Showerthought: My weekend project of homemade bagels felt like a waste of hours.

Boiling and baking them took forever, and store-bought taste just as good. Why do we romanticize lengthy kitchen tasks?

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God, this hits home. My pasta maker has been gathering dust since I spent a whole Sunday making noodles that just turned into a gummy, stuck together mess, and my arms hurt for days. It really does feel like we're sold this idea that the harder something is to make, the better it has to be, which is mostly a huge lie. I still look at that thing and feel a little guilty, like I failed some kind of test, even though the store bought stuff is right there and perfect every time.

hernandez.matthew1mo ago

Oh man, my version of this is burning frozen garlic bread while trying to feel productive. Sometimes the romance is just us forgetting how many dishes we'll have to wash. I get it though, that tiny hope it might be amazing keeps me trying stuff way above my skill level. Mostly I just end up tired with a weirdly shaped loaf of something.

aaronf4019d ago

Remember that sourdough starter trend? I killed mine after two weeks of babying it just to get a brick of bread that tasted like old socks. The internet makes it seem like a magic trick, but really it's just a lot of waiting for something you can buy for five bucks. That guilt is totally real, like you wasted a chance to be some kind of kitchen wizard. Now I see that jar and just feel tired.