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I have to wonder as I often see food that can easily be made at home being sold for preposterous prices. It's one thing to pay for a recipe but paying 20 dolla/eur for a pizza that can be bought in the shop for 1 always seems mad to me. I'm often happy making my own food. typically if I eat out it's for the chippy experience that you can't copy at home - battered cod and chips. If the food prep is impressive I don't mind but 9/10 there are people paying 40 euro for the exact spare ribs you can pick up in a bargain bin for 2.50.

Some chippers/take aways have resorted to flat out using clean cut french fries that can be bought in the shop for far less. typically if I go out it's to do something I can't do myself at home. I mean, basically, people call handy men when they can't fix the problem themselves, so is the over reliance on fast food/eating out/take away a sign that people are losing touch with how to cook their own food.

I mean, I know how to unblock the sink by unscrewing the pipe underneath ... I would assume a person who calls a plumber to do this doesn't know this little trick.
 
Yes. And they are all women. True story.

I guess that is fair too for the career woman, who really never eats any big meals and does not need to cook for herself but i have also met some who are not 'career' women and are more focused on a more traditional home, with the man as primary breadwinner, but they still do not know how to make the bread or cook, even basics.
 
A lot. Male and female. I'm one of the few who still bags his meals from home to work instead of getting take out all the time.
 
PaleMoonlight said:
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When I was in my early 20's I had no idea how to cook anything unless you count mac and cheese and ramen.

Got married and have kids and learned to cook really fast. The wife and I both work fulltime and I was always home earlier so I had to learn to cook. I probably still cook more than the wife these days but she cooks pretty often too. Now I can cook almost anything if I have the time.
 
I think women that can't cook, in their mind are resisting the patriarchy and make jokes to other women about how they refuse to do it. They are somehow dominant in their refusal of gender roles.

Of course I'm basing this on women I have met etc friends wives mainly.

Some were just dumb and couldn't pay attentiin to times etc though.

Everyone should know how to cook to a degree.
 
My brother works a lot and needs to often travel for his firm all over the world. He couldnt cook a egg. Cooking takes time and more time to get better at. He does not have the time to cook so he just eats out since money is not a problem for him. I dont travel all over the world and dont have a high up position in a company that takes all my time. Basically 9-5. I have time to cook and enjoy it.
 
My wife. She can't even make grilled cheese without burning it. And somehow she manages to not even melt the cheese.
 
Little different situation but both of my grandfathers. They never learned to make their own food. They went from their mothers preparing it to their wives, just that generation. Both my grandmothers were the first to go. So now the family has two men in their 80's who haven't touched a stove their entire lives. They've also been spoiled by wives who whipped up a meat and 3 for every meal so something like a simple sandwich for lunch isn't enough food in their minds. Everything they eat is either a to-go order or an uber eats somebody gets for them
 
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