >
>> > > Why not?
>> >
>> > Frozen burrito.
>> >
>> > I've got nothing against throwing together a quick meal, but I don't mistake
>> > it for cooking.
>>
>> Frozen burrito then enhanced with other ingredients. I call that
>> cooking.
>>
>Heating up a frozen burrito and adding tomato sauce and probably pre-shredded
>cheese is just what it is. Heating up a commercially prepared burrito to
>make it palpable; it's junk food. Heating up a Lean Cuisine frozen meal is
>not cooking either, nor is a frozen pot pie.

Some toast and butter bread and call that cooking.

On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 2:48:45 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>
> Some toast and butter bread and call that cooking.
>
True.

wrote:
> On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 2:48:45 PM UTC-5, Sheldon wrote:
>>
>> Some toast and butter bread and call that cooking.
>>
> True.
>

AMEN! Only Popeye cooks! Woohoo, navy cooks are cool, and our Popeye
also has a giant peepee and has raped nuns in the vatican! And had sex
with his aunt and mom. How cool is that.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
>> then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
>
> That isn't what I call cooking.

Me either but my coworkers were envious.

"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small casserole
>> > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more cheese.
>>
>> That isn't what I call cooking.
>
> Why not?

I wouldn't call it cooking either. It's doctoring a frozen food.

> wrote in message
...
> On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:07:08 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >
>> > On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 10:54:57 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> >
>> > > jmcquown wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > On 3/21/2019 9:17 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > > Or a cheap, frozen bean and cheese burrito placed in a small
>> > > > > casserole
>> > > > > then topped with tomato sauce, onions and peppers and more
>> > > > > cheese.
>> > > >
>> > > > That isn't what I call cooking.
>> > >
>> > > Why not?
>> >
>> > Frozen burrito.
>> >
>> > I've got nothing against throwing together a quick meal, but I don't
>> > mistake
>> > it for cooking.
>>
>> Frozen burrito then enhanced with other ingredients. I call that
>> cooking.
>>
> Heating up a frozen burrito and adding tomato sauce and probably
> pre-shredded
> cheese is just what it is. Heating up a commercially prepared burrito to
> make it palpable; it's junk food. Heating up a Lean Cuisine frozen meal
> is
> not cooking either, nor is a frozen pot pie.

No preshredded cheese in those days. How is a bean burrito considered junk
food? I would say a Lean Cuisine probably is but I've never bought one so
don't know.

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 13:13:03 -0400, jmcquown wrote:

> I have no idea what she does for meals. I mentioned fresh vegetables
> and she said they tend to go bad before she can use them. I told her
> about parboiling then shocking in cold water and freezing them to use
> later. I don't know what she has at her house.

Get up in her face and ask her. Perhaps its just the image you
poprtray in person.

I wouldn't have suspected Julie cooks or even knows where to buy
ingredients for cooking from half her "conversation starters" here.
I'd have her more pegged as heavy drinker, of "Ensure".

-sw

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:04:46 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 3/21/2019 12:39 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 11:06:47 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>> A co-worker was surprised when I mentioned I like to cook. "Just for
>>>> yourself?" Yes. "You live alone, right?" Yes. "And you cook. Just
>>>> for yourself." I laughed. Of course I do! 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.
>>>> 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. Cooking for one
>>>> isn't difficult. 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. Your thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Jill
>>>
>>> My thoughts? A lot of people don't have a clue.
>>>
>>> Is your co-worker single? If so, what does he/she do for meals?
>>> Lean Cuisine?
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> She is seemingly divorced (I don't ask) but has a grown daughter who lives
>> in Delaware. She either has a much younger son or a grandchild she's
>> caring for here in SC.
>>
>> I have no idea what she does for meals. I mentioned fresh vegetables and
>> she said they tend to go bad before she can use them. I told her about
>> parboiling then shocking in cold water and freezing them to use later. I
>> don't know what she has at her house.
>
> A lot of people do not cook. My elderly friend generally does not. Never
> did. Rarely dines out. Raised 4 kids. The only raw veggies she buys are baby
> carrots, bagged salad, an occasional tomato, potatoes, sweet potatoes,
> asparagus in season and perhaps some fruit. She does use the microwave to do
> veggies. She does not call that cooking.
>
> She will do a pot roast or chicken breasts in the oven. She only uses
> seasoning packets if anything. Does not use salt or pepper. She has a rice
> cooker and makes rice pretty much every days. Buys frozen veggies for the
> microwave. She can do a grilled cheese and knows how to make some Japanese
> dishes but rarely does.
>
> Her adult son who lives with her does know how to cook and sometimes does
> but he will go through great periods of time when he does not cook.
>
> My friend is now on a very low fiber diet so that limits what she can eat
> but prior to that, her dietary staples were yogurt, pudding cups, cereal,
> nuts, breakfast type bars, tons of milk, hot dogs, tubs of some kind of meat
> in BBQ sauce, frozen entrees and pizza, hamburger helper, crackers with
> peanut butter or cheese and canned soup.

She sounds magnitudes more normal than you.

I'd like to see what she'd would write about you here (thinking you
don't read the group).

I snipped everything else you wrote unread. I keep forgetting to
look at the count of number of liens before I open a post of yours.
It's not fair to others.

-sw