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On your own and having to cook
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I Remember the days my parents were away and had to prepare my own meals. Then when I got my own flat, it was mostly microwaved stuff at first. Now a few years on, feel I have my own style of cooking!
What's your experience of having to fend for yourself at lunch and supper? I have friends who would ring her mum for the length of time to have a whole chicken in the oven. And another who got depressed arriving at uni and not knowing how to use the communal cooker in the halls of residence. Bet everyone's had the experience of surviving on takeaways till they sort out the kitchen routine.
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What's your experience of having to fend for yourself at lunch and supper? I have friends who would ring her mum for the length of time to have a whole chicken in the oven. And another who got depressed arriving at uni and not knowing how to use the communal cooker in the halls of residence. Bet everyone's had the experience of surviving on takeaways till they sort out the kitchen routine.
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I did have a few years of on my own... with the few pennies we had going on weed, learned some very cheap meals... the kind of meals that are only edible when you're high as well, unfortunatly Spagetti and sugar, soda crackers and horsradish, if one of us had scored some cash or if a parent had recently visited (family 400 miles away) we'd go all fancy and have some hamburgerless hamburger helper
I'm trying to cook more now though. I find soup to be good. I find with 1 and 2 people, the only way to get a relativly cheap meal is to cook a family sized meal and have leftovers. Soup is always good and you can make a couple batches at once and freeze them, I've gotten into enchaladas and a dish called yumasetta... luckily for me my dad's parents lived thru the depression and still had the same mentality so he showed me alot of really cheap dishes.
Of course you have to like leftovers though. The boyfriend won't touch a dish thats recooked, but I love them, some foods even taste better I swear So more for me anyhow, horray.