What would you eat if

TheCatWoman said:

would you live on sandwiches, your allowed breakfast cereal and basic tinned goods.

This, for me. I struggle with preparing and cooking food from fresh, or otherwise basic, ingredients.

Post diagnosis, I’m still working through learning to forgive - and not blame - myself for my ineptitude in the kitchen.

TheCatWoman said:

would you live on sandwiches, your allowed breakfast cereal and basic tinned goods.

This, for me. I struggle with preparing and cooking food from fresh, or otherwise basic, ingredients.

Post diagnosis, I’m still working through learning to forgive - and not blame - myself for my ineptitude in the kitchen.

Hi Bunny, as Cat woman said, don't blame yourself for struggling with cooking. I used to quite enjoy trying out recipes in my younger days, but now in my sixties I am pretty bored with it as an activity. I thought I might get back into it after retirement, but now I am retired I would rather spend the time doing other things. I'd rather buy a ready meal or pizza I can just stick in the oven than spend a lot of time peeling, chopping, and otherwise preparing. Iceland do some very tasty frozen meals, such as a chicken Korma that I think is almost restaurant quality - certainly better than I could cook

Oh Bunny, don't punish yourself for not being able to cook, I know it's hard and for women of a certain age and/or culture it can be such a source of shame, but it really isn't. I can cook and cook pretty well, but theres so much I can't do, things that really frustrate me and those around me, like my inability with tech and anything mechanical. Probably you like my friend would have been ROLFing at my attempts to get a coin operated shopping trolley the first time I encountered one.

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I'm really not a fan of roast dinners, about the only time I do one is xmas and even then I find it boring to cook and eat.

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Yes you would have chocolate and fig rolls.

I remember when the idea of self service in shops was weird, most shops had everything behind the counter and you asked for what you wanted. I remember when salad was very seasonal, basically July and August, the rest of the time it was just potatoes, turnips, carrots and parsnips, plus sprouts and cabbage and onions.

I remember having to go to a specialist shop for ground coffee rather than a jar of nescafe or maxwell house, likewise, for veg like aubergenes and peppers. As for spices, if you wanted, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves or ground ginger you were alright, oh and pots of pickling spice, but anything for a curry was way out there.

Food has changed so much since I was a child and the only pasta was either macaronni or spaghetti in tins of tomato sauce, I remember the excitement when spaghetti hoops came out! Rice was just for puddings, I hated rice pudding, especially the skin on top, it still gives me ick, just thinking about it.

I would be the same. Really struggle with food, the prepping and then cooking, all a big meltdown waiting to happen. I would just live on sandwiches, already do if my mum isn't there to make me something.

Don't be too hard on yourself. You don't need to forgive or blame yourself for any thing, we're all better at different things, and you can learn and improve cooking over time if you want to