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why are they like that?
One that gets me is when they go 'ok now let's put this into the fridge for 24 hours and then it'll be ready for tomorrow!'
Ok well I'm hungry now so we're skipping that step.
Does nobody read the whole recipe before starting to cook something new? Does nobody plan firther than two hours ahead?
Ok well I’m hungry now so we’re skipping that step.
Sometimes you do plan ahead but then the delicious smell hits you and then the stomach suggests a tasty new plan.
I can barely plan further than two minutes ahead. By the time I’m done work, daughter is picked up, and get home, I’m basically on a 2.5 hour time crunch to make dinner for us, clean up, get her cleaned up, play a little bit with her, then have her changed, maybe a bath depending on the night, and off to bed. Usually anything I can’t have from unprepped ingredients to fully cooked ready to eat meal in under an hour just gets skipped. My wife doesn’t get home from work until after our daughter is asleep.
I do miss longer prep time meals though. I genuinely enjoy cooking but I only have time on my days off and I usually want to be doing something else during those days (either go out with my daughter and wife, deep clean the place, or another hobby).
My wife doesn’t get home from work until after our daughter is asleep.
I don't think that's good for your wife long-term.
I don't think anybody is unaware of that, but not everybody gets a pleasant choice.
We live in an age of convenience and instant gratification that has the majority of people accustomed to never needing to plan ahead.
We live in an age of late stage capitalism where people are working twice as much as before and don't have nearly as much time to plan ahead.
The fact we live in late stage capitalism and have our time eaten up by forced toil just makes it that much more important that we learn to plan ahead.
So because we're asked to do more it's more important to do more.
Important? Sure. Possible? No.
Planning ahead usually allows one to do more with less. That's the point of planning ahead.
Possible? It is entirely possible. Wild to claim that it isn't possible to think ahead.
Found the guy without kids.
Just make enough so you have some for tomorrow, when it tastes better.
My least favourite part about making focaccia.
This is why I never make the chocolate chip cookies I keep intending to make
Save a bunch of money on this $150 product by only spending $20 in materials!
Now just take those materials to your garage workspace filled with thousands of dollars of tools and equipment ...
Something something means of production something something
If you like woodworking videos but hate that, lookup Rex Krueger, he has great hand tool only wood working videos.
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Basically, the entire internet in 2026.
There is a cool DIY retro computer kit, but the official tutorial/guide is in a dozen or so videos, approximately 1 hour each. No text equivalent IIRC.
Halfway through the first video, the presenter says "and to debug, you would need this clock board" (which is another kit). At least you can half-ass it, which is what I did. Then in video 4 or 5, you need a chip programmer (TBF i think there was a note that you might need it, but still is full stop otherwise). Kind of half-assed that one too, but still...
IMO videos are a great presentation media, but are horrible as tutorials.
Blender3D tutorials be like:
"Here's how to do that thing in Blender you're probably struggling with. This is my example object where I've done that thing, and the technique is quite easy once you learn how. First you'll need this $40 specialised plug-in..."
Here's how you can make pretty good coffee at home with this $0.99 pour over funnel from IKEA!
First, grind your freshly roasted specialty beans on this $1200 tabletop grinder, then fold a cone from this $1 a pop paper filter, now place your coffee mug on this designer scale with a built-in timer for only $399. Remember to boil your water in a $500 pot, and then you're ready to pour!!!
The trick is reaching the level of knowledge required to know if something is a hard requirement or if the same result can be reached some other way. You can also get there by deduction, intuition, and/or trial & error. For example you could ask yourself, "how did people do this before <thing> was invented/common?" - unless it's about modern tech ofc
You can reduce water/fat content in cheese with a simple cloth.
🖐️Absolute sympathies🖐️
I wish I could afford billionaire hobbies🙃
Finally, buy a new 1000€ laptop
I wanna buy vacuum freeze dryer so bad but the cheapest is like 3500$ 💀
why? It's interesting as a gaimmick, sure, and it preserves vitamins in fruit, but it also alters the taste of some and generally there is rarely any case where you actually can benefit from the extremely increased shelf life it provides that can't be done cheaper with normal preparation methods or by simply buy preserved foods from the store. Not to mention that these things take a lot of energy.
I have a large garden. each year I'm able to preserve enough food to last me all winter.
having the ability to freeze dry over regular dehydrating would expand my food stores from 4-6 months to 8-12.
imagine going to the grocery store once every 3 months to buy common items like sugar, coffee, etc.
right now my monthly grocery bill is like $200 for a family of five.
food preservation is integral to reducing that further.
same.
All you need is fan and things you already have
I don't have a vacuum pump (yet)
No that means fan and whatever you have, for dehydrating there are lots of ways of doing it. But if you just want to preserve things you can use a simple tight seal bag with oxygen absorbing packs and argon, those are very cheap.
honestly I just love the texture of freeze dried food. As a picky eater (lame I know) a lot of stuff I hate normally is totally fine freeze dried, I used to buy a ton of fruits from a place nearby until they started selling through marketplaces and the prices went 5x.
I tried doing it in a fan oven but its not the same, tho I concede it might be a skill issue
I gotta tell you when you do have something like that AND a recipe specifically calls for it man is that a great feeling...
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