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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 that day) but the process also involved > purchasing the fish (I don't do home delivery of groceries) and prawns, and > gutting 2 kg of prawns. Now the fish dish needed boneless chunks, but I > bought the whole fish (because smaller fishmongers can't discard the rest > of the carcass profitably and I prefer buying from smaller local sellers). > The rest of the fish carcass can best be used to make a fish broth, which > took another 90 min, but 2 days later. This broth is now in the freezer but > will become a soup sometime next week or so. > > So, from picking and buying an adequate variety but appropriate quantity of > vegetables, fruits, grains, fats, and meats, to orchestrating what gets > cooked when to maximize freshness of each item, to keeping track of what's > been eaten and how much is leftover in the fridge, to cooking some of the > families meals myself, to cleaning up and disposing of kitchen waste > appropriately, I'd say it takes about 12-15 hours a week. > > On Sep 4, 2018 10:29, "Karen Fernandes" <[email protected]> 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. > > > > Karen. > > > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 8:35 AM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> 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 outside home or primarily within > home > > (as a homemaker or a long distance worker) > > > > Udhay > > -- > > > > -- > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((via phone)) > > > -- Alok Prasanna Kumar Advocate Ph: +919560065577
