A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry

Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by pjc50 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @05:24PM (#14649593)

> you're not a wifemom, and you don't know how to combine those things into a meal

I think people could do this, but for whatever reason don't. Possibly the excessive media-isation of cooking has raised what the expected skill level is; people are no longer content with something edible but unspectacular, or food that's too ugly to Instagram. We've come a long way from Fanny Cradock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O5WDPSpI1A

e.g. the other day I ate what was left in my fridge: pasta with mangetout and Polish ham (+garlic, onion, rosemary). Entirely reasonable but not quite dinner-party quality.

(Bonus piece of extremely 60s period outfits and gas cookers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsdvL6TCX6k )

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by pm90 on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @05:52PM (#14649849)

I think you make a good point. Too often people want their food to look good and taste perfect. The key to getting better at cooking and doing it well is to accept that there WILL be accidents, your food WILL NOT taste/look the same as restaurant food right away.

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by geodel on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @08:58PM (#14650921)

I kind of force myself to eat food cooked by me especially when it turns out bad. So I sometimes forget good tricks/techniques but tend to remember things which definitely don't work.

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by notyourday on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @06:49AM (#14653057)

True, your food would probably taste better than the food in 99% of the restaurants.

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by immune2tvtropes on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @06:08PM (#14649987)

Technically a meal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4EC6-YFbs

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by _delirium on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:04PM (#14650369)

Soups are another one of the classic solutions to this problem. A large variety of random leftover ingredients can be mixed-and-matched into a soup, and it solves the stale leftover bread problem too. Plus you can be doing something else while it cooks, as it is not a style of cooking that requires a lot of active attention. And as one more bonus, leftover soup often tastes even better the next day.

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by science4sail on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:47PM (#14650615)

Same with stir-fry. A lot of "simpler" cooking methods can be adapted as ways to recycle leftover ingredients.

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Re:A Slow-Motion Trainwreck Facing the Meal-Kit Industry by voltagex_ on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:17PM (#14650995)

I eat a huge amount of stir fry, it's how I started cooking. If I ever have to teach someone how to cook, it's what I'll start with - it's really hard to mess up (but watch the salt level!)

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