On: In Remote Alaska, Meal Planning Is Everything

[geodel]

Well, we cook at home almost every meal throughout the year. Something I noticed compared to old country that for lot of people here each meal is always about the food they like to eat at that time. Whereas for us that likeness/preferred meal is only couple times a week or so. Most meals are really like rotation of stuff from pantry and fridge.

If I were to eat only meals I feel like eating all the time it would be too much of mental hassle even if I could afford to purchase ingredients.

[solardev → geodel]

What are the meals you don't like, and cook anyway? Why do you even stock ingredients for them then? Are they just easier to make, or?

[ghaff → solardev]

Not the parent, but I read it as, sometimes you're cooking the meal you want to eat tonight. Other times it's "What do I have in the house?"

There definitely many times when I'm "I should use something from the freezer" or "I need to use this meat cut I bought a couple days ago."

[solardev → ghaff]

That makes sense

[geodel → solardev]

Like there are bunch of dried lentils we would keep as they don't go bad and we could cook them less frequently.