You are what you eat?

RonB

I have watched the Great British Menu and been introduced to this ...

http://www.iceland.co.uk/greggs

Why do people buy this stuff? Why do people think that cooking food from scratch is such hard work? Why are we so obsessed with buying ready meals, which take 10 mins to cook?

It's giving up and having zero control over what you are eating.

Rigged

I have to admit cooking is one of my least favourite things in the world. There's not a household chore I would like to do less than cook. That said, my interest in healthy eating is sufficient that I do cook fresh food myself. I guess there's a lot of people who either hate cooking as much as I do or are busy enough that they feel time spent cooking is wasted, who don't have quite as much interest in a healthy diet for whom ready meals are ideal.

esspeebee

Some people are exceedingly lazy and have underdeveloped taste buds. Either that, or they were brought up on crap and don't know that anything better exists.

They also haven't discovered the fun in cooking yet. It's a dangerous hobby, though; I've probably spent as much on kitchen equipment and cookbooks as I have on bikes in the last year or so, and both numbers would be considered ludicrous by the uninitiated.

willhub

Tomato and bacon pasta bake for me tonight.

nathancom

esspeebee wrote:

They also haven't discovered the fun in cooking yet. It's a dangerous hobby, though; I've probably spent as much on kitchen equipment and cookbooks as I have on bikes in the last year or so, and both numbers would be considered ludicrous by the uninitiated.

I am not sure how you would manage to spend as much on cooking equipment...are you buying gold plated pans or something?

pedylan

esspeebee wrote:

Some people are exceedingly lazy and have underdeveloped taste buds. Either that, or they were brought up on crap and don't know that anything better exists.

They also haven't discovered the fun in cooking yet. It's a dangerous hobby, though; I've probably spent as much on kitchen equipment and cookbooks as I have on bikes in the last year or so, and both numbers would be considered ludicrous by the uninitiated.

In that case you are clearly not spending enough on bikes.

wiffachip

that's bonkers, no need to buy that rubbish around here, there's a Greggs on every street corner so you can get the fresh stuff

Wirral_paul

wiffachip wrote:

that's bonkers, no need to buy that rubbish around here, there's a Greggs on every street corner so you can get the fresh stuff

And therein lies the problem as to why the country is getting progressively fatter! :shock:

Frank the tank

I really envy people that can cook. People that can seemingly combine totally random ingredients and produce oustanding meals.

Everything I ever cook is whilst being nuitricious is boring, bland and invariably tastes of brown sauce.

I'm very good at breakfast museli,fruit and toast though.

esspeebee

pedylan wrote:

In that case you are clearly not spending enough on bikes.

The thought had crossed my mind. Since the good road bike last spring, I'm at about 700 quid on each. Extend it a few months more and bikes win comfortably, though.

esspeebee

Frank the tank wrote:

Everything I ever cook is whilst being nuitricious is boring, bland and invariably tastes of brown sauce.

Have you tried not putting brown sauce on everything?

nweststeyn

I am an ice cream.

verylonglegs

nathancom wrote:

esspeebee wrote:

They also haven't discovered the fun in cooking yet. It's a dangerous hobby, though; I've probably spent as much on kitchen equipment and cookbooks as I have on bikes in the last year or so, and both numbers would be considered ludicrous by the uninitiated.

I am not sure how you would manage to spend as much on cooking equipment...are you buying gold plated pans or something?

It's not that difficult really, a decent set of knives will be around £300, decent cast-iron griddle, quality pans, casserole dishes etc not forgetting appliances for 1 purpose like a waffle iron...will all add up if you really love your food.

Frank the tank

esspeebee wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

Everything I ever cook is whilst being nuitricious is boring, bland and invariably tastes of brown sauce.

Have you tried not putting brown sauce on everything?

If I've cooked it, it's generally tastes crap, the brown sauce merely disguises that fact.

finchy

I can cook most things but I always end up disappointed by my attempts at Indian. Even the stuff from the supermarket tastes better.

wiffachip

there was a huge queue outside Iceland in Gateshead yesterday, with security, one out, one in

now I know why

t.m.h.n.e.t

+1 vote for fatty food tax

balthazar

verylonglegs wrote:

...will all add up if you really love your food.

rather, if you love your Gear. Beautiful, complicated cooking is possible with very little. The pleasure of feeding each other imaginatively is as old as society... It needn't be cast as a "hobby" nor does it need a blokeish obsession with equipment..!

cornerblock

nweststeyn wrote:

I am an ice cream.

Not too much now!

Herbsman

No, you aren't what you eat. You are what you don't sh*t.

Herbsman

Rigged wrote:

I have to admit cooking is one of my least favourite things in the world. There's not a household chore I would like to do less than cook. That said, my interest in healthy eating is sufficient that I do cook fresh food myself. I guess there's a lot of people who either hate cooking as much as I do or are busy enough that they feel time spent cooking is wasted, who don't have quite as much interest in a healthy diet for whom ready meals are ideal.

I almost feel the same way. I love fresh veg, brown rice, fish, lentils, steak etc. and inevitably this kind of food takes time to prepare if you're going to make anything other than the most basic meal. And afterwards, you have washing up to deal with. Now, it's not difficult at all. It's just that it takes up time that I could be spending riding my bike, reading a book, listening to the Velocast, watching the Tour Series, or masturbating.

If you spend 8 hours asleep, 9 hours at work and two hours commuting, plus two hours to cook, eat then wash up that only leaves three hours per day for riding and relaxing. If you have children, or your commute is longer, or have other interests or commitments, it's difficult to fit it all in. It's easy to see why fast food is attractive.

balthazar wrote:

verylonglegs wrote:

...will all add up if you really love your food.

rather, if you love your Gear. Beautiful, complicated cooking is possible with very little. The pleasure of feeding each other imaginatively is as old as society... It needn't be cast as a "hobby" nor does it need a blokeish obsession with equipment..!

So true...

team47b

If you spend 8 hours asleep, 9 hours at work and two hours commuting, plus two hours to cook, eat then wash up that only leaves three hours per day for riding and relaxing.

...and 4 hours in front of the TV...

Ron Stuart

team47b wrote:

If you spend 8 hours asleep, 9 hours at work and two hours commuting, plus two hours to cook, eat then wash up that only leaves three hours per day for riding and relaxing.

...and 4 hours in front of the TV...

eating :!:

Ron Stuart

The Nations workforce are being told that they have to subscribe more towards their pensions and expect to receive them later in life, why because we are living longer :?
However will this reverse when the nation’s latest growing crop of obese fatties start dropping dead prematurely :?:
The new pensioners of today who a causing this dreadful problem of living longer were brought up during and shortly after the 2nd World War when rations were in place and therefore got used to eating portion sizes a whole lot smaller than we have imported from the USA. That's why they are living longer purely because they by in large were not over eating and developing into 'Human Bungalows' but it won't be long before the longevity issue takes a whole different turn of events.
Oh! And I still have my ration book

Cleat Eastwood

you are what you eat? Is that true, cos i'm a d1ck.

pinno

I can honestly say that I have never eaten a TV dinner in my life. I cook everything from scratch. Mealtimes involve cooking and eating together and watching little 'un explore food (even if some of it ends up on the wall). On the continent, people take time to cook and time to sit down and eat. Everybody gets involved.
I really think that we as a nation are in so much of a hurry (going absolutely friggin no-where fast), that food takes a back seat, sad really. I don't spend hours cooking and I sympathise with anyone who uses up 2 hours a day commuting.
I'll cook a huge Chile or Bolognese or curry and portion it up and put it in the freezer. I cook loads of pasta dishes and these are quick and easy - add a side salad, bottle of wine, fresh bread and hey presto, no hard chore.
Cleat - you're leading the caption comp. You must be a clever Dick then. lol

Herbsman

2hrs a day is really not a massive amount... it takes me 20-40mins to cycle to work depending on traffic, number of red lights encountered, whether i raced the previous evening etc.. and I only live 5 miles away!

sturmey

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

you are what you eat? Is that true, cos i'm a d1ck.

Well i'm a c*nt.

GiantMike

Mon-Thurs I'm away from home so I cook for me and me alone (unless Charlotte Church pops round with her disgusting sex habits). After training I usually cook stir-fried chicken breast, sliced, with some veg and noodles, add some peppers for some extra heat. This takes about 15 minutes, plus 5 to eat it and 10 to wash up. Then I go to work on Charlotte.

Cooking is easy and cheap. Just like Charlotte.

GiantMike

sturmey wrote:

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

you are what you eat? Is that true, cos i'm a d1ck.

Well i'm a c*nt.

Yes, but what do you eat?

Cleat Eastwood

one of the worse crimes must be philadelphia chocolate cheese - i mean wtf. :x