quick and easy are words to beware of
May. 19th, 2020 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitWhy do people always describe stir-fries as "quick and easy"? In my experience, while the actual cooking is quick, the prep takes ages and leaves me with an overflowing sink of dirty dishes. And then the cooking be-greases everything in the kitchen and makes the whole apartment smell of hot oil.
I suspect stir-fries are "quick and easy" to professional cooks, with better knife skills than mine and someone else to do the dishes. Also to people who cook them every day, and have proper equipment such as a wok.
Admittedly, if I hadn't decided to make a stir-fry of pork with spring onions and green garlic and ginger and orange + yellow + green bell peppers and zucchini and chard and bean sprouts, seasoned with doenjang and gochujang and sesame oil, it might have been quicker and easier.
(This was the veg I got cheap from work, and which needed using up. On the plus side, I have at least a couple of meals worth of leftovers.)
I suspect stir-fries are "quick and easy" to professional cooks, with better knife skills than mine and someone else to do the dishes. Also to people who cook them every day, and have proper equipment such as a wok.
Admittedly, if I hadn't decided to make a stir-fry of pork with spring onions and green garlic and ginger and orange + yellow + green bell peppers and zucchini and chard and bean sprouts, seasoned with doenjang and gochujang and sesame oil, it might have been quicker and easier.
(This was the veg I got cheap from work, and which needed using up. On the plus side, I have at least a couple of meals worth of leftovers.)
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Date: 2020-05-20 04:45 am (UTC)