Depends on how big whatever I kill while out hunting is . . . And if I want fresh meat or refrigerated or if I will freeze it - Our freezers are still pretty full right now.
Meat tastes totally different once cooled. The difference in taste of something as mundane as a chicken cooked fresh after slaughter vs. refrigerated is so IMMENSE that you’d think you were not eating chicken. Most everyone under 40 doesn’t know what chicken truly tastes like unless they have been overseas.
Plus I eat out, like, a lot. So there’s that . . .
You mean in general, or the actual meals? Cause I buy tons of shit that won’t be consumed for up to several months, but, well, like dinner today, I didn’t know what it was going to be until I went in the kitchen at about 6 and started looking around.
I make a vague plan of things to eat, buy the stuff for it at the store, and then end up wanting something completely different, or being lazy and eating bread for dinner, until my fresh ingredients go bad. I’m the worst.
We’re (husband’s forcibly included in this) planning meals about a week in advance because I got so tired of hearing “what’s for dinner” and not having a clue. So the menu’s not set in stone but at least the ingredients are on hand when needed.
@lisaviolet@sammydog01
Ugh, I used to have one of those. I didn’t mind cooking, but I got tired of coming up with all the ideas. If I didn’t cook something, he’d start making something like a can of spam.
@RiotDemon We get scrambled eggs. He cooks. I tell him now “hey, I came up with breakfast” since I pretty much make breakfast every morning. Not much thought in eggs and toast.
Sometimes I’ll cook bacon, sometimes I’ll cook sausage.
60% of the time, we decide to cook something simple or go out on the spur of the moment.
30% of the time, one of us gets an idea during the day, asks the other if it sounds good, stops at the store for ingredients on my way home, and then we abandon it to cook something simple or go out on the spur of the moment. (I do most of the cooking, which has become much more difficult since she decided to go vegan and I remained omnivorous. She’ll compromise on eggs laid by our own chickens and local honey, thankfully.)
10% of the time, we follow through, either because we’re feeling ambitious, or we have guests coming over and can’t get out of it.
Wife called 5min ago:
Her: "My feet hurt. I don’t wanna stand in the kitchen & cook. How about orange chicken @ Panda Express?"
Me: "I can stop for some on my way home…"
Her: "How much longer?"
Me: "30 minutes."
Her: “Pffft. Too long. I’m eating without you.”
I guess it depends. I try to get a week or so worth of shopping done, and I try to have ideas in my head of what it’s all going to be, but that rarely pans out. Too much of this, too little of that… I should really be more careful, though… when you get home at 8.15-8.30 and have to make dinner for the night as well as breakfast and lunch for the next day, some streamlined sense of what it’s all going to be is helpful.
I keep looking at those websites where you meal prep 30 slow cooker meals in one day, and then freeze them. The night before, you put the meal in the fridge to thaw, and then cook it the next day.
My only issue is that a lot of them have these weird recipes that I would skip. This throws off the total shopping list that they come with.
One of these days… I’m gonna do it. The thought of standing in the kitchen all day chopping and measuring ingredients is pretty off putting though. My kitchen is just so damn small. I’ll probably drag my dining room table over to give me more space to work.
Has anyone done this yet? I would love feedback on a specific website if you have.
Depends on how big whatever I kill while out hunting is . . . And if I want fresh meat or refrigerated or if I will freeze it - Our freezers are still pretty full right now.
Meat tastes totally different once cooled. The difference in taste of something as mundane as a chicken cooked fresh after slaughter vs. refrigerated is so IMMENSE that you’d think you were not eating chicken. Most everyone under 40 doesn’t know what chicken truly tastes like unless they have been overseas.
Plus I eat out, like, a lot. So there’s that . . .
What is this plan you speak of?
/giphy no plans
I usually plan a couple miles ahead.
I pay somebody to eat for me.
@awk I guess that’s better than paying someone to eat you.
Then again, that depends on the context.
You mean in general, or the actual meals? Cause I buy tons of shit that won’t be consumed for up to several months, but, well, like dinner today, I didn’t know what it was going to be until I went in the kitchen at about 6 and started looking around.
I have never understood how people can plan out meals weeks in advance. I can’t even decide what I want to eat right now.
I make a vague plan of things to eat, buy the stuff for it at the store, and then end up wanting something completely different, or being lazy and eating bread for dinner, until my fresh ingredients go bad. I’m the worst.
25 year shelf life food and enough to last years
@jmmcnary IF any of the beef stroganoff makes it to dooms day I will be very surprised… at least around my place.
Meal subscription services make my decisions for me.
We’re (husband’s forcibly included in this) planning meals about a week in advance because I got so tired of hearing “what’s for dinner” and not having a clue. So the menu’s not set in stone but at least the ingredients are on hand when needed.
@pooflady
You didn’t answer “let me know after you’ve got the meal prep well underway”?
If kids are the ones asking about food, I suppose a few starvation threats in easy reach could be handy items in a household.
@f00l Nope, husband was asking. And always willing to pitch in on the planning. (Although he invariably says “meat loaf” for some reason.)
@pooflady When I ask my husband what he wants he says “food”. Super helpful.
@sammydog01
Him: what do you want for dinner?
Me: food.
Him: what kind of food?
Me: good food
@lisaviolet @sammydog01
Ugh, I used to have one of those. I didn’t mind cooking, but I got tired of coming up with all the ideas. If I didn’t cook something, he’d start making something like a can of spam.
@RiotDemon We get scrambled eggs. He cooks. I tell him now “hey, I came up with breakfast” since I pretty much make breakfast every morning. Not much thought in eggs and toast.
Sometimes I’ll cook bacon, sometimes I’ll cook sausage.
@RiotDemon I would eat a can of spam if my husband offered to cook it.
@sammydog01 spam was one of the things he couldn’t fuck up.
I didn’t mind spam… Expect it was so damn salty.
60% of the time, we decide to cook something simple or go out on the spur of the moment.
30% of the time, one of us gets an idea during the day, asks the other if it sounds good, stops at the store for ingredients on my way home, and then we abandon it to cook something simple or go out on the spur of the moment. (I do most of the cooking, which has become much more difficult since she decided to go vegan and I remained omnivorous. She’ll compromise on eggs laid by our own chickens and local honey, thankfully.)
10% of the time, we follow through, either because we’re feeling ambitious, or we have guests coming over and can’t get out of it.
@dannybeans
Your table sounds excellent.
Three in the afternoon. “What’s for dinner?”
4:45 pm…take out Mexican.
Wife called 5min ago:
Her: "My feet hurt. I don’t wanna stand in the kitchen & cook. How about orange chicken @ Panda Express?"
Me: "I can stop for some on my way home…"
Her: "How much longer?"
Me: "30 minutes."
Her: “Pffft. Too long. I’m eating without you.”
I guess it depends. I try to get a week or so worth of shopping done, and I try to have ideas in my head of what it’s all going to be, but that rarely pans out. Too much of this, too little of that… I should really be more careful, though… when you get home at 8.15-8.30 and have to make dinner for the night as well as breakfast and lunch for the next day, some streamlined sense of what it’s all going to be is helpful.
@brhfl Some help would be helpful.
I keep looking at those websites where you meal prep 30 slow cooker meals in one day, and then freeze them. The night before, you put the meal in the fridge to thaw, and then cook it the next day.
My only issue is that a lot of them have these weird recipes that I would skip. This throws off the total shopping list that they come with.
One of these days… I’m gonna do it. The thought of standing in the kitchen all day chopping and measuring ingredients is pretty off putting though. My kitchen is just so damn small. I’ll probably drag my dining room table over to give me more space to work.
Has anyone done this yet? I would love feedback on a specific website if you have.
@RiotDemon
check out this subreddit:
@thismyusername thanks!
Usually, plan ahead by one stoplight, minimum. There are impromptu moments tho. Decision at the order-kiosk madness.