Kitchen habits

Biblioklept
Biblioklept Community Member Posts: 673 Trailblazing
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I was saying in the have a grumble post about how I'd cooked pasta yesterday (woooo! big achievement for me tbh!) as I'd intended to make a pasta salad to have through the week

But when I went to the kitchen this morning it's still sat straining in the sink so now has to be binned 😅😫 Years ago I would have eaten it anyway, same with pizza left out overnight or most things really.

I have diagnosed 'contamination' OCD so I know I can be extreme with this sort of thing now, but I wondered if anyone else has changed their kitchen habits as they've aged? It was only in my mid-twenties I started even giving it a second thought!!

I'd have pizza for lunch one day and the next evening would still happily eat the leftover slices sat uncovered on the kitchen side

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  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 9,442 Online Community Team

    Well done for your pasta cooking @Biblioklept, even if you didn't get to eat it! Do you think you'll have another go at some point?

    I've got a bit more relaxed as I've got older. I used to be quite strict about not eating anything that could possibly make me unwell, but now I'll happily follow the 'five second rule' for any dry foods that I've dropped. Within reason though - it depends how clean the floor is! I think I'd probably still avoid anything that's been sitting out overnight, not sure I'm quite there yet!

  • ChrisR777
    ChrisR777 Community Member Posts: 1,890 Championing

    I wonder what would happen if we ate raw chicken like Gus did today? OK, our gut is pathetic compared to that of a dog, but on the plus side, we have thumbs, and can unlock the front door.🤣

  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community Member Posts: 673 Trailblazing

    Oooh don't, chicken is something I reaaaaally have a hard time with! On the rare time I cook it, it's basically burnt because I get so worried. Even with meat thermometer and everything! Lol

    I think my gut is crazy weak now because I've been so cautious for so long

  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community Member Posts: 673 Trailblazing
  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Community Member Posts: 673 Trailblazing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1148423#Comment_1148423

    I didn't think at all about how some people might go the other way and get less worried about it, that's so interesting! I'm sure I'll try again at some point, pasta is one of the few foods I love, I just don't really prepare it in advance for another day, but I've been in such a funk I thought I'd try and be more productive. But it backfired haha

    I hadn't thought about the 5 second rule in years, haha! I used to do that, sometimes more like 55 second rule…😅

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,887 Online Community Team

    I am the same as @Rosie_Scope and I am not as picky about food as I used to be. If the cheese was open after 2 days I would refuse to eat it. Nowadays I am only bothered if it has been a week.

    I used to cook a lot, especially when my son was young but now I barely cook at all. I would like to get back into the habit of it but by the time it gets to teatime I lose motivation 😂 I am lucky that my husband is a good cook.

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Community Member Posts: 15,541 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1148523#Comment_1148523

    That's one of the excruciating things with ADHD where you get that surge of motivation but the task you're doing is time-gated and the motivation is gone before the task finishes!!

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,210 Championing

    I bin anything that looks off or out of date

  • Ross1975
    Ross1975 Community Member Posts: 1,617 Championing

    If it looks fine, smells fine, and tastes fine I'll eat it, no matter what the date is on it.

  • Dynamisante
    Dynamisante Community Member Posts: 101 Contributor

    @Ross1975 im the same, with the cost of living and very limited funds I have to take the reduced things, I do also freeze meats that I buy reduced.

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