/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Tastier depends on your skill level, but it almost certainly is cheaper.

>>14270657
If you're a cantcook, you could've just said so and asked for help fren

>>14270657
I know it's bait, but it's always cheaper unless you live off dollar menus and 4 for $4 combos. If you're getting actual food from a restaurant it's always going to be at least twice as expensive as making it yourself since they need to cover the cost of ingredients, power, gas and employees with just the food.

>>14270694
even if you live off dollar menus and shit like this, you're going to pay it much later on in medical bills and general poor health
as usual, OP is a faggot

One shouldnt swim after eating, that's an old wives tale, I and friends have been doing that in oceans since we were little kids. Nobody has drown or had any problems.

>>14271047
Redditor tier advice

>>14270657
>cheapest way to eat out is Dominoes $5 large pizzas
>can easily cook a healthy stirfry, some pasta or meat & 3veg at home for half of that price
>facebook frog
nah

>>14271072
That faggot lost the plot.

If you eat a popcorn kernal then it'll grow into a popcorn plant in your stomach.

If you swallow a wad of gum then it'll block you up and make you into a balloon.

>high fat foods = unhealthy

>putting salt in the water changes boiling temperature for pasta

It's for flavour. Fucking retarded Americunts. The only use for salt in cooking is A: Flavour, or B: Draw out moisture which in turn flavours. Fuck you retarded kids on this fucking board!!!

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

>>14270657
A meal at mcdonalds, fries, burger and a drink costs about £4 to 5. For that money I can get a small roast chicken and veg and in under an hour's prep (not including cooking time but you don't have to be constantly looking at an oven when you're roasting a chicken or potatoes) have four meals ready. If it's burgers, I can get six burgers with cheese, salad, buns and sauces for that price. And this is lower end nonsense, I can get joints of beef that a slice of which alongside some vegetables would cost me about 20 quid a plate, feed four people and have a bunch of beef left over for sandwiches, stews, pies, or all sorts of other dishes. This is a stupid frogpost designed for a you, well take it and choke on it.

>>14271117
Have you seen the queues for maccy d's. In my area they were queuing from the drive in out into the street after they opened. And meals here cost minimum £6-7. Never seen such a demand for expensive fast food.

>>14271107
I've never seen anyone say that though

>>14270657

>you can’t have fish and cheese together
>you can’t have fish and red wine together
>meat cooked anything less than medium will get you sick
>you can only east seafood if there is an R in the month

>>14271107
>Fucking retarded Americunts

Obsessed, seething, cuckold frog poster

>>14271061
Friends and I

>>14271077
2.50 will get you the meat that's it.

>>14271156
Fish and cheese aren't great because generally the cheese will overpower the fish taste. And dairy flavors and seafood aren't a great mix anyhow.

>>14271167
OK, I stand corrected.

>>14271167
http://107.181.227.250:8166/stream

>>14271156
>you can’t have fish and cheese together
you can, but only only if the cheese is in relatively light cream sauce or mixed with breadcrumb gratin
you can't just cover cod with shredded cheddar

>>14270657
>"People" posting retarded pictures of frogs on /ck/

>>14271333
Shut up, and post food myths.

Pork needs to be heated only to 60C to be safe.
You don't need to burn it, same for chicken and eggs. Parasites and bacteria can't stand heat.

>>14271200
A leaf

Everything tastes like chicken.

>>14270657
This is probably the biggest problem with /ck/. It's so many young people who just moved out and are poor, but don't cook professionally, so they're basically Youtube taught "home cooks" who look down on anything professional, or even the very idea of eating out at a restaurant.

Negros are clean and dont throw chicken bones all over.

>>14271451
>look down on anything professional, or even the very idea of eating out at a restaurant
Really? If anything, the wuflu pandemic has shown the opposite to me, that most young are hopelessly dependant on eating out and don't even have basic home cooking skills. The explosion in home delivery services show that much. I remember reading a few months ago that 2/3 of New Yorkers regularly eat out, and most do not have more than a few days worth of food in their home kitchen, if they have any at all.

>>14271472
Yeah, they're ordering fast food or shitty chain food. Most people here are either fast food or rice and beans and oats. If someone poorly recreates a Chef John recipe people go crazy, but suggesting that you're going to go out to a mid-tier restaurant and even tip the server sends people into a fit of rage. It's not everybody, but there's such an entrenched strain of anti-elitism on this board that it's almost impossible to even talk about most things food and cooking related without someone spamming soyboy memes. And NYC is not representative of anything but NYC.

>>14271107
technically it does
but not enough to make a difference

>>14270657
Maybe not tastier but cheaper and healthier

>>14271156
>>you can only east seafood if there is an R in the month
who the hell has ever said this?

>>14271345
pork is not as dangerous as it used to be, medium pork is fine to eat if you live in a decent country

>>14271117

>>14271556
While that might be true, roast beef w/swiss on a roll is damn good the fact is that not everyone is at home or able to do that 24/7, hence fast food. That's something cunt quick talking quipping assholes neglect to mention. They do it on purpose to fill airtime between commercials.

>OP doesnt understand that the ingredients for coq au vin are gonna be more expensive than going to the diner

>>14271156
>you can’t have fish and red wine together
This is the one that has gotten me the most bullshit and arguments from people IRL. It depends on the fish and the sauce you crazy assholes. Haddock with Marinara, yeah I'm having a red. Calm the fuck down.

>>14270657
do people think that restaurants are magical or something
literally just make the exact same thing, but at home
depending on what it is, it may not be quite as good
and youll be buying from the grocery store, not large suppliers so youll spend more money than they do
but if you cant make a pasta dish for less than 10 dollars, or a salad for 5(per serving, you can use the leftover tomorrow if you didnt realise) than you have no hope

>>14271569
>coq au vin
I want it now at my golden corral with hoars duervers

>>14271573
bu... bu... disney logic

I bought 4 pounds of chicken last night for $8. That's literally the price of a single meal at McNogald's. This is like 8 generous portions of meat. Rice costs next to nothing. A loaf of French bread costs $3 at most. If you're a super lazy faggot you can buy canned or frozen peas and carrots or whatever for a couple of dollars. You could eat for at least 4 days for the cost of 2 rot gut Nappy Meals at that slop house.

Please kys.

>>14271584
Ok, so you have a place to cook it. Some folk aren't as lucky as you, they're working or doing this and that and don't have a kitchen available.
You come across as an asshole, captain obvious.

>>14271591
>everybody is homeless
>being homeless has nothing to do with alcoholism, drug abuse, and spending all your money that doesn't go to vice on McDonald's
Stop being a single mother.

>>14271605
You're drawing straws now, that's what I wrote and you know it. Stop being an asshole.

>>14271591
>"home cooking is objectively cheaper"
>n-not if you dont have a kitchen

holy shit dude are grasping at straws

>>14271607
... not what I wrote ...

>>14271605
The more you post then you're just digging your hole of stupidity deeper and deeper.

>>14271611
Not everyone is at home or has a kitchen available, don't you get it?

>>14271607
That's exactly what you wrote, vagrant.

>>14271621
are you not home in any of the 24 hours of the day?

>>14271622
I see where this is going with a moron such as you, that's nowhere.

>>14271621
>she's too stupid to meal prep
Go be 85 IQ on your containment board. >>>/lgbt/

>>14271624
Have you never worked in your life?
Does your mommy take care of you 24/7 in her basement?

>>14271627
You need to be on >>>/mlp/
Join the bronies.

>>14271625
>I have no agency and can't be bothered to purchase a lunchbox and meal prep
>what is this mysterious pb&j /ck/ keeps talking about
>sardines don't exist in Trannyville USA
>what is tuna and crackers
>does cheddar really pair well with apple slices
Put a shotgun in your gaping tranny hole and wash away the decay.

>>14271637
>>>/mlp/ wont save you from that lame response yet you should go there and beg forgiveness.

>>14270657
Cheaper, no, tastier fuck yeah. It isn’t even close. We eat like a michelin starred restaurant every day

>>14271637
All your friends are on >>>/mlp/ so hurry and get there now.

>>14271628
>>14271628
ive worked different jobs with different hours
from Mcdonalds where i did Morning shift, stock take and overnights in the same week
2 years of pure night time security
and last year i worked in an abbatoir that was an hour outside of town, had me out of the house from 3am to 6pm
most of my jobs have involved 12 hour shifts
now while sometimes i will eat something convenient, like a microwave chicken and rice dish. or the onsite mess hall. i typically cook for myself

its seriously not that hard
and im not talking about rice and beans either

>>14271640
Cartoons are for children that can't pack their own lunch, ie: You.

>>14271644
Going defensive now?
You're a fag!

>>14271646
Cartoons are funny, if you can't deal with that then you're a double fag. Triple fag since you can't see the humor in cartoons. What are you, mr. serious making mininum wage?

>>14271647
>"are you NEET?"
no in fact its quite the opposite, i "didnt have a kitchen available" for most of the day. i dont see that as a problem
>"lol faggot"

what are you even going on about dude?

>>14271653
Chill out and have some Gunsmoke
http://107.181.227.250:8166/stream

>>14271209
Fish poached in milk is based

>>14271655
>proves you wrong
"h-heres a distraction!"

>>14271658
>dumbass keeps on it
What are you like a little yapping chihuahua?
You haven't proven anything other than you being a moron.

>>14271658
>"h-heres a distraction!"
You really took time to write it that way as
"h-heres a distraction!"
What are you PT Barnum making a circus?

>>14271652
>Cartoons are funny,
If you're a retarded person or a child, perhaps.
>if you can't deal with that then you're a double fag. Triple fag since you can't see the humor in cartoons.
How many times have you got your cock sucked over your obsession with children's television, mongo?
>What are you, mr. serious making mininum wage?
I make $85k a year as a Wendy's Chef. Seethe harder, Bobby.

>>14271667
That's pretty good, $85k for how many hours per week?

>>14271667
For $85k you still do a punch clock? Great job there, you're in a trusted position.

>>14271670
>>14271672
$85k in salary so I have to put in the long hours, sometimes 55 a week. But it's worth it seeing the smiles my cuisine puts on the face of children like this little guy >>14271652
in the dining room.

>>14271680
You come across as a complete fag.

>>14271661
food is cheaper when you dont have to pay someone else to cook it, and it takes a small amount of time to cook staple meals
hell you dont even have to cook, make wraps/sandwiches with salad and delimeats
do you want a pricing list or some shit so you can just try to disprove that with some other anecdotal evidence?
or are you gonna keep on doing the insulting tactic thinking it makes you better in someway?

>>14271664
what? i guess yeah, i did take the extra 0.3 seconds to type something. whats your point?

>>14271682
That's the worst pick-up line I've ever heard. How many blowjobs have you given using that line?

>>14271683
My point is that u r a fag, come to grips with it and wear ur government mask.

>>14271700
'bout tree fiddy I use the airport glory hole like proper US senators do.

>>14271548
It’s because the algae and shit which can make oysters and other filter feeders toxic is more common in the summer months, so you were at much higher risk of poisoning.

Useless now as most shellfish is either farmed where they control the algae levels, or they just test the water before they harvest them.

The rule has stuck though, I’ve had people tell me I’m stupid and that il end up in the hospital for eating oysters in July

>>14271744
okay that makes some sense i guess
aussie here, so i have never heard of this before since its winter at that time

>>14271700
>"You come across as a complete fag =)"
Hard disagree, that's a fantastic pickup line. I would totally let that guy blow me.

>>14270657
As I get better at cooking I'm eating out less and at fewer places. Some stuff I'm pretty sure I can cook, but it would be too time consuming for the portions I would be making.

>>14271772
I tough stuff is fish and things that require high temperatres and long times. The former because I don't want to stink my place up the latter because it's just easier to have someone else do it, I don't have a huge kitchen and people to clean up for me.

>>14271766
GTFO bottom boi

>stocks and sauces
definitely more expensive to makes at home unless you use carcass and scraps only
but either way they are WAY better
>anything pasta, potato or rice
cheaper at home, and better if you dont fuck it up beyond comprehension
>meats
i guess it depends where you live and if you wanna buy factory farmed birds or not

>msg is just table salt, why would the government allow it if it wasn't safe?

>>14271794
i hate this one cause its half true
it is safe, but its not just fucking table salt

>>14271794
pic related

>>14271801
>it's safe cuz daddy government and mommy corporation allow it
Go drink your soylent, retard

>>14271793
Unless it's my raven bird friend Midnight then I don't care. Birds have to eat as well.
http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Dr-Sixgun.html

>>14271808
show me a study that says it isnt in any resonable quantities

>>14271794
To cull the herd of fags like you!

>>14271812
>show me a study that says it isnt in any resonable quantities

>>14271816
yes, its posion
so i guess you dont eat
Brocolli
Mushrooms
Tomatoes
Fish sauce
soy sauce
parmesan
Cured meats
Peas
Walnuts
Grapes
Chips
Any fast food
Any seasonings you dont grind and blend yourself

if your gonna make a retarded claim, back it up you twit

>>14271830
Here you go "Suzy", here's your bottle opener.

>>14271782
>>14271793

I heard making those bone broths for ramen really stink up the place. And they take a long time.

>>14271835
a good chicken stock you can do in 2-4 hours including the roasting of the carcass
but yeah beef stock takes all day
personally i think they smell great

>>14271086
That one's true tho, my brother died that way

>>14271061
Same, grew up next to the sea and did this since forever. The only bad thing was one time this fat fuck kid ate too much and then threw up into the sea

>>14272012
GTFO!

>>14271061
the problem is that you might get a cramp that will make you unable to swim

>>14271107
it changes the density you moron. You might not notice it, but it does.
Stay in school anon

>>14272113
Bah! That's bullshit. The only time I've gotten a cramp and it's easy to get over is when in super cold water. Never in an ocean, just lakes and stuff.

>>14271209
Shrimp/prawn risotto with grated parmesan is amazing. I'm an Italian butthurt about recipes, but the shrimp "Alfredo" sauce is pretty good too. I'll go ahead and say it's way better than the original, authentic Alfredo pasta recipe.

>>14272118
The salinity varies with latitudes. For instance I can keep my eye open in the northern latitudes without a thought, in the southern more close to the equator the salinity hurts my eyes a bit.

>>14270657
>he can’t cook better than a greasy illegal Mexican working in the kitchen of his local greasy spoon

>>14270694
I can make like 10 servings of cracked chicken served with white rice for like 10 dollars. making it only cost $1 a meal.

and before you go asking "but a crock pot costs money", there are 2 crockpots on craigslist in my area that are both listed for $20, meaning It still only costs $3 a meal if it's your first time making it. Now you also own a crockpot you can use for a myriad of other cheap meat recipes.

>>14272142
Sometimes those local greasy spoon joints are pretty good.

>>14271200
>he doesn't know about the frozen vegetable section

>>14272147
Too many people, "penny-wise and pound-foolish"

>>14270657
>canola oil is just as good as olive oil

Yep, the "shit will be automatically better by default and cheaper" meme has to stop. It's only "tastier" because you can do whatever random shit you like, like pouring half a container of garlic salt into your dish if that's your thing, or removing garlic if that's your thing. But it's not going to be as palatable to everyone. I get by cooking and can make a few dishes. There is no way in hell my cooking is going to be tastier than the cook/chef that spends the majority of their week cooking with different dishes. Maybe if I spend 10 years learning, but I don't have the time for that, because I have a job and friends.

Same goes for the whole "cheaper" aspect. Sure, you might be able to get 4 lbs of chicken for $8, but then you have to eat 4 lbs of fucking chicken. Cheaper to buy the ingredients to make 10 pizzas, but I only want to eat one pizza a month, so I'll just order in. Cheaper to make a big pot of chili, but I don't want to eat a week's worth of chili either. And yes, I know I can freeze a bunch of shit or make slightly different variations, but eventually you run out of space or are eating the same general shit each and every day, all in a hurry to make sure it doesn't go bad so you got the best bang for your buck. God forbid you have a roommate or limited fridge/pantry space, because everyone here lives in flyover land and can apparently freeze every living form of animal in their side freezer. Better not go out with friends, or to a work dinner, you wanna get one over on /ck/ and assure them you eat for $1.50/meal.

>>14271573
Whenever I eat out I only get things I could never be bothered to make at home
>smoked anything like ribs or brisket
8 hours of constant monitoring and you need a fucking smoker
>deep fried anything
huge fucking mess to clean unless you own a deep fryer, which let's be honest, is fucking embarrassing
>pizza
enjoy having half your fridge taken up by dough balls, also flour literally fucking everywhere

But I'm seriously not about to spend $30 on a ribeye at a restaurant, I know how a cast iron skillet works

>>14272201
Ask me how I know you cantcook

>>14272203
Sometimes you're with a girlfriend and don't want to deal with it, and that's that.

>>14272206
Did I ever say I could? I can cook a few dishes to get by. I can make eggs and shit. This is why my cooking isn't "tastier" though.

Also you faggots have to stop conflating "cooking" with "good cooking." They aren't one in the same. Because I can bake a chicken breast and make some veggies, doesn't mean it's good. But it will keep me alive. That's cooking.

>>14271276
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/parmesan-baked-cod/

Not cheddar but this type of cod preparation is popular in Russia

>>14272216
Learn to shop and learn to cook, crybaby.

The biggest one for me is people leaving their food out overnight to cool at room temperature. Both of my roommates who are otherwise smart people do this and it's fucking disgusting.

>>14270657
>tastier
Only if you're good at cooking.
>cheaper
Almost always, unless you pig out on the dollar menu or something, in which case, you won't live long enough to reap the benefits of cooking at home anyway.

>>14272221
Why should that bother you? It's their food and they paid for it, how is that your issue?

>>14272218
It's not worth my time or my money. I make $45 an hour and when I get off all I wanna do is fucking relax and have something tasty, not pucker my asshole over saving a few dollars. I'll grab the occasional ingredients on the way home or out and about to try to cook something once or twice a week if I can't think of a restaurant that has what I'm looking for.

I don't know why this concept freaks so many of you out. It's gotta be because you're all poor college kids or something, I dunno.

>>14272229
It's not hygienic and is unpleasant to witness

>>14272221
A bitchy bitch such as you should be glad that they left you leftovers. If you don't like it get your own place instead of dealing with roommates.

>>14272241
So get your own place instead of bitching on 4chan.

>>14272224
Dollar menu is twice as expensive as eating at home

>>14272221
Do you have aids compromised immune system?

>>14272249
He has a compromised mental system which is why he has roommates.

>>14272242
It bothers me because it's illogical. What is the benefit of leaving food out at a higher temperature instead of the refrigerator? It's just welcoming bacterial growth and toxin formation for seemingly no reason. Afaik it used to be an old wives tale that this was the best way to cool food.

>>14272221
sometimes you get really tired after eating

>cooking is fun
no, eating is fun

>>14272240
>It's not worth my time or my money.
It costs literally nothing to learn to cook. And if your time was so precious and limited, you wouldn't be on fucking 4chan.
>I don't know why this concept freaks so many of you out.
Yet you wrote an essay of hour the concept should be ended because you're a retard who can't cook or shop.

>>14272261
Shit happens. That's life outside of your mother's basement.

>>14272274
>t. pic related

>>14272275
Hes lazy and doesn't mind eating food that is unhealthy and was spit in or has feces in it. You just know hes clinically super obese

>>14272274
Paying for a hot girl who makes less than you is even more fun. It's in fun to pay for someone else, especially a hot girl.

>>14272275
>And if your time was so precious and limited, you wouldn't be on fucking 4chan.
This is leisure time. Cooking is work. I don't need to be productive 24/7. Instead of being on 4chan or cooking I could be at the gym or learning a language, too. And yes, it costs failed dishes to learn how to cook. Food that goes straight in the trash. The benefit of cooking doesn't outweigh the effort.

>you're a retard who can't cook or shop.
No one ever taught me, and it's still not that worthwhile of a skill. If society collapses and I absolutely must cook for myself, the skill of bargain hunting at Kroger for the cheapest chicken cuts or making homemade pizzas ain't gonna do me any favors.

>>14272274
This too. Cooking is a fucking chore. Eating is fine. Prep, cleaning, and all of that shit is as fun as doing my fucking laundry.

>>14272289
Not at all obese. I eat one meal a day.

>>14272296
If society collapses then you can catch squirrels and cats and cook them over a campfire. Use FM 21-76.

>>14272296
>it costs failed dishes to learn how to cook
Are you the kind of person to throw something out of it's barely over cooked or something?
>No one ever taught me,
You can't learn anything on your own with public libraries or the internet?
>and it's still not that worthwhile of a skill.
If you want to eat something more than just frozen slop for chattel or fast food garbage for retards, then it's very worthwhile.

>>14272320
Alright man, I'm done replying to you. This thread happens on /ck/ once a week and anything with a cartoon frog is basically designed to bait retards like you. Keep reeeeeing about someone out there in the world not cooking every meal. I'm sure you're a Michelin Star chef and every dish you cook is an orgasm on a plate, pal.

>>14270657
Shit is situational. Some meals are cheaper to make at home, some aren't. It will vary depending on your local availability.

>>14272331
>hurrr I can't answer questions durrrrr
>this is just bait, and ur dum ma durr nurrr
Learn to cook or GTFO, gay nerd.

>>14270657
One I was raised around was that rodents were deadly, even after properly cooked

Ive seen people eat rats, squirrel, beavers, neutria and many others and they have never been sick

I think alot of the rodent myth revolves around them being sold in dangerous wet markets, anything killed and cleaned yourself seems to be fine

>>14272345
Nope, I'll keep eating out for 90% of meals. Enjoy your homemade slop.

>>14272385
>I'm done replying to you
>replies

>rice cookers are dumb...
>if you can’t steam rice on a stove top, then you don’t belong in a kitchen
Congratulations on failing a very easy intelligence test, you stupid mongrel. “Cooking” rice isn’t the only reason people use them.

>>14272283
hummina hummina....

>>14272385
Good you will die young and not drain the social security lockbox

>>14271209
The tuna melt disagrees

>>14271832
this guy lost his balls in a farm accident

>>14272229
>I make $45 an hour
Congratulations you make less than a union carpenter. How does it feel to be a poor?

We make $55 an hour before benefits which include health insurance, annuity, and pension.

>>14272432
I don't have a rice cooker but i never got the elitism towards them. It seems like an easy way to make rice without taking up stove real estate while you focus on cooking the shit that'll go with it. Especially if you eat rice multiple times a week those little conveniences add up over time.

>>14271451
There is a difference between the level of professionalism at your local greasy spoon and the level in that 30 dollar a plate place with that dress code.
Nearly everyone can learn in short order to make better food than the vast majority of diners. But for the second that is different, and some of the ingredients and techniques they use might be a bit past a home cook.

>tastier
Debatable.

>cheaper
Most definitely. You can get a nice steak for like $20-30. That same steak would cost you like $60-70 if you went out to a restaurant.

>>14271572
Same with cioppino, I’m drinking red wine with that.

>>14274158
>You can get a nice steak for like $20-30. That same steak would cost you like $60-70 if you went out to a restaurant.
I don't think most of us who are anti-cost/taste of home are decrying getting a steak and cooking that up on a grill or whatever. Or like making a couple of eggs and bacon. But when it comes down to making complex dishes and people expect you to have things "on hand," it's a losing battle.

>>14271503
I thought that way till I started enjoying my steaks rare, every single place ive ordered a rare stake at has been shit tier ass to the point I only order it medium since I dont trust most restaurants anymore with it
fucking steakhouses have let me down and the ONLY place ive had a good rare stake before I stopped ordering it was fucking applebees somehow

im no 5 star chef, im sure if I went to a high end restaurant and ordered any steak it will be better than what I can make but I would rather buy some meat and make it myself working on my own hobby than pay 10 times the price just to have one good one and learn nothing

>>14275034
It sounds like you just don't live in a place with any good restaurants.
>steakhouses have let me down
If you go to a steakhouse and your steak isn't cooked the way you ordered it you can and should always send it back. If I went to Applebes and for some reason ordered steak and they fucked up the temp I'd just think, "okay, I'm not coming back to Applebees", but if you go to a steakhouse and they fuck up the temp it's probably some new guy and just a one-off situation. Stop being a pussy and just tell the waiter that that's not how you ordered your steak. The manager will probably come over and apologize profusely, take your steak back and stand over the shoulder of the guy cooking the new one, offer you a dessert on the house or comp your drinks, and possibly bring you an appetizer or side while you're waiting. If that's not your experience then you must be deep flyover.

>>14271569
And will give you several different meals.

>>14272296
>cooking is work
That's pretty at odds with how I look at it. Unless I'm doing a big meal for a holiday, cooking's one of the most relaxing things I can think of to do. Takes all kinds, eh?

>>14270673
not really. tons of labor cooking and cleaning. having to buy pans and knives. gas/electricity

it's only really cheaper if you make cheap shit like fried eggs and oatmeal

>>14270657
whats it like being a cooklet

>>14270657
>People that need to fuck off
Frogposters

>>14275504
I guess so. I think I said somewhere in the thread, cooking is like doing laundry to me. Same as the gym is just a chore and an obligation, never something I come away from feeling good about, like some people. I just do it so I don't get fat.

>>14272346
Squirrel is really good I hunt my own

>>14270673
fpbp

Great restaurants create value to their inexpensive products. You won't be able to compete with every eatery in town. If you're using fresh ingredients with some practice and are still not cooking at an above average level, then you're doing it wrong.

>>14272147
You can probably get a lot of cooking equipment at thrift, garage sales, or pawn. They'll be sold for practically nothing. Odds are good you'll be able to talk them down even farther.

>>14275617
Used cooking equipment is gross, and this is why people like >>14271451 are right.

I don't wanna buy someone's ten year old crockpot or eat off of their old dishwear. It's like buying used socks.

Chicken needs to be cooked to 160

>>14275645
dishware* i mean

>>14272118
>midwit declares his intellectual superiority over a poster who is completely correct and posted nothing wrong
I can tell you've received all of your education from high school and some years of college (and nowhere else), because of how you post with such ignorant smugness.

Since you are so enlightened, could you research how many degrees putting salt in water will raise its boiling point, or change its density, by, and let us know the conclusions you come to? I'll give you a hint: it does not raise its boiling point, or change its density, by any meaningful amount. What a pompous prick you are.

>>14270657
>>14270673
>>14275540
>>14275592

Most restaurants have a 30% average food cost. 30% for the cost of the items in the dish, ~30% for labor, and the rest for overhead/profit. so generally speaking its 3x as cheap to make youre own version at home.

rarely do i ever get take out for things i do well on my own. burgers, grilled cheese, steaks, simple stuff like that. but some things I cant do well or I dont have all the specialized ingredients for or the time to make them. i.e. ramen, good curries, pizza, etc. I could make wings at home super cheap but i dont have a deep fryer and dealing with disposing of oil is a pain. so i order those too. etc, etc

>>14275667
i can't buy food in bulk or at cut rate like restaurants but you're right either way

>>14271832
ur very funny but also very retarded XD

>>14271167
>>14271246

"I and friends" is grammatically unimpeachable. Some people (cucks) say it is more polite to place "I" last in a sentence with multiple subjects, but strictly speaking there is nothing wrong with the wording "I and friends."

Remember, the only thing that makes you look douchier than correcting someone's grammar is trying and failing to correct someone's grammar.

>>14275645
That's fine, but you've gotta pay. The same goes for used tools, used cars, used house.

OP is trying to undercut the dollar menu and you're designing a custom kitchen. These are different goals.

>>14271569
>ingredients for coq au vin are gonna be more expensive

What ingredients? This is french country dish. It's chicken + wine + veggies.

>>14275540
You are overestimating the value of your time.

>>14270657
If you can't cook better than what you get at McDonald's or Olive Garden or Outback Steakhouse, you shouldn't be on this board

>>14275645
>buy someone's ten year old crockpot or eat off of their old dishwear

Then never look into the kitchen of a restaurant. When you go out to eat, do you think they bring out freshly bought dishes? Do you think all the equipment back there is shiny and new?

>>14275939
Having worked in a restaurant setting, I know some things get aged, but they're mostly properly cleaned and replaced on a relatively frequent basis. There's enough people around to guarantee it, along with the health district. I don't know if you regularly shit in your crockpot or let it rot, or stuck knife handles up your asshole.

>>14275540
>having to buy pans and knives

You know you can use them more than once, right?

>>14275932
I bet you work off the clock too.

>>14275961
>I don't know if you regularly shit in your crockpot or let it rot, or stuck knife handles up your asshole.

Are you from SF or parts of NYC? Not judging, just asking.

>>14275088
I take offense to this. I went to a steakhouse in fuckall nowhere Tennessee and the waitress saw me cut into my steak and immediately started apologizing because it was slightly less pink than it should have been and gave me a free apple pie without me even having to complain.
Flyover care about their steaks.

>>14275993
Maybe you should leaf through the first dozen pages of an introductory logic textbook. Saying that if you received bad service you're probably a flyover =/= saying that you're always going to receive bad service in flyover land. One of the best steaks I ever had was in bumfuck Mississippi at this little place where you had to literally walk through the kitchen to get to the dining room (it's probably actually famous, otherwise we never would have happened upon it).

>>14276034
I just wanted to talk about my free apple pie desu.
It was a good apple pie.

>>14275986
Nope, but from a city.

>>14275932
I'd argue you're underestimating yours. My guess is you make in or around minimum wage. Maybe $15 an hour if you live in a city.

>>14275984
>I bet you work off the clock too.

What is this "clock" you talk about? I'm on salary.

>>14276072
>Nope, but from a city.
Detroit? East St. Louis? Give us a hint.

>Chinese takeout taste better than homemade because they use crazy hot woks! 鑊氣 bro!

No it's because you substitute half the ingredients, leave out the other half, and prepare everything like shit when you try to cook it at home

>>14276429
Salary is a scam designed to make you work for free. So I think he got you there.

>>14276434
Vegas.

If this board turns into a pol board then fuck you all,fuck frog posters.

>>14276561
Wrong

>>14272147
But then you have to eat ten straight servings of chicken and rice, not to mention that's poverty food to begin with. The hardest part I found about cooking while living alone was avoiding this exact scenario.

>>14272488
I went into the wrong field. I'm starting as a nurse soon and the stingy fucks are only paying me 25 an hour.

>>14272110
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyTWG8njo1Q

>>14271276
You've never had a pasta bake with tuna, sweetcorn, parsley, and cheddar?

>>14276865
don't worry anon, he's lying or lives in a state where the cost of a studio rental is $2-3k a month