I wouldn’t call “throw some stuff in the oven and add salt” cooking. And either way it’s vastly easier than working with pots and pans - you don’t have to watch for pots boiling over or things turning black in the frying pan, and the clean-up is rather minimal, as well. Plus, pans tend to not that well with meat or veggies directly from the freezer (it’s possible but harder, which is not great for the post’s premise), which isn’t even an issue when you use the oven instead.
Also, there’s something about baking that makes food taste pretty consistently good, I’ve never managed that consistency on a stovetop. It’s incredibly demoralizing when you put in the work to cook properly and it turns out shit.
I’m a bit confused about why this is upvoted and surprising. Are we saying that “cooking food” is some kind of life hack now?
I wouldn’t call “throw some stuff in the oven and add salt” cooking. And either way it’s vastly easier than working with pots and pans - you don’t have to watch for pots boiling over or things turning black in the frying pan, and the clean-up is rather minimal, as well. Plus, pans tend to not that well with meat or veggies directly from the freezer (it’s possible but harder, which is not great for the post’s premise), which isn’t even an issue when you use the oven instead.
Also, there’s something about baking that makes food taste pretty consistently good, I’ve never managed that consistency on a stovetop. It’s incredibly demoralizing when you put in the work to cook properly and it turns out shit.