Agreed, came here to say this. Clean as you cook. Not always super easy or possible, but if you’re waiting for something to finish/warm up/cool down/whatever, you can probably wash a cutting board or some spoons or something
Or do what I do and wash things as you cook only to realize that you’re going to need the thing you washed to finish whatever you’re making. You get to do 3x the cleaning per 1x cooking.
This is easily avoided by doing a tiny bit of thinking with a pinch of foresight.
Lukewarm take: if you don’t make some effort to clean up to have less of a mess while you cook, you’re not competent enough to be in the kitchen.
~Just my opinion; don’t burn me at the stake.~
You have to spend time in the kitchen to develop competence.
Very true, but I submit that the wisdom of “clean as you cook” is obvious on day 2.
Agreed, came here to say this. Clean as you cook. Not always super easy or possible, but if you’re waiting for something to finish/warm up/cool down/whatever, you can probably wash a cutting board or some spoons or something
Or do what I do and wash things as you cook only to realize that you’re going to need the thing you washed to finish whatever you’re making. You get to do 3x the cleaning per 1x cooking.
This is easily avoided by doing a tiny bit of thinking with a pinch of foresight.
I am not a smart person.
Yup, this and fill the sink up with hot water feeling all smug to then realise I didn’t rinse the rice.
It’s really just an amortization or, perhaps, an atomization of effort; sadly many don’t really value the benefits of that behavior.
Well…you’re not wrong, but it’s not like we get a choice at the end of the day.
People lucky enough to not need a kitchen are few and far between.
Did you reply to the wrong comment?
I’m sure it’s respone to this take
A lot of people are not in the kitchen for passion or profession, but for necessity so it’s only natural you’ll get sentiments similar to the OP.