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HeartachesNhangovers

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35. Mostly for variety. There are a lot of good dishes

Sat Jan 7, 2017, 04:08 PM

Jan 2017

that are just too complicated or time-consuming to make if you're just cooking for one or two (unless you LOVE cooking). For example, I've tried to make the same fried rice dishes that I ate a couple of times a week for lunch when I worked and that were usually around $8 or $9 in San Francisco, but they are a MESS to make (rice flying all over the kitchen) and in order to do it right I have to run the wok so hot it overwhelms the range hood and the house fills with food fog - nasty! Even if you mostly cook yourself, like my wife and I do, you learn that certain meals are best left to the experts.

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Mostly for variety. There are a lot of good dishes HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2017 #35

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