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83. define "cooking"

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 02:56 PM

Oct 2013

do you mean making some ramen soup on the hotplate in your efficiency/studio/single room lodging? warming up spaghetti-o's?

do i have to have a refrigerator and stove top burners and an oven? pans/utensils and a sink for washing everything?

read Barbara Ehrenreich "Nickel and Dimed" to get a look at how/why the less than $100,000 per year may not do a lot of "home cooking."

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personally, we are well under the $100,000, and with me working full time and him going to school full time, we have all the utensils, pan, full kitchen, but not the time and the desire to cook at home more than 3 or 4 nights a week. however, we don't have a lot of money, so "dining out" is generally along the lines of Big Boy, or local inexpensive restaurants, or pizza delivery, or fast food.

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Home Cooking [View all] Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 OP

Yes and No frazzled Oct 2013 #1

You have that power? Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #2

We don't use processed fredamae Oct 2013 #3

Maybe and maybe. lonestarnot Oct 2013 #4

Ditto pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #7

Snort. lonestarnot Oct 2013 #8

Back atcha pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #10

OK. I'm on food stamps cali Oct 2013 #5

Bookmarking thread for this recipe! IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #14

I love, love, love my crockpot. cali Oct 2013 #17

Here's a great site with recipes for the crockpot: xfundy Oct 2013 #70

I do the blended bean thing too Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #15

more details on the curried cauliflower/peas/tomatoes please. please. please. KittyWampus Oct 2013 #76

you bet. cali Oct 2013 #84

Thank you for the recipes..am bookmarking. nenagh Oct 2013 #101

Don't you care if the upper classes cook at home? leftstreet Oct 2013 #6

Should I have created more demarcs? Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #9

Who even cares? leftstreet Oct 2013 #11

Really? Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #16

Links? leftstreet Oct 2013 #18

I am not an insect to be ordered around by you. Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #19

LOL leftstreet Oct 2013 #22

One last time... Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #23

I certainly don't want to 'threadjack' leftstreet Oct 2013 #26

Okay, now I know where to put you. Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #31

I pay my cook over 100k leftstreet Oct 2013 #36

Does that come with benefits and vacation? Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #39

You don't know cooking, this thread is crap snooper2 Oct 2013 #63

unrec. SammyWinstonJack Oct 2013 #12

Yes and No... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #13

Crab is my weakness Aerows Oct 2013 #59

I wish I could get King or Snow Crab here in the City.. yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #80

Well Aerows Oct 2013 #87

Unless you are in Alaska, the only way you are going to Jenoch Oct 2013 #122

I had it fresh while visiting yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #123

I try. Especially because I am on a very special diet for health reasons. Denninmi Oct 2013 #20

What does 'seems to be the feeling' mean? Do you have any support for your Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #21

Every time I talk about people cooking at home Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #24

Gallup's data, not mine, and what it says is that most Americans cook at home Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #25

My assertion is people can cook at home. Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #27

Your OP is not clear. No biggie. Bluenorthwest Oct 2013 #30

My OP expresses what I have surmised is the opinion of folks here Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #32

Yes, I cook almost every day and no on the income level. klyon Oct 2013 #28

Good luck with your data collection efforts ... TBF Oct 2013 #29

I cook whenever the stove is hot! nolabels Oct 2013 #41

I love home cooking. I love to cook. :) LaydeeBug Oct 2013 #33

On average five+ nights, takeout one night, eat out mostly when traveling or special occasions. FarCenter Oct 2013 #34

home cooking nothing to do with income mainer Oct 2013 #35

I agree with all of this Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #40

then you would be wrong. Look, I should fucking know cali Oct 2013 #58

Please educate me. Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #66

I just explained precisely why. cali Oct 2013 #71

But your explanation Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #72

bzzzt. another fail from you. let me explain this very simply just for you cali Oct 2013 #77

Ah, so you're one of them Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #81

oh for pity's sake. of course most people in this country don't know how to cook cali Oct 2013 #85

I never said you can afford chuck roast Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #90

your arrogance, lack of empathy, and obdurate cali Oct 2013 #104

Your obvious 1% upbringing has forever slanted your world view Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #114

bzzzzzzzzt! aaaah, so you're one of THEM Scout Oct 2013 #91

LOL, lame. Very lame. Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #92

see post #84 Scout Oct 2013 #95

LOL Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #98

the cluelessness exhibiteed by the OP is impressive cali Oct 2013 #103

Love you too! Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #115

yes it does. I love to cook. I'm a really good cook, but cali Oct 2013 #49

so low income doesn't cook and eats out? mainer Oct 2013 #64

no, it's not what I'm saying. I'm saying a lot of people cali Oct 2013 #88

What kind of fish are you trying to cook? Why/how are you 'failing?' I'd be happy msanthrope Oct 2013 #93

it's never as good as a restaurant's mainer Oct 2013 #102

Have you tried pancrisping on one side and then baking? With fish at home, you msanthrope Oct 2013 #111

Thanks! mainer Oct 2013 #119

I cook all my meals. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #37

I cook at home and occasionally go out. Refraining from stating my income level. I love LiberalLoner Oct 2013 #38

I suck at baking, too Aerows Oct 2013 #62

I cook at home most nights SharkLasers Oct 2013 #42

What are you drinking? Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #46

Mostly cheap beer SharkLasers Oct 2013 #47

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Oct 2013 #48

I cook most nights - fresh quick meatless meals. Avalux Oct 2013 #43

Fresh pesto Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #44

I LOVE making fresh pesto! eissa Oct 2013 #67

yes every meal, and more loli phabay Oct 2013 #45

I am against home cooking - kids don't get enough social interaction The Straight Story Oct 2013 #50

Yes, I cook my own dinner. My income has nothing to do with it. Restaurants do not deserve to RB TexLa Oct 2013 #51

100% agree! Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #52

I believe you. This place is strangely medieval at times, closeupready Oct 2013 #61

I believe the past fights were over reasons why the poor often don't cook from scratch. xmas74 Oct 2013 #96

you are correct .... Scout Oct 2013 #97

I replied to you downthread about the same thing. xmas74 Oct 2013 #100

We hardly ever eat out, never have even before we retired. Shrike47 Oct 2013 #53

I cook for my family almost every night. Jenoch Oct 2013 #54

Costco "Simply Delicious" series is an excellent companion for home cooks. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #55

Yep we cook at least three nights a week malaise Oct 2013 #56

I make cabbage all the time Aerows Oct 2013 #57

I cook almost every meal myself. I enjoy it, and closeupready Oct 2013 #60

yes and Yes srican69 Oct 2013 #65

I love cooking and do it almost every night eissa Oct 2013 #68

annual income less than 100,000 and yes, i cook most of our dinners and make our breakfasts La Lioness Priyanka Oct 2013 #69

This afternoon I am making new batches of homemade pasta sauce and Hatch green chile sauce Zorra Oct 2013 #73

Nice! Bunnahabhain Oct 2013 #74

Cooking and Baking forum? Quantess Oct 2013 #75

I do cook, all the time lillypaddle Oct 2013 #78

we cook every meal except Friday dinner and the occasional Saturday lunch CBGLuthier Oct 2013 #79

Yes, typically all 7 nights/week - much less than 100K NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #82

define "cooking" Scout Oct 2013 #83

I referred to that book somewhere upthread xmas74 Oct 2013 #99

Home Cooking Polly Hennessey Oct 2013 #86

Oops! Polly Hennessey Oct 2013 #89

I cheat-cooked the past 3 days in a row ecstatic Oct 2013 #94

I'm average, or below agerage, or perhaps above average, but that would all depend Glassunion Oct 2013 #105

I cook 2-3x per week and eat leftovers most other days. taught_me_patience Oct 2013 #106

Yes, we cook at least 5 nights a week distantearlywarning Oct 2013 #107

less than 100,000 and dana_b Oct 2013 #108