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That's odd; I only enjoy cooking when I'm cooking for others. If it's just me, I don't give a fuck; pb&j, or I'll order, or Soylent... Or I just don't eat, much easier.
I'm with you. I'm perfectly content making myself ramen or some pasta or even just a bowl of cereal and toast.
But if I'm cooking for people, I'm actually putting in effort, dammit.
Exactly! I can cook, I just choose not to most of the time haha!
That's fine; for me it's more or less meditative to cook for myself. 3 years of food service was enough.
I'm also fat so I can make things exactly to my personal tastes(awesome) and as much as I want (less awesome if not outright dangerous)
And if i feel creative the only one dealing with the consequences is me
Ah, I've never worked food service (which I view as privilege; it sounds like it would be very hard for me as I struggle with sensory overload and emotional overwhelm, even in less busy and stressful environments) so maybe that has something to do with it.
I hear you on the creativity; while I was still young and learning, my ex-wife did refuse to eat my cooking after the second recipe I "modified" "creatively". But really there was just too much lemon in the lemon chicken, and it's not like it was mostly lemon. Just very lemony ๐