Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Nima Srinivasan
Udhay - let me spend way more time wrapping my head around the idea that a question is asked to not tabulate data :) Thanks for the context. On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:39 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:14 AM Nima Srinivasan > wrote: > > You know this is the sort of

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Venkatesh H R
I have very little data because I haven't really cooked — ever — due to combination of disinclination, and availability of someone to make food (a cook and in recent years, a mother-in-law who loves to send food). But this year, I'm learning. Bought the Instant Pot a few days ago and started with

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Thaths
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 8:05 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To > make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week > in total. > > Also, please mention whether you work

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I can't stop recommending this. https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2012/01/vegan-garbanzos-con-espinacas-jengibre-spinach-chickpea-stew-ginger-spanish.html On 05/09/18, 1:30 AM, "silklist on behalf of Heather Madrone" wrote: Udhay Shankar N wrote on 9/3/18 8:05 PM September 3, 2018:

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 8:14 AM Nima Srinivasan wrote: You know this is the sort of question that needs to be asked and answered > with Google sheets :) > If one were tabulating the data, yes. I was trying to get a sense of the time people spend in cooking *as an ingredient in the meal*,

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Nima Srinivasan
You know this is the sort of question that needs to be asked and answered with Google sheets :) Roughly 30 mins over an entire month. If at all. Entrepreneur with home office and fair degree of travel. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Simmi Sareen
On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:30 AM Heather Madrone wrote: > I have quite a few chickpea recipes and can alter other recipes to > include chickpeas, but I'd welcome a few more to round out my repertoire. > > > Here's a bunch of chickpea recipes I cook regularly:

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Charles Haynes
Given you have Moroccan chickpeas, I recommend this Moroccan chickpeas recipe "Kalinté". We had it in Chefchaouen and loved it. (I also recommend socca if you haven't already tried it.) https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/tangier-street-bread-kalinte On Tue., 4 Sep. 2018, 10:00 pm Heather

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Heather Madrone
Udhay Shankar N wrote on 9/3/18 8:05 PM September 3, 2018: How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week in total. I probably average 2 hours a day, but over the past week it's been 4. My

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Shrabonti Bagchi
I love to cook, but I don't have much time for it. I have live-in help who's been with my family for years and knows exactly what we want, so I don't waste time telling her what to do unless she asks, which is rare. We (my husband and I) mostly order groceries and even meat and fish online,

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Jim Grisanzio
On 2018/09/04 12:05, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To > make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week > in total. Both my wife and I cook. A lot. Every day -- easily

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Simmi Sareen
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? > I have a maid who comes in to cook every morning. I spend 5 minutes reheating lunch, another 10 minutes putting together dinner from

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Charles Haynes
Since we've been travelling I've been cooking less. So maybe 90 min / week. Most of that is 15 min / day making coffee every morning (hand grinding for two people, brewing by hand, cleaning up). Back when I was cooking more regularly, I'd estimate 8 hours a week, including shopping, prep, cooking,

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf
On 09/03/2018 11:05 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Something I am curious about. How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? It varies greatly, largely because my wife and I don't have a consistent schedule. Breakfast ranges from 0 to 30 minutes, with most events at

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-04 Thread Peter Griffin
TL;DR > Also, please mention whether you work outside home or primarily within home (as a homemaker or a long distance worker) Do some part of my work from home, but go to office too. > How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To make the data more useful,

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
This is whatever Ra Jesh was cooking his fish in. Whether that is black bean sauce, black pepper sauce etc is an exercise left to his taste buds. On 04/09/18, 11:03 AM, "silklist on behalf of Deepa Mohan" wrote: What is this "thickened black sauce" you are talking about? Sounds like my

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Deepa Mohan
What is this "thickened black sauce" you are talking about? Sounds like my cooking when I've forgotten things... On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:59 AM Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > And depends on what you cook. Meat generally takes a lot more preparation > time as well as cooking time than

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Veena Venugopal
Close to zero minutes a week. Perhaps six hours in a year, at most. Veena > > > >

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
And depends on what you cook. Meat generally takes a lot more preparation time as well as cooking time than vegetables do. Simple dishes that can be cooked in a single pot take far less time than more complex ones involving thickened black sauces. [etc] So anywhere between 45 minutes to 3+

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Alok Prasanna Kumar
I work outside home and I usually cook every alternate day or so given that I live alone and cook only for myself. So I guess I cook about 3-4 hours a week tops (not including re-heating leftovers). On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM Ra Jesh wrote: > I would expand the question to "How much time

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Deepa Mohan
Ah.As my mother said, "Cooking is the time from a clean kitchen to a clean kitchen again." Perceptive post, Rajesh, thank you! On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:50 AM Ra Jesh wrote: > I would expand the question to "How much time do you spend managing the > food ecosystem in your household?" I guess

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Ra Jesh
I would expand the question to "How much time do you spend managing the food ecosystem in your household?" I guess this is what earlier generations in India included in "running the household". E.g. Last week I cooked a fried fish in a thickened black sauce and made a prawn curry (3-4 hours on

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:29 AM Karen Fernandes wrote: I work from home. I live with my mother who does most of the cooking. I > make my own breakfast though, for which I spend 30-40 minutes per day > cooking. > When you pick something to cook, is the primary concern the dish itself or the time

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Karen Fernandes
I work from home. I live with my mother who does most of the cooking. I make my own breakfast though, for which I spend 30-40 minutes per day cooking. Karen. On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Something I am curious about. > > How much time here do people spend actually

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Radhika, Y.
I work from home. About 1 hour and 15 mins. El lun., 3 sept. 2018 20:43, Gaurav Vaz escribió: > Well, when I am in Toronto, I work from home, and I spend between 1-2 hours > a day on cooking food. This depends on whether I am cooking from scratch or > from a meal-kit that we order a couple of

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Gaurav Vaz
Well, when I am in Toronto, I work from home, and I spend between 1-2 hours a day on cooking food. This depends on whether I am cooking from scratch or from a meal-kit that we order a couple of times. When I am out traveling, this drops to ZERO :p On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Deepa Mohan
I cook in both my home and my daughter's...it averages to about 40 min a day...more when I have forgotten what I left on the stove and carbonized it On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 9:03 AM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > > One would think that when

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM Deepa Mohan wrote: > One would think that when starting a thread like this, you would share your > own data, Udhay! > I mostly offer prep services to my wife, who is the main cook - except on weekends, when I generally make things like frittatas. So perhaps an

Re: [silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Deepa Mohan
One would think that when starting a thread like this, you would share your own data, Udhay! I work both "outside the home, on my outings, and from home when I am posting photographs and writing about them. I tend to cook most of the cooked food that I eat, except my post-nature-walks

[silk] How much time do you spend cooking?

2018-09-03 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Something I am curious about. How much time here do people spend actually cooking the food they eat? To make the data more useful, calculate the time you spent over the past week in total. Also, please mention whether you work outside home or primarily within home (as a homemaker or a long