Young People Cook?

[coccinelle]

What do young people cook nowadays? As on a regular basis. I imagine most young people work so don't have much time so what do they cook for dinner?

[RATTER15]

Ready meals, microwave meals, pizza, pasta bakes etc, some of course still cook traditional meals.

[tamborine]

Takeways in micros, pizza & KFC

[dave50]

I don't think most young people know how to cook.

[tamborine]

judging from my recent absentee tenants they only cooked heroin & cocaine

[coccinelle]

Is this really what they 'have' for dinner?
By the way trigger what is mac and cheese, I've heard of it but not sure what it is?

[tamborine]

blimey cocc r u ET ?

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[Old_Geezer]

I would guess they eat at the works canteen or at the pub/bar/cafe down the road. In the evening grab something simple like a sandwich or whatever.

If into cooking there are plenty of "student" cook books around telling them a million things to do with budget mince.

[Robinia]

"mac and cheese" = macaroni cheese?

[Robinia]

My sons cooked after they left home and the youngest one is a great cook now...it's me who cheats with the ready meals, I can't always be bothered.

[coccinelle]

But tamborine, how do you have leftovers of a cheeseburger? Trigger had leftovers from Monday's mac and cheese. Why not call it a cheese mac or something? Why the 'and'? I do feel like ET sometimes!!

[coccinelle]

Robinia, thanks that sounds more like it so it's short for macaroni cheese! What kind of things do your sons cook on a day to day basis?

[Robinia]

Well they're not exactly 'young' anymore but as well as traditional roasts/chops etc they love stir fries, one pot casseroles/chilli's/curries...I think they make it up as they go along.

[Robinia]

The Amercans call it macaroni AND cheese, it's just macaroni cheese to me.

[Dizmo]

I've been cooking my own meals since the age of 10 years old. I'm a picky sod so I don't eat a lot.

Steak in red wine sauce with pasta.
Toad in 'ze hole.
Pasta with a herbal spiced sauce with meat if preferred.
Homemade pies.
Traditional chips, peas, gravy and chicken (not a fish lover).
Sheppard's Pie.
Hot pot/stew.

A lot of those take a long time to prepare/cook but I suppose it's worth it!

[coccinelle]

Dizmo, do you cook these on a daily basis? For example you get in from work and start cooking?

[vodkancoke]

I come in from work (cooking) and cook a meal for myself from scratch. I would cook 24 hours a day if I could! I've always loved cooking and I think that's half the battle. There is always time to cook a meal. If people don't enjoy cooking, it doesn't matter how much or how little time they have, they won't do it.

[Dizmo]

Unfortunately at the moment I don't work. I want to but just can't seem to find a job.

In the past when I was working I used to cook them meals yes. When I used to work 13 hours a day as a self employed landscape gardener and garden designer I used to feel the benefit of spending 2 hours in the kitchen cooking my tea. I also used to make cheese pie which is just mashed potato in a pie dish covered with cheese. It still takes time to make that though and it isn't cheap; I mix the potato with cheese instead of adding butter/margarine whilst mashing.