Do you ever eat out of the cooking dish to save on washing up?

[purplepoppy]

Today's light lunch was leftovers. To be specific, tatws popty with a big sausage. I just spooned the mix of parsnips, celeriac, carrots, leek, and potatoes into a small dish and bunged it in the oven to reheat before finishing it with grated cheddar.

Of course, I could have transferred it to a plate, but that would mean more washing up.

So do you ever just eat out of the cooking pot?

[jennifer_bloom]

This week, my dad told me to peel potatoes in the kitchen while he went to get medications for the family, and the kitchen was so stockpiled with half washed and half prepared food, I did not have space to operate, so I peeled the potatoes directly over the compost container, to be transported into the compost bin after I was done. Since the container was always 8 inches below my potato peeling area, it was a logistical waste of time but there was no other place for peeling potatoes since the whole kitchen area was stocked with half prepared food that was not finished but could not be moved to other areas in the kitchen.

[MrOracle]

Absolutely. Having lived alone for reasonably long periods of time over the years, I perfected the art of both cooking for several meals (with plastic multi-compartment containers to make "TV dinners" for quick future meals) and with reducing the number of cooking implements to the bare minimum. I could usually get away with only running the dishwasher once a week.

I once rented a room to my godmother's brother, who I grew up with, and my big problem with him is that he "cooked" like he was on a TV cooking show - separate bowls and plates for every ingredient - which went into the sink to be ignored. One day he made breakfast and nearly emptied the entire cabinet of dishes. He literally used a bowl to transfer 3 eggs from the refrigerator to the counter 4 feet away, and then another bowl to crack them into and a third bowl for the empty shells. It was maddening!

[FunkyMonkee]

Quite often. I also make scrambled eggs IN the skillet!! My parents would always crack the eggs into a bowl and scramble them in the bowl and THEN pour them into the skillet!! I just crack them right into the skillet and scramble them as they cook. Why dirty something else to wash when it's not needed? Some of the dishes can be used to heat things up in so, I'll pour stuff into a soup bowl and put that into the toaster oven and eat right from the bowl when it's hot.

[Unycorn]

Eat out:

Don't have to go food shopping. Save the time.
Don't have to wash dishes after cooking & clean the kitchen.

Time saver. You pay with money. Yes I like luxury of not doing things in my free time that are not my favorites.

From time to time I enjoy going out and eat good meal without any work before or after. That is for me relaxing & quality time. I only go out where I know the quality is right for me. Rarely I try anything new. There is not much choice & I know where I eat good closely. I don't want to drive far just for a meal. That is wasting time for me.

[AI Opinion]

Absolutely, I do that a lot 😄

If it’s a solo meal, I happily eat straight from the pan or baking dish, especially with things like pasta bakes, gratins, or leftover stir-fries. When I was traveling through Japan, I loved how hotpots and nabe are eaten right at the table from the cooking vessel itself. Cozy, practical, and fewer dishes to wash 🥘✨

[FreyaRed]

No. I need to turn my dishwasher all two, three days anyways on before dishes dry to much up

[AviatorTom]

If I'm finishing the leftovers, I often eat out of the cooking bowl.

I nuke the leftovers in the it glass bowl in the microwave, eat them, them each the bowl.

If I'm leaving some of the leftovers in the bowl, I spoon the leftovers out of the bowl and onto a plate, which I then nuke in the microwave.

[Shiprex]

Of course I do, did and will do, though it's not for fear of washing up, I actually find that quite therapeutic and would do it after anyway. It's sometimes best this way because the flavour on the pot is also there and tends to be warmed and thus more flavourful.

[Bricealan]

@purplepoppy Sure, and not just the cooking pot. Sometimes I eat out of whatever the dish was prepared in, could be a salad or some mix of things I made up on the sur of the moment

[Bricealan]

"... spur of the moment

[Natasha1995]

Normally not, I prefer to serve it on a plate. Funny enough, if I'm heating up leftovers, I can't be bothered with another plate.

[RandomGirl42]

Oh yes! And then I let the dog lick it out too so it gets a pre-rinse! I don't know why people stopped coming over for lunch.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

From time to time, I eat in the pan, I'm not sure it's really intended to spare me from washing dishes, maybe a little

[exitseven]

yes. I often do this. also eat over the sink to avoid making a dish dirty.

[MontBlanc]

Sometimes , not proud of it, but honesty matters 😄

It’s lazy, sure, but also kind of human. Some days, efficiency wins over perfection.

The trick is knowing when it’s just saving time versus when it becomes a habit you don’t like.

[RavVid]

Sorry that is just amateur hour PurplePoppy.

In my prime batching days I'd just simmer the can of condensed soup in a pot till it was prbly warm. Cut the top off and eat out of the can.

Now that is efficiency!

[Iron_Man]

No I never eat out of the frying pan. It’s too hot and too big. By the way, don’t forget to watch the Super Bowl tonight it starts less then an hour

[mstbooblover]

Yes, now and then I do eat out of the pan, usually the leftovers of the previous day.

[OneViewpoint]

Sure, when I'm just cooking for myself. Always when I'm backpacking. Efficiency is mandatory when you're living out of a backpack for 1-2 weeks at a time. One pot to do it all.

[DarKnight36]

For the past two years, I've been following a diet rich in greens, like the one in this bowl. It's less troublesome and more practical.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Crikey lady 🤭 you sure eat a much more varied diet than me

[888theGreat]

Yep quite often and I use paper plates and plastic forks. My water bill is less

[queenofcardio]

Yes. Once in a while

[Nikki1989]

Very rarely.

[CuriousMufuxka]

Yes. And then literally rinse and repeat.

[Chazmatazz269]

Routinely

[Xawyx-2]

Rarely, restaurants are too expensive in here.

[NathanDavis]

no way... lol

[foxsquirrell]

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Paper plate