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id: 2026-03-14T23:17:58-0400
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title: 2026-03-14 23:17:58
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- status/draft
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- topic/hobbies/cooking
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daily: "[[2026-03-14]]"
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date-created: 2026-03-14T23:17:58-04:00
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# 2026-03-14 23:17:58
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## Utility for Meal Planning
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Would you take this offer?
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> You can no longer eat or drink,
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> but you no longer need to to survive.
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I wouldn't, but I've known people who would.
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I've also known people like the villain from _Ratatouille_
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that would never eat something just for the calories.
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I'd say I lean more towards the first,
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certainly my interest in cooking
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is one of cost optimization,
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not expressing myself through the medium of food.
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Taste does matter to me though,
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I realized this recently while eating particularly bland [[stroganoff]].
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Novelty of taste as well,
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which is why I rotate through recipes
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rather than just picking my favorite.[^1]
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But the value of taste declines sharply above a certain point.
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[^1]: Internalized social stigma probably deserves more credit there,
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but the outcome is the same.
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For me, a recipe with high [[utility]]
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is tasty, cheap, _and_ convenient to prepare.
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