Cooking is tedious...
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...it's just chucking the same amount of this and that togeather depending on whatever I'm cooking. So why can't we just get a machine to do it? 30 different meals, 10 deserts perhaps? Hit the buttons when you go to work and come home to a nice dinner. Pleeeeeeeease tell me such a machine exists!
Sorry if this makes no sense but I've just consumed an entire bottle of white wine this afternoon.
Sorry if this makes no sense but I've just consumed an entire bottle of white wine this afternoon.
I'm with the OP. I exist mainly on takeaway (not always crap!), microwave meals, sandwiches etc. Cooking is ultimately a few different methods of processing ingredients (shake, chop, sprinkle etc) and I'm sure the technology is there for a microwave style cooking but using robotic techniques to actually prepare the food (a microwave meal fails because it's prepared in a way which allows all the elements to be cooked in a uniform cooking time). I think we are at a stage where all the elements could be housed in something the size of a conventional cooker.
rpguk said:
I'm with the OP. I exist mainly on takeaway (not always crap!), microwave meals, sandwiches etc. Cooking is ultimately a few different methods of processing ingredients (shake, chop, sprinkle etc) and I'm sure the technology is there for a microwave style cooking but using robotic techniques to actually prepare the food (a microwave meal fails because it's prepared in a way which allows all the elements to be cooked in a uniform cooking time). I think we are at a stage where all the elements could be housed in something the size of a conventional cooker.
We have automated hoovers and breadmakers already, why not cooking machines?speedy_thrills said:
rpguk said:
I'm with the OP. I exist mainly on takeaway (not always crap!), microwave meals, sandwiches etc. Cooking is ultimately a few different methods of processing ingredients (shake, chop, sprinkle etc) and I'm sure the technology is there for a microwave style cooking but using robotic techniques to actually prepare the food (a microwave meal fails because it's prepared in a way which allows all the elements to be cooked in a uniform cooking time). I think we are at a stage where all the elements could be housed in something the size of a conventional cooker.
We have automated hoovers and breadmakers already, why not cooking machines?
scumbagjag said:
speedy_thrills said:
rpguk said:
I'm with the OP. I exist mainly on takeaway (not always crap!), microwave meals, sandwiches etc. Cooking is ultimately a few different methods of processing ingredients (shake, chop, sprinkle etc) and I'm sure the technology is there for a microwave style cooking but using robotic techniques to actually prepare the food (a microwave meal fails because it's prepared in a way which allows all the elements to be cooked in a uniform cooking time). I think we are at a stage where all the elements could be housed in something the size of a conventional cooker.
We have automated hoovers and breadmakers already, why not cooking machines?It ain't gonna suck you is it?
R5GTTGAZ said:
scumbagjag said:
speedy_thrills said:
rpguk said:
I'm with the OP. I exist mainly on takeaway (not always crap!), microwave meals, sandwiches etc. Cooking is ultimately a few different methods of processing ingredients (shake, chop, sprinkle etc) and I'm sure the technology is there for a microwave style cooking but using robotic techniques to actually prepare the food (a microwave meal fails because it's prepared in a way which allows all the elements to be cooked in a uniform cooking time). I think we are at a stage where all the elements could be housed in something the size of a conventional cooker.
We have automated hoovers and breadmakers already, why not cooking machines?It ain't gonna suck you cock is it?
.You are all going to die a horrid death with much pain and suffering if you carry on eating like this.
Diabetes and a prolapsed botty will surely follow.
A Working Man's diet must contain a blend of proteins, carbos and ruffage; very little of that is contained in micromeals. I have two fan oven/microwaves that I do Sunday roasts, currys, pastas and good old meat, pots and 2 veg with. Dead simple cooking you're Mum would be proud of.
Diabetes and a prolapsed botty will surely follow.
A Working Man's diet must contain a blend of proteins, carbos and ruffage; very little of that is contained in micromeals. I have two fan oven/microwaves that I do Sunday roasts, currys, pastas and good old meat, pots and 2 veg with. Dead simple cooking you're Mum would be proud of.
Getting a meal right; having the flavours and textures just as you want them, and then sharing that meal with others is one of the great pleasures in life.
Arguments like the OPs are usually made by people who need to learn the basics, enabling them to make good simple meals quickly and cheaply.
Arguments like the OPs are usually made by people who need to learn the basics, enabling them to make good simple meals quickly and cheaply.
Don said:
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t thread in here? It was st in the P&P and it's twice as st now.
I love you too and appreciate your contribution.t thread in here? It was st in the P&P and it's twice as st now.Plotloss said:
I find the idea of a cooking machine quite repulsive.
I bet people said that very thing when the first cars/dishwashers/telephones/electric washing machines came out.10 Pence Short said:
Arguments like the OPs are usually made by people who need to learn the basics, enabling them to make good simple meals quickly and cheaply.
Actually I'm quite reasonable at cooking.I love cooking and eating with others as much as the next person, everyone should learn to cook. However it should be something you enjoy doing now and then, not obligated. Machines removed many repetative chores from our lives is this one last step beyond the ability of our greatest engineers and scientific minds? We have machines that can peel potatoes, chop veg etc. so technically you don't have to reinvent the wheel but amalgamate many processes into one machine. We have already done the hard work
.A vision of the future from 1968, remember the breakfast scene in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"?
speedy_thrills said:
I bet people said that very thing when the first cars/dishwashers/telephones/electric washing machines came out.
What joy is there to be derived from washing dishes or washing clothes?Cars when first invented werent particularly joyful things.
As for telephones, prior to their invention you could only have a long distance conversation in asynchronous format. The concept of speaking to someone miles away must have been mindblowing.
A cooking machine however deprives you of the joy of cooking in the name of bland convenience and is therefore not comparable with your hideous invention wish.
Plotloss said:
A cooking machine however deprives you of the joy of cooking in the name of bland convenience and is therefore not comparable with your hideous invention wish.
Yet people buy take-away food which deprives them of the "joy" of cooking and isn't even perticularly healthy often? If someone invented a cheap levitating car tomorrow would we stop driving on our roads completely as we changed cars or just start using the roads for recreational purposes, really enjoying the thrill of driving?
This would allow us to really rediscover the enthusiasm and joy we derive from cooking . Electric lights didn't kill the candle but we discovered the romance of a flickering flame and the allure of the atmosphere it creates .speedy_thrills said:
Plotloss said:
A cooking machine however deprives you of the joy of cooking in the name of bland convenience and is therefore not comparable with your hideous invention wish.
Yet people buy take-away food which deprives them of the "joy" of cooking and isn't even perticularly healthy often? If someone invented a cheap levitating car tomorrow would we stop driving on our roads completely as we changed cars or just start using the roads for recreational purposes, really enjoying the thrill of driving?
This would allow us to really rediscover the enthusiasm and joy we derive from cooking . Electric lights didn't kill the candle but we discovered the romance of a flickering flame and the allure of the atmosphere it creates .I haven't had a microwave meal for years, and don't miss them. Nasty things full of rubbish. Not a patch on 10 minutes of your time to turn decent raw ingredients into a much tastier meal.
We also very rarely eat takeaway anymore either. I'd rather put the effort in and make it from scratch, knowing what is in it, and saving a packet in the process.
Cooking is only tedious if you follow the same cycle of tried and tested meals IMO.
We also very rarely eat takeaway anymore either. I'd rather put the effort in and make it from scratch, knowing what is in it, and saving a packet in the process.
Cooking is only tedious if you follow the same cycle of tried and tested meals IMO.
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