Not a snob on cooking and food wise, I found this to be a good question when debating my friend over beans on toast (UK here).
He says it doesn’t really count as cooking cos you’re just buying already produced ingredients to whack in a microwave or pot and that proper cooking is done from scratch.
I argue this is bullshit as you’re still USING common cooking equipment to make as something as simple as beans on toast because you still have to watch it not burn or dry out.
What are your thoughts on what counts as proper cooking? Would you say canned soup counts? Or frozen pizza since you’re still needing to use an oven and watch the food accordingly?
Beans on toast is like crackers with soup.
Not cooking.
Im making soup from scratch this weekend. I have no clue why you would say that isn’t cooking.
Making soup from scratch is not what I’m referring to. Heating up a can of soup is the same as heating up a can of beans. You can make either from scratch, and that’s actual cooking though.
So good on you, I hope your soup rocks. I have a friend that loves experimenting on me with soups and I love most of them. So good.