Question Of The Day #21

You're here, which means you love to cook. Whether it is a hobby or profession, we all hate being out of the kitchen. I want to know what (whether it's hobby, chores, kids, sports, a job, etc) gets you out of the kitchen and doing something else? Without this 'thing' would you always be in the kitchen?

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Samuel_68313

I used to play a lot of sport, it was probably me injuring myself quite badly when I was 18 that really gave me the time to cook! I am an avid sports fan though, especially soccer and hockey (ice, big Canadiens fan).

I enjoy playing poker as well. And drinking. Truthfully on my days off now I tend to cook still, there is something so relaxing about cooking at home after spending all week working in a crazy kitchen.

Also going out to restaurants, I tend to save up and do a few awesome restaurants a year.

tshewman

My kids when they won't cook with me and working for a living. If I could cook for a living without impacting my children's needs (financial etc etc) without question I would in a minute.

Johan_Edstrom_5586

I actually like my real job, maybe the meetings not so much though.

We tend to spend all time we have in or around the kitchen as it is.

I do like sports, I like golf, I like hiking.

Tim_Sutherland_52834

There are a few things that get me out of the kitchen and the main one is me forcing myself to stay out. Like most things in life I try and balance my time in the kitchen. I'm lucky that I cook in three different residential kitchens during the week. If I spent all that time in one kitchen I would not like cooking as much as it would feel more like a job.

My down time is spent reading a wide range of nonfiction, auditing random MOOCs, and watching bad TV/movies.

Sergio_Gonzalez_16671

I like to do music, it could be the only thing that gets food out of my head!:)

michaelnatkin

I spend my non-kitchen time with my wife & kits, and making some weird website that helps folks learn to cook smarter.

jonathan.mota

6:15 am. Workout in the gym

7:30 am Having breakfast with my girlfriend at home

8:30 am At work (which involves keeping an eye on the organization and development of the work of a cuisine that cooks for 100 to 200 workers in oilfields.

12:00 Lunch

17:00 A coffee before French classes

17:30 French classes

19:00 Depends.... another coffee, going to the movies, watching my favorite series of the moment...

21:00 Reading... mostly of cooking (Chefsteps of course)

23:00 going to bed

Between all those hours I check this website many times.

Weekends.... Try a new recipe, ALWAYS. Besides that going to the beach, grilling at a friends house, etc.

Matthew_Snyder_68770

I used to play hockey, but quit seven years ago to divert funds for my wedding. (I tried to come back, but in the intervening 18 months league fees had more than doubled) I play video games a lot - currently working through Alien: Isolation in 30-minute increments; the bloody thing is so stressful that's all the more I can play in one go - and I've played guitar since I was 10. Between that, and the menagerie (two beagles and a cat) that keeps me plenty busy.

DiggingDogFarm_65362

Agrarian experimenter......edible plant breeding...novel methods of nutrient conversion and utilization...culture methods that save space and water...that sort of thing. I also do some metalworking and woodworking. Fishing.

Brendan_Lee_56950

Psychology professor at a local University by day.

borgech

Answering my own question: When I'm not cooking I'm in the lab (which is sort of like cooking, just with living cells and organisms...) and if I'm not in the lab, I'm running. I am a distance runner, requiring me to be at the track or out running almost every day when I am training for a marathon or other race.

Mike_Rupp_31704

Cooking is fun and something I do simply to put food on the table for family and friends. I knew long ago that I don't have it in me to do it for a living. My everyday gig is getting a nano-winery off the ground.

Nick_14981

I make electricity at work, which is crazy boring, 12 hour rotating shifts, I spend a lot of time reading l and thinking about cooking and food, watching videos (lots of cooking) on you tube. Sometimes I plan nice fancier meals at work, in which I usually have time enough to cook such things. I also have a wife and 2 kids which I now enjoy dropping off and picking up from school on all but a few days a month. We spend a ton of time together, most of the time I wouldn't change that for the world.

I spend a large amount of time reading recipes from everywhere, deciding on a perfect version I'd make. But it's hard my kids are young yet, my wife is both picky and allergic to a lot of stuff, unwilling to try most of what I'd really love to cook, I have to plan experimental meals for times it's just me and those times are rare. So I end up with a huge list of things I want to make and do that never happen. Bought the whipping siphon class months ago haven't started it at all... I would like a bigger siphon first, but I should just do it with my little siphon ... I do play some Xbox when given a chance.

All I've been thinking about cooking lately for whatever reason Duck a l'Orange, sous vide, cast iron to finish the skin. Never had it before, just want to do it.

I also have an a twitter "food" account which I'm using more on the food things I love, it's not great, it's not terrible, it's a work in progress, helping me keep on track to do more cooking and such of things I love, many times in the past people have asked me for me reviews and opinions on restaurants and food and such, they always so I should start a website or something, so I've decided to start with a twitter account, not fully knowing where exactly that is headed, I don't try and tweet a lot, but I hope that those who see it are touched a little, like the food touched or inspired me, again a work in progress. I also have a unfinished , heck haven't really even started food blog, though it does actually exist, I'm lost and what I'm going to do to actually start it for real, I think it needs some time and money and a bit of inspiration I think my twitter account will foster my blog, someday.

Did I mention the frozen octopus in my freezer waiting for its day?

jaypmatic

I will be taking care of the car, driving around with my family, going to the supermarket, shopping around for a good knife and sharpening stone, watch the tv with my family while chatting about everything and sneaking on youtube to watch some interesting DIY stuffs,,, and at the end of the day... Spend the the night with a good hot coffee!

odetteplavinskas

i am a 3d designer, by day. but even at work you can always spot me reading, researching food, techniques, shopping for kitchen equipment:) or sketching new plating ideas. i love cooking but baking is even bigger passion of mine, precision is what drives me, so discovering modernist cuisine is a blessing:)

Jan_Demaria_7081

And mad scientist in the kitchen by night

Grant_118915

If I'm not in the kitchen, I'm brewing beer. Both professionally and at home.

HammeredChef_DEFINITELY_does_NOT_work_at_22134

if I'm not in the kitchen I'm drinking wine, both professionally and at home..or anywhere..