What counts as cooking? In defense of the store-bought sauce
In defense of the store-bought sauce “I didn’t cook dinner last night,” my sister mentioned to me the other week. She has a one-year-old and a three-year-old, a combination of ages that practically guarantees a baseline level of perpetual exhaustion. “Wait.” I tried to rationalize what that meant.
- ▪In defense of the store-bought sauce “I didn’t cook dinner last night,” my sister mentioned to me the other week.
- ▪She has a one-year-old and a three-year-old, a combination of ages that practically guarantees a baseline level of perpetual exhaustion.
- ▪“Wait.” I tried to rationalize what that meant.
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| Original publisher | Iza |
| Canonical URL | https://iza.ac/posts/2026/06/what-counts-as-cooking/ |
| Publication time | Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:12:29 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-26T21:27:12.594Z |
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Jun 28, 2026 What counts as cooking? In defense of the store-bought sauce “I didn’t cook dinner last night,” my sister mentioned to me the other week. She has a one-year-old and a three-year-old, a combination of ages that practically guarantees a baseline level of perpetual exhaustion. “Oh!” I replied. “Wait.” I tried to rationalize what that meant. My sister sounded too blasé to imply that they had all simply given up and gone hungry (and if that was indeed the case, it was an odd way to bring it up). “So… you ordered Uber Eats?” “No, I made toast with scrambled eggs.” This didn’t make any sense to me. “But that is cooking! You cooked!” “I guess,” she countered. “But not from scratch — it wasn’t cooking.
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