Online Bachelor CookBook needed - HELP
 

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> First, I am low income and on a tight budget.
>
> Second, I do not have a stove and oven
>
> Third, I do not buy fresh foods
>
> The other thing, I hate washing dishes
>
> I also am not willing to chop up a dead chicken or any of that sort of
> thing
>
> Now that you know where I am coming from, and my intent.
> Can anyone recommend a website to suit my needs?

http://www.goodwife.com/

Bob

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 07:01:13 -0600, wrote:

> I am looking for an ONLINE cookbook for bachelors. I stress the word
> ONLINE. I dont want links to Amazon to buy books. I also do not want
> to be referred to Diet books, in other words, no Atkins, no Low Fat,
> none of that stuff. I am not dieting, in fact I am BELOW the weight I
> should be for my build, age, and height, and that is because my meals
> consist of opening a can of something and eating it (warming
> optional). or eating popcorn. After several years of eating this way,
> I am aware its starting to affect my health, not to mention I am
> totally bored with canned food.
>
> OK, here's the scoop. What I want, is either a website full of
> recipes or downloadable cookbook. I do not want costly recipes, nor
> complicated. No caviar, no virgin olive oils (unless her name is
> Olive and she is an available virgin), and please, none of those fancy
> words that only those tv chefs know the meaning.
>
> First, I am low income and on a tight budget. Second, I do not have a
> stove and oven, just a microwave, hotplate, and toaster oven. Third,
> I do not buy fresh foods because all they do is rot in my
> refrigerator. My basic food stock consists of canned foods, dry stuff
> (noodles and rice, and instand mashed pots), powdered milk, and a few
> frozen things that got buried in snow inside the small freezer on the
> top pof my fridge. The other thing, I hate washing dishes, so cooking
> needs to be done with minimal dishes, paper plates preferred. The
> other thing, by the time I get around to making something to eat, I am
> usually so darn hungry that I often open the can, and while I planned
> to warm the contents, I just eat it, or I open the can, take one bite,
> and drive to McDonalds. In other words, 10 minutes is about the max
> amount of time I am willing to spend slaving over a hot microwave or
> hotplate.
>
> The KEY WORDS for my cooking would be FAST, CHEAP, and EASY.
> I am only cooking for myself.
>
> I should mention that I grew up in the 50's, when men were not allowed
> to take HomeEc in highschool, mom never let me touch the kitchen
> stove, and I had a woman cook for me until I became a bachelor about 5
> years ago. I have no concept of cooking, or how to go about it. I
> also am not willing to chop up a dead chicken or any of that sort of
> thing, that is just too nasty....
>
> Now that you know where I am coming from, and my intent.
> Can anyone recommend a website to suit my needs?

I can tell you where to _find_ one. Go to Google advanced search. Search
on the phrase "student food." This brings up about 879 websites, and the
first few look like they're about cooking for people who are presumed to
have _no_ kitchen knowledge. (Most Google searches seem to bring up at
least one rock band and/or at least one computer program.)

To give some idea of how little cooking knowledge students are expected to
have: Most cookbooks for college students are simpler than the ones for
children.


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> wrote in message
...
>I am looking for an ONLINE cookbook for bachelors. I stress the word
> ONLINE. I dont want links to Amazon to buy books. I also do not want
> to be referred to Diet books, in other words, no Atkins, no Low Fat,
> none of that stuff. I am not dieting, in fact I am BELOW the weight I
> should be for my build, age, and height, and that is because my meals
> consist of opening a can of something and eating it (warming
> optional). or eating popcorn. After several years of eating this way,
> I am aware its starting to affect my health, not to mention I am
> totally bored with canned food.
>
> OK, here's the scoop. What I want, is either a website full of
> recipes or downloadable cookbook. I do not want costly recipes, nor
> complicated. No caviar, no virgin olive oils (unless her name is
> Olive and she is an available virgin), and please, none of those fancy
> words that only those tv chefs know the meaning.
>
> First, I am low income and on a tight budget. Second, I do not have a
> stove and oven, just a microwave, hotplate, and toaster oven. Third,
> I do not buy fresh foods because all they do is rot in my
> refrigerator. My basic food stock consists of canned foods, dry stuff
> (noodles and rice, and instand mashed pots), powdered milk, and a few
> frozen things that got buried in snow inside the small freezer on the
> top pof my fridge. The other thing, I hate washing dishes, so cooking
> needs to be done with minimal dishes, paper plates preferred. The
> other thing, by the time I get around to making something to eat, I am
> usually so darn hungry that I often open the can, and while I planned
> to warm the contents, I just eat it, or I open the can, take one bite,
> and drive to McDonalds. In other words, 10 minutes is about the max
> amount of time I am willing to spend slaving over a hot microwave or
> hotplate.
>
> The KEY WORDS for my cooking would be FAST, CHEAP, and EASY.
> I am only cooking for myself.
>
> I should mention that I grew up in the 50's, when men were not allowed
> to take HomeEc in highschool, mom never let me touch the kitchen
> stove, and I had a woman cook for me until I became a bachelor about 5
> years ago. I have no concept of cooking, or how to go about it. I
> also am not willing to chop up a dead chicken or any of that sort of
> thing, that is just too nasty....
>
> Now that you know where I am coming from, and my intent.
> Can anyone recommend a website to suit my needs?
>
> Thanks for all help
>
> J J


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http://www.getouttoday.com/collegeli...g/dormcook.htm

Dimitri

TheAlligator wrote:
> wrote:
>
> After several years of eating this way,
>
>>I am aware its starting to affect my health, not to mention I am
>>totally bored with canned food.
>
> I'm sorry I don't have a link to offer, but I will keep you in my
> prayers if you don't mind. You made me recall a vivid reflection of
> college life, and it's not one I wish on anyone else.

And then there were all the knocks on the door as people followed their
noses to my apartment. Shoulda gone into cooking right then. . . Nah,
enjoy it too much to make a profession out of it.


jim