I like good food and am very interested in it.
I like eating Indonesian, Mexican and Turkish food.
I don’t really like cooking as I get very stressed out with the whole timing thing.
But the thing I hate most is cleaning up afterwards, as the kitchen usually looks like a bomb exploded in it when I am done.
If there were People Kibble I would probably be happy eating it 5 days a week and eat out the other 2.
I don’t think I acutally have a compulsion to cook- I have a compulsion to fiddle and make stuff, and food is more disposable than clothing or elaborate dioramas or whatever. Anyway, this is very interesting. Pray continue.
I like eating, yes. I don’t like “nouvelle cuisine” (big platter, little food, huge bill) and prefer “old fashioned home cooking”, but only one dish; in Spain lunch is usually two dishes plus dessert. If I’m eating out in a new restaurant I’ll usually order a salad as first and then a heavier second. I recently had a job where we always ate at the same place; I’d order only one plate, which the waitress brought in with the “firsts” even if it was officially a “second”, substituting the fries for salad, and then I’d walk back to work. I don’t order stuff I cook well myself unless there’s no other appetizing option - why eat overcooked pasta when mine is “just so”?
I don’t like eating out very much; too many people get on my case for not drinking (none of your freaking business and anyway I’m driving so even if I liked drinking, I shouldn’t); too many people make my food choices their business. If the waitress is ok with bringing me a half-salad, and with substituting the usual fries on the ribeye by more lettuce and tomato, why the hell should you care? Of course, “you” refers to those nosey people.
In my new job we get “summer hours”: July and August we work 8-3, so I have a sandwich about 12 (paté on wholegrain) and I’m not very hungry when I get home. Some days I’ve just been having a… uh… excuse me while I detour…
OK, language issue. Meal names in Spanish: desayuno, almuerzo, comida, merienda, cena, recena. Desayuno is breakfast; almuerzo is a midmorning snack; comida is lunch; merienda a midafternoon snack; cena is dinner; recena is a nightcap.
As I was saying, some days I’ve just had a “merienda-cena”: I’ve eaten something at a time that’s too late for merienda but too early for cena, and heavier than either one would normally be (only a bit heavier than a regular cena, though).
The rest of the year we get 1 hour for lunch, so I imagine I’ll be eating at the restaurant downstairs from my office quite often, if the menus are OK. Since Mom is pretty much planning on spending with me every weekend she’s not at her parents’, that kind of takes most of cooking out of the way.
When I’m on my own, I hate cooking for one. Things like steamed fish or meat, I can get single portions no problem, but for, say, veggies, it’s harder. Often what I do is cook things in a way that allows me to preserve the uneaten portion; for example, I cook pasta/rice as if it was for two, wash half in very cold water, drain it well, put it in the fridge and eat it two days later with a different dressing. Say, the first day I had rice with tomato sauce and the second I have rice with 'shrooms. Completely different animal and I didn’t need to clean up twice! Which is the part I really hate, I guess.
I’m no good for baking but for pasta and roasts I’m superb. And no, I don’t do paella, sorry 
Black rice from scratch, yes.
People kibble? Weeell… here in Spain people have done their best to come up with ways to treat pork so you can just cut-and-eat, but still, even if it was jamón pata negra, everything has a “too much” point. Even pasta. I think. Mom says that, given the way I’d probably be able to last months on pasta and chicken, our Italian genes are alive and well.
Do you like food?
Yes. And No. How’s THAT for definitive?
Seriously, I DO love food, but at the same time I’m a very picky eater. I can, however, cook things that I don’t like AT ALL for others and have it turn out great. I just love cooking. I love baking too, but cooking I enjoy the most.
Are you interested in it?
Yes - I read cookbooks like some people read novels. I can happily watch FoodTV all weekend long (unless there’s a Bonanza marathon on of course).
What do you eat regularly?
Er, this is a tough one. I don’t make big meals during the week - we tend to “graze”. On the weekends, though, if I have the money, I’m all about big meals - roasts and such, casseroles, etc.
**Do you order out often, and what do you get? **
Very rarely, and if we do, it’s something from the pizza place, or chinese.
**Do you like to cook, but don’t have enough time? **
Money. Got time, don’t have money.
**What in particular do you dislike about cooking- shopping, the cooking itself, cleanup? **
Actually, I LOVE cooking - it’s the eating that I end up with a problem with. For example, I’ll do a huge Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings, complete with appetizers, desserts, etc. and then hardly eat any of it. By the time I’m done cooking, I’m not (personally) hungry anymore. Same with if I make a big meal on a weekend - I won’t end up eating but a tiny bit of it. And I DON’T eat leftovers. I know - I’m strange.
If there were People Kibble, would you happily exist on it?
Blech. Sounds kind of like grape nuts or something. 
I like the idea of cooking. One of my favorite shows is “Good Eats” on FoodTV. I have seen nearly every episode. I have 2 of the host’s books and have read them cover-to-cover. I know HOW to cook and have made some fairly decent dishes in the past.
However, I live alone now. And I’m broke. So having ingredients on hand is near impossible. Up until I made up my mind to eat healthier, my fridge would be bare and my freezer would be full (fishsticks, fries, hot pockets, etc.) I get mad at myself for letting the celery get brown or the tomatoes rot. I mostly get mad at the waste of money.
I do dishes like once a week (no dish washer). I sleep right until I am ready to work and don’t have time to make anything elaborate for breakfast. I work at home so lunch means whatever I can manage to eat at my desk. I go to karate or mow the lawn right after work every day so dinner isn’t until I am home and exhausted.
Right now I’ll cook burgers on the Foreman Grill or scrambled eggs in the skillet. Once a week or so I’ll manage to nuke some frozen veg in the microwave. I’ll make tuna salad when I have the time. That’s about all.
I am actually trying to eat less, too. So the more I am un-interested in food right now, the better. Also means that the less food available to me in the house, the better.
People kibble? Yes, as long as it was low-cal and provided me with all the necessary vitamins
And despite all that people just think she likes me because I’m good in bed
Cleanup is my personal achillies heel. I just like having fun “creating”.
Spoiled by working in a restaraunt kitchen for a bit…never did a single dish, just prepped and cooked. Lil bit of heaven.
I live alone. I seldom do more than putting something in the oven or in the frying pan or saucepan. Anything complex and it’s off to the pub or restaurant. My main meal is lunch, which I have at work.
I love good food, but I also have very low standards, so I’m generally satisfied with anything I eat. Also, I’m single and lazy, so the only things that I cook are in the microwave. I use the top of my stove as storage (not to worry – the stove has no pilot lights).
Generally speaking, I have the same breakfast every day – some weird organic cereal and yogurt, the same lunch (a salad bar at work) and get take-out food three to four nights a week. The rest of the time it’s microwave dinners.
I like cooking if I know it will turn out well and is simple to make. Usually I go to cooks.com and scan about a dozen recipes to find the common ingredients/spices for a particular dish. If it turns out well I put the recipe in a 3 ring binder with plastic sleeves. That way I can lay the binder flat and not worry about getting food on the pages.
I swear I have not used an oven or stove even once in at least 15 years. And the only people cooking for me are in restaurant kitchens – no roommates, spouses or SOs cooking for me.
And no microwave meals either – though I might nuke a cup of water for yea or hot chocolate, or nuke some cold pizza or the like to reheat it. Oh yeah, does nuking bags of popcorn count as cooking? Probably not.
It’s not so much I don’t like to cook as I don’t like to clean. I have allergic reactions to many detergents and cleaners.
Goodness. That would do it. Aren’t there any dishwashing soaps you aren’t allergic to?
** Do you like food?**
Not so much. Food is mostly about keeping you alive. The fact that some of it tastes good makes it a bit less distressing that we have to eat so often.
Are you interested in it?
I sort of like to bake, and cooking is interesting.
What do you eat regularly?
Lots of chicken, bread, fruit and pasta, some beef, pork etc.
Do you order out often, and what do you get?
I rarely order out. If I do it’s either chinese or burgers.
Do you like to cook, but don’t have enough time?
Suprisingly, I don’t mind cooking at all. Generally I’m not the one who cooks, but I’m decent enough at it. Sometimes I’m more interested in the cooking than the eating.
What in particular do you dislike about cooking- shopping, the cooking itself, cleanup?
I don’t like cleanup, and the fact that there are leftovers to deal with.
** If there were People Kibble, would you happily exist on it?**
For lunch and breakfast, sure. As long as I had one ordinary meal a day, it’d be great.
Do you like food?
Yep, but I’m picky and dont’ have much tolerance for eating stuff I don’t like.
Are you interested in it?
I’m very interested in the nutrition and health aspects, not so much in recipes, etc.
**What do you eat regularly? **
Steel cut oatmeal, tuna and high fiber crackers, prepared vegetables from Whole Foods, deviled eggs from Whole Foods, freshly made soup from Whole Foods, fruit, spinach salads, dark chocolate.
**Do you order out often, and what do you get? **
I never order out but I pick up most of my meals already cooked from Whole Foods.
**Do you like to cook, but don’t have enough time? **
I don’t really know how to cook.
What in particular do you dislike about cooking- shopping, the cooking itself, cleanup?
If you didn’t learn cooking skills growing up, it can be difficult to learn them as an adult. I"m not good at judging if a recipe will be good and everytime I’ve tried to cook something I haven’t liked how it’s turned out. Cooking from scratch can be expensive if you’re forced to buy a whole lot of new spices and ingredients to make something you might not even like.
If there were People Kibble, would you happily exist on it?
Nope, I don’t think any processed food could ever have the same health benefits as real food.
I’m really quite comfortable eating at restaurants or getting carryout, so I haven’t thought about it much as a problem needing a solution. Besides, way back when, Mom was a terrible cook and when I was a kid homecooked meals were something to avoid.
I’ve never been systematic about finding acceptable cleaners. A couple of years ago I bought a home with a dishwasher, something I’ve never had before. I suppose that might open up some new possibilities for me, but to be honest I’ve never given it much thought. And I’m single with no dependents, so money or being a proper “role model” for the kids aren’t problems either.
SIL’s mom is one of those women who simply Can Not allow others into their territory; thus, SIL never learned to cook, even though she’d spent the seven years of the courtship asking her mom to teach her.
She’s a Clockwork Woman, though: not much imagination, but this means she follows instructions to the letter. Bro (who can cook, student-level but that’s more than many people) found a cooking book which included absolute basics like fried eggs and nothing-inside omelette. After vetoing the recipes he knew to make sure her fried eggs wouldn’t end up needing 5 hours work or somesuch, he bought it for her.
Helluva cook, she is, and also the only one in the family who can bake.
It was pretty funny going to her house for some arroz a la cubana (the Spanish version is white rice, tomato sauce, sausages and a fried egg) and seeing her with the book propped against the wall as she fried the eggs; she doesn’t do that any more.