Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Lunchtime!

February 7, 2026 at 6:30 pm #1963154

limburger

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@pagan8th
For a while I had this ‘meal subscription’ thing where they’d deliver the recipes and all the ingredients to cook a meal.
It helped me learn to cook, but it also taught me that I simply don’t want to spend a lot of time just to eat something that may or may not taste good. Plus these things never ever appear to have the option for either a single meal each week. Having to be at home for the delivery also meant that what little free time I have was wasted on waiting for the delivery.

The worst part was that they rarely had anything simple like a bit of meat + veggies + potatoes. Everything had to be exotic and weird. I’m not a picky eater (brussel sprouts are practically the only thing I’d avoid), but I also don’t want to experiment when I just want a hot meal.

It was quite a learning experience, but the one thing it did teach me was that preparing ingredients before you start cooking is really effective at making the entire process fast. I still don’t like trying to time more than a single pan.

If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding 😉