Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 6:42 pm Well, if you want to be nitpicky...

Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:45 pm nitpicky (comparative nitpickier, superlative nitpickiest)

Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.

I didn't miss the point, I think you did. The reality is that people in the west don't cook. It doesn't matter how easy it is, that won't do it.
I used to do two dinner parties a month, one pizza, the other whatever I was in the mood for. My pizza always got raves and laments about the time it took and the difficulty involved. Explaining that it was just a long cold ferment, tomatoes and cheese did nothing to inspire my friends to take up the mantle and do it themselves.

Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:45 pm nitpicky (comparative nitpickier, superlative nitpickiest)

Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.

I didn't miss the point, I think you did. The reality is that people in the west don't cook. It doesn't matter how easy it is, that won't do it.
I used to do two dinner parties a month, one pizza, the other whatever I was in the mood for. My pizza always got raves and laments about the time it took and the difficulty involved. Explaining that it was just a long cold ferment, tomatoes and cheese did nothing to inspire my friends to take up the mantle and do it themselves.

Clemen wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:33 pm Number 1 definition according to Google.
a social occasion at which guests eat dinner together.
Please keep your small minded xenophobic comments to yourself.

Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:45 pm The reality is that people in the west don't cook. It doesn't matter how easy it is, that won't do it.

Kuroneko wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 4:22 pm

Clemen wrote: ↑Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:45 pm The reality is that people in the west don't cook. It doesn't matter how easy it is, that won't do it.

That remark surprised me as this is not my experience. Which part of the west are you referring to, or is this a recent development or millennial thing? Generally the communities I have lived in and the families I knew would be cooking three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. Even working in Southern Africa all the expats I was involved with cooked and it was very much a life of endless dinner parties and brais. Living here apart from going out to restaurants a couple of times a week, I cook pretty much every day. I think people I know here do likewise although to what extent i'm not sure.

Clemen wrote: ↑Fri Dec 21, 2018 2:33 pm Number 1 definition according to Google.
a social occasion at which guests eat dinner together.
Please keep your small minded xenophobic comments to yourself.