• SituationCake
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    4 months ago

    It’s not the shopping, it’s not the cooking. It’s thinking what to cook and cleanup that tires me. I know someone that eats the same meal on each night, eg pasta Monday, taco Tuesday etc. Planning is easier sure but I think the boredom would kill me. And the endless life chore of dishes is soul sucking.

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      4 months ago

      this is why I got a giant freezer. When struck I make ALL THE THINGS

      when meh, I pull a lasagne or bolognaise or curry or dumplings or whatever out of freezer and cooketh.

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      4 months ago

      Dishes are worse than scrubbing the loo! I despise it. Never ending cycle of ick.

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        I don’t like it but I don’t hate it, I don’t think about it, just do it. Which I suppose is a way of coping with doing doing something tedious and ick.

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      Go to Aldi and look in the freezer dept. There’s a shit load of stuff in there to give you ideas. Pair freezer stuff to fresh stuff.

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      I keep a google sheets list of things I know how to cook. then fill in the blanks with youtube shorts that look interesting enough to tackle.

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      I get this. I feel like I just washed up and then… Where did all these dishes come from?

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      4 months ago

      there have been studies!!

      It’s not boring to eat the same food.

      It helps reduce stress as there is one less choice to make a day and people learn to enjoy a reduced menu.

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        Can confirm. I was the subject of a focussed study where I cooked and ate green chicken curry every night for 12 months. I loved it. Still love it. Probably couldn’t do it again though on account of family members I’ve picked up since then saying things like I don’t like it, it’s boring, we had it last night etcsigh

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          Whoa, 365 nights of the same meal?? I love green curry chicken, but that sounds horrific! I think I’d be an exceptionally bad candidate for those studies. I need variety.

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          What? I love a green curry but not that often!

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      Do the dishes bit by bit. Rinse and stack, then wash a few when you make a coffee. Makes it less of task for me at least.