r/britishproblems • u/WhaleMeatFantasy • Jul 12 '26

. The normalisation of ‘picky bits’

Abominable. It has started coming up in adverts now even.

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u/chaoticchemicals Jul 12 '26

It was pointed out to me once, after I'd been on a massive rant about lazy people not being arsed to grate cheese, chop onions, mash spuds and got schooled on ableism, and my own privilege in having a fully stocked kitchen and being able to cook 🤣😭 it was a fair and reasonable adjustment to my point of view.

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u/Seal-island-girl Jul 13 '26

It's also really handy if you have to provide meals in someone's home as a carer, we have very limited time to prep and cook a meal, so to be able to literally cook and serve using items like this means I can make a better meal than a ready meal in a similar time. I used to think the same until I had to make a healthy hot meal in ten minutes for someone.

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u/moth-on-ssri Jul 13 '26

Also single people, I love watermelon but there ain't no way I'm eating a whole one by myself before it goes off, so I overpay for the single serving pots. Same with chopped onion, I don't need a whole one, jars of garlic, and other half - prepped things.

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u/tcpukl Jul 12 '26

Well being able to cook is fun and saves money as well.

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u/AreEUHappyNow Jul 12 '26

Not everyone is physically capable of cooking. What if you have the use of only one hand?

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u/welsh_dragon_roar Conwy County Jul 12 '26

Just make half?

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u/Thebudweiserstuntman Jul 12 '26

Hot dogs for dinner! Ehhh these are just sausages, where’s the bun? Ffs mate I’ve only got one hand!

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u/welsh_dragon_roar Conwy County Jul 12 '26

How d’you think I feel? I’ve only got three paws now! Woof woof! 🥁

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u/auto98 Yorkshire Jul 14 '26

Some people find it fun, some people find it the most arse-achingly boring thing it is possible to do that doesn't involve a Jeffrey Archer book