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I was about to write that only idiots and amateurs need a timer for cooking, but then I saw that this is an ADHD group. Knowing people with those issues, I can only support your idea. Yes, for people who do have problems focusing, a timer is a good idea.
Ummm yeah cooking complex dishes it makes things pretty easy when you set a timer for things that don’t need your attention constantly.
Also helps me not to burn a pizza in the oven.
I am definitely an idiot and an amateur sometimes so you’re not wrong
What an odd thing to say. I worked in kitchens for 3 years and most professionals I met would use timers often.
Amazing. I always considered a sense for timing to be among the most important skills of a cook.
“I forgot” was never a good enough excuse to waste product.
Oh shit! My pasta! Thanks!!
When I worked in kitchens, I had five seperate timers on my station so I could keep from constantly burning things. I’m so glad I realised it was burning me out before I finished my apprenticeship.
I learned young that I have to use timers for all cooking tasks. I have zero ability to identify how much time passes. I’ve always been jealous of people who just throw food in the oven or on the stove, do a bunch of stuff, and instinctively retrieve all the food, properly cooked.
Wierdly, when I do put a timer on, I can. I suddenly realise it’s been about 17 minutes and I’ll check and the timer is 20 seconds off ringing. Only happens when I actually put a timer on though, and I can’t intentionally do it.
My partner (also ADHD) can sometimes count down a timer to the second, it’s incredibly eery. Though, to be fair, she is a drummer.
I don’t have ADHD (afaik) but recently while I was making coffee, my brother told me something while the coffee was pouring from the machine, and after a while I turn and find it overflowing and leaking watered down coffee everywhere. It wasn’t a fun start to my morning and it left me concerned for my short term memory lol
I learned to do that after burning soup.
Yeah, let’s be glad I didn’t take the whole house with me that time.
@luthis No thx. Music, a glass of whiskey and dancing in the kitchen is my solution.
I find using a timer on a smart watch or yelling at a voice assistant works for keeping me on task.
If I dont… Well, the other day I found some cold cinnamon donuts I had been heating up in the air fryer.
Do y’all’s stoves/ovens not have built in, repetitive, annoying timers?
I can’t imagine putting something in the oven without hitting that
I have a gas cooker that will continue to cook long after your house has burned down around it.
Mine will shut off after the timer finishes
Yes but when you walk out of the room and get distracted, you can’t hear the oven timer.
Mine plays a little tune, both my dad and I use the timers on our phones instead
Phone timers and alarms are an absolute game changer. I set them for waking, sleeping, all my meetings, cooking, whatever has a time dimension. It still amazes me how easily I can forget to do something on time. It also helps to apologise for being late and wasting people’s time. You can’t apologise to burnt rice so set a fcking timer, bro.
Yes! The timer function on my phone has really helped my cooking improve.
Pro tip: if you’re cooking rice, use a rice cooker. A really cheap one does a much better job than the stove. It also doesn’t burn the rice, because when it’s done it switches to keeping it warm.
hmm… Yeah maybe I should get another one of those.
If you’re feeling fancy, get one with a timer in it. Other than that it just needs a power switch and a cook/warm switch. Rice is honestly the only food that really deserves its own cooker IMO.
I want one, but don’t have room for yet another kitchen gadget
Kitchen island time!
That sounds like quiter talk to me and mama didn’t raise me to be no quiter.
More gadgets!
My house has a solid ban on any product with “maker” in its name.
That’s rough self-homelessing on cardiac pacemakers, but house rules are rules I guess.
Oh, I try, but I use “ok google” and my girlfriend’s phone, my mum’s phone, my kiddo’s phone and my own all then set timers. And then they won’t stop going off from my voice command, even though they started from my voice command.
It’s crazy when I’m in the kitchen :P
Why is it that when I see post about things people with ADHD find helpful like this, its a hard lesson I learned on my own? I often wonder if I have ADHD.
This is pretty much how I went undiagnosed into middle age.
Even without ADHD, this is good advice.
Especially for pasta. I only really eat Barilla, and do it a minute less than they say on the packet for al dente. Rolling boil first, salt, chuck pasta in, stir it so they get a good coating, cover, stir every other minute, drain immediately then mix into whatever sauce I’m cooking (or sauce into the pot with the pasta) to cook it in for a minute.
Guess what, it’s exactly the same as the much cheaper store brand stuff.
It is not.
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It sure is. Have fun throwing your money away.
My £4 a week pasta habit for something I enjoy is not throwing money away. If this was truly the case then restaurants wouldn’t be using better brands than supermarket own brand stuff. Nor would I choose the £1 box over the 40p pack when I could be saving money. Di Cecco is another brand which is good but not so easy to find.
If a restaurant isn’t making it fresh, they’re buying it in bulk from a wholesaler. Maybe they’ve got a deal with Barilla, or maybe they shop at the same restaurant supply store I do and get the sacks of brandless dried pasta. You clearly have no idea what you’re talking about.
You’re clearly a nasty person who should have stopped responding after your initial, pointless comment.
Alexa in the kitchen has saved many a meal.
Also the multiple NAMED timer feature has been tons of help keeping things in order. “Potatoes timer 45 minutes” “Roast timer 2 hours”