IS THERE NEVER NOT A MESS!? OMG! I think I need a cooking vacation...

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If you fear the pile of dishes after preparing a meal ,maybe you should consider Take-out

In our house we divide the labor: my wife loves to cook and I don’t mind cleaning up. She hates taking care of the cooking mess, and now that I’m retired, it doesn’t matter to me how long it takes, because when I do it, it’s done right. We share the eating chores more or less equally.

My mom was that way. She cooked, us kids cleaned up. Unfortunately, this meant she didn't care how much of a disaster she created, because she wasn't the one cleaning it! In my house now, you cook, you clean.

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Love cooking programs where they have 6 heat rings, about 12 different types of pans, and an empty fridge to cool things in.

That is a great idea. Instead of prep times list number of bowls, knives, spoons, trays

If you don't know this from looking at the recipe, you probably shouldn't make that dish.

It was a joke

Dont provide cook time, provide clean up time. Plus the amount of times you need to run the dishwasher to cleanup all the prep items.

not if you clean as you go

and WHO does the longest and hardest part of it the prep do you honestly believe they do all the cutting,mixing,slicing themselves?

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I clean as I go... Rarely do I have a big mess to clean up 😉 tis the way...

Preach.

Like--on those cooking shows where every ingredient is in a separate container that then needs to be washed.

RiceCrispy Treats come to mind...

They seem not that bad. One bowl, one spatula, one pan, and hot water melts the marshmallow away no scrubbing. Am I missing something?

Now I'm curious about using a shallow bowl as a mold, or mixing in a baking pan.

Would have to be a "mess made by a person of average skill" though. None of the dainty "clean" mess left by a skilled chef, I want to see a mess caused by a klutz like me :D (I love to cook, but sometimes the kitchen looks like a site of a very messy demon summoning afterwards)

I clean while I'm cooking. There's very little mess left when I'm done.

YES!

Says my wife each and every time I cook

I have OCD. I can't STAND a dirty kitchen. I won't cook in a dirty kitchen. I don't leave a dirty kitchen. Living with others can be challenging at times....especially when the roomies aren't as neat as me.

I would win the prize! My Kitchen is a MESS! I want to be one of those people who cleans as they cook. I'm not Made that Way!

Definitely. I don't mind doing dishes at end of meal - just another way of getting your hands clean- but cleaning up after a cook, especially a cook who thinks themselves a chef, is bl*ody annoying. I will never understand why you have 2 use every mixing bowl, saucepan +spoon in the joint

Then nobody would cook ever again.

Nope. The process is the end result. FOOD!!!!!!

Just clean while you cook and be disciplined about it. This is not a hard fix. It can be done in kitchens of various sizes. Human ingenuity and forethought for the win and for cleanliness and happiness and an easy post dinner environment for all.

Now that would be a great cookbook!

🤣🤣🤣 damn right!!

And the team who does all the prep & clean-up. Tired of recipes promising 10 mins prep, 20 mins to cook, when the total is more like an hour.

...and a half...

Your grandma will be a better source of recipes than a cookbook sometimes, because she's been doing this shit for fifty years and can't be arsed to wash five extra pots and bowls every damn day.

Generally speaking, she who must be obeyed does the cooking and I do the dishes. Chinese night is delicious but a touch laborious…

For Serious Eats recipes, you would need a wide angle lens.

Facts.

Problem with that is I know people that can make a mess making scrambled eggs. 1 bowl for the 2 eggs, 1 small bowl to crack the eggs into to avoid a bad egg, a whisk, a plate, a knife & a fork & finally a frying pan & spatula. And somehow they manage to spill egg on the burner.

Grown ass man still needs someone to tell him how to clean a kitchen

Agree - you should see the mess 👩🏼 makes 🙄🥰 but then again 😋

I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, “Well, that’s not going to happen.”

You made me genuinely belly laugh 🥰

C/ Rita Rudner 😉

Especially looking at the ingredient list.

Yes. Especially let me know how many freaking pots there will be to clean at the end. 😬

My kitchen after trying out poached eggs instead of fried.

😂, well said!

Work clean. It’s a way of being.

My wife loves fishcakes made from scratch. I don't mind making them, but the mess is horrific and they require almost every cooking vessel we have.

Anything requiring a dredging station is out for me.

Bwahahaha OMG that is funny

You mean the mess someone else has to clean up. 😉

Truth in advertising

When Aussie Poms & Yanks all measure different standard sizes of measures equipment eg spoons it can be confusing getting the science of cooking right. Clean up as you go. It only took me 50 years of cooking to work that out. Happy eating.

And realistic cooking times!

AND after you eat the end result

how about the receipt for costs.

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I’d be happy if they just had realistic prep times

Do you prep en mise?

Yes. Amazingly, prepping en mise still takes time.

Yes, true and if there are veggies to chop too

in the interest of full disclosure

they should also suggest the minimum amount of counter space, in sq ft, you'll need to successfully compete the task... i don't have room for 30 bowls, and assorted spice dishes...

I was taught the fine art of cleaning up as you go, so no huge mess at the end.

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Yes please!

This is why god created casseroles.

part of the job - chef gets the glory

You won’t believe, but my husband does all of our cooking and the same time he is cooking he washes dishes. I never saw anyone like him in my life.

Obviously related to my Gran who taught us the clean as you cookery method.

I'm the dirty every dish to make something person. But, I've been very good lately. I empty the dishwasher and I combine ingredients in a bowl or ramekin where I can instead of having them all separate after I prep. Then I fill the dishwasher as I go. It's been working out pretty well.

Recipes should also include a list of small & specialty appliances* you need to havepurchased and their high/low prices at various locations. (*stand mixer [size], electric blender, coffee grinder/frother, toaster oven, air fryer, etc.) Metric & imperial measurements as well ...

Nixon was a better president than trump could ever dream of being. And that's saying a lot. Joe Biden was a compassionate, decent, honest, man whom I believe truly cared about all Americans, not just those who voted for him. Now we have a wanna be dictator that only cares about cruelty & greed.

fucking garlic presses

Use I knife to crush now. Fuck a press.

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Amen, unless I can get my grandchild to use/clean it.

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Bout time 🤪

You can also clean as you cook.

The toughest part of cooking is staying ahead of the mess!

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What if you clean while you cook?

My Grandmere had at minimum 60 recipes that used up the bits and pieces in the icebox/larder (yes, Im old) and would feed two or 12.

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Take one large pan and coat it in peanut butter. Set aside to clean out later.

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