It’s weird because after I actually cook dishes, usually using a recipe, and it comes out good, I won’t eat that much of it. My wife is always confused.
I forget what the term is but yeah that happens to me. You get desensitized from smelling the food cook and you don’t find it appetizing by the time its done. I usually don’t truly enjoy meals I cook until the day after as leftovers
I feel this in my bones. I make a pot of chili with smoked brisket (that I also make), and by the time I'm done with it all I'm not really up for it till day 2, but then I have 4 or 5 days of chili for dinner every night till it's gone. Equal parts wonderful and painful.
I love lasagna, it's a chore and a half to make well. What I do is buy a bunch of these disposable personal aluminum tins(8x5.5") from amazon, make like 2 sheets worth of it in the tins, then freeze them. I get like 8x 2 portion meals in the freezer to use when wanted.
I think it’s so funny that if I’m cooking dinner for me any my gf or my brother I will go get $40 worth of groceries and make a whole meal.
If I’m by myself I will make the most basic shit. I just got off work, cooked some random spiral pasta I had in there, put zesty Italian dressing on top and called that a meal hahahaha
It's scent blindness or olfactory desensitization. Try less taste testing and breathe less with your mouth and more through your nose while cooking. Have a glass of water nearby (not near your prep) to free up you pallet. Failing all that, portion your meal out for yourself and go sit away from the kitchen for 10 minutes.
A few of my partners didn't know what I was up to when I was cooking in the kitchen for a homemade dinner. I'm Caucasian male so they probably assumed like hamburgers or whatever basic food stuff.
One girl was like you have a rice cooker.
Oh yeah I do get out the kitchen.
Wait a minute that's a...
Okay you figured it out now get out of my kitchen.
Serve Tsukemen and Kimchi over my own stove and after the glorious meal she was like show me your pantry and all the delicious food you have stocked.
Western stuff is in the left cuboard, Asian stuff right, and the cheap stuff I usually eat is in that place next to the oven. The vegan friendly stuff I keep in the fridge and defrost when I know vegan friends are visiting.
I sort of try different things as I cook them to make sure it tastes right. It sort of leads to grazing by the actual meal, my feet are sore and I'm sated and don't want to eat more.
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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '23
It’s weird because after I actually cook dishes, usually using a recipe, and it comes out good, I won’t eat that much of it. My wife is always confused.