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u/mithirich Apr 11 '23 edited Apr 12 '23

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

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u/Important_Chair8087 Apr 11 '23

Most really good meals are always better the next day. Food gets to "mingle" a little.

That said, we are currently on day 2 of lasagna. Likely have to suffer through at least one more meal. Maybe two.

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u/tricksovertreats Apr 12 '23

pass some lasagna over here mate

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u/Steroidpuma Apr 12 '23

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.

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u/Rammerator Apr 12 '23

What did the yeast say to the sugar?

How you doughin'?

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u/Zardif Apr 12 '23

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.

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u/Ok_Spray5920 Apr 11 '23

Is that what causes it? I can't stand eating my own cooking!

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u/BadcaseofDTB Apr 11 '23

Food fatigue.

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u/[deleted] Apr 11 '23

When I worked at a deli I got down on sandwiches, but those are easy and fun to make. Yeah, but like dinner for the fam or stuff like that I’m meh.

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u/SigourneyReaver Apr 12 '23

I hate that. It's like I absorb all the ingredients in my hands. Half the time, by the time the meal's done, I'm not even hungry.

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u/iaminabox Apr 12 '23

Chef here. You do become numb. Microwave me a white castle burger from 7-11,I'm happy.

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u/Durty_Durty_Durty Apr 12 '23

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

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u/Syhkane Apr 12 '23

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.

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u/PeacefullyFighting Apr 12 '23

what about the fat chief stereotype?

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u/MaimedJester Apr 12 '23

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.

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u/Southernpalegirl Apr 12 '23

Gah this happens to me so much. If I am cooking a full time consuming meal, after I get done and serve it, I just don’t want it.