Gizmodo
The space-saving "Single Person Cooker" may be of interest to you if you live in an apartment small enough that you need a retracting ceiling bed or a staircase bookshelf. A concept by designer Alex Bradley, it stores pretty much everything you need to cook— hob, utensils and a chopping board— in one small case. Misses out on the kitchen sink, but you can't have everything. More info after the gallery.
The teeny kitchen is another finalist in the Ideal Homes concept gadget competition. Alex hopes a product like this would help people living alone think about eating healthily, instead of relying on take-out food. To this end, the space-saving modular design even incorporates a Wi-Fi-connected screen so that you can access recipes on the net.
It really is neat form-follows-function design, somehow squeezing loads of useful cooking items in one very small area. Had I had something like this when I was a student, I suspect my fish-and-chips and curry intake might have gone down, if only just a little bit. Probably when I was trying to cook the odd meal to impress a girl. At least the washing up would've been minimum effort. [Dezeen]
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I hope they release this. Heck, I'd buy it.
Nice, but I just don't have a place to store it.
This makes me think of the song "Pancakes for one" by Of Montreal.
"Pancakes for one are always depressing, because having breakfast with you is so fun" lol
Now how often does anyone cook just a single person?
If you live alone you do. My grandpa died, so my grandma doesnt need to cook a huge meal all the time.
@HeyBeav: Since the ex dumped me, quite often. But if anyone wants to help me fix that problem......
HeyBeav
I know dozens of people who travel on the road about 300 days a year as contract workers.
Some work in shipyards, some in oilfield short projects, some for refinery shutdowns and stuff like that.
Most of them look for motels with small kitchens or at least places that don't have a kitten if you prepare food in your room and clean up.
Many pack a double element hot plate, a mini frig and an electric skillet with them where ever they go because many times they are in areas far from any large supply of places to eat for variety.
The 100th meal at that sub shop which is the only place in town or grabbing sandwiches out of the 7/11 type store really doesn't cut it after a while.
Sigh, I guess I'm just too subtle.
@HeyBeav: What, are you saying you can consume more than one person at a time? I applaud you.
As for the kitchen idea, nice, but not really sure it is needed, or would accomplish his goal. It just feels like a waste of time/money to cook for only myself. Mind you, eggs in the morning are no problem, just usually dinner.
IS THE SIZE OF THE PERSON YOU CAN COOK IN THAT THING THAT OF AN ASIAN OR CAUSASIAN?
I THINK IT WILL BE A HIT WITH SERIAL KILLERS THAT WANT TO COOK AND EAT THEIR VICTIMS. THE PICTURE ALSO SUGGESTS MUSHROOMS AS A SIDE DISH.
Cooking for one is actually hard to do. If I am dining alone, I admit to copping out to Cheerios to avoid the hassle.
@puttputt: You should have ended that comment with a hearty "THAT IS ALL."
@puttputt: Side dish? No no my friend, you marinate the person for 12 hours, then cook. While the meat cooks you prepare a nice sauce and use the mushrooms in that. pour the sauce over the meat when you plate the dish. Garnish with something green. And don't forget the onions. Or maybe some farva beans.
I suddenly feel disgusted with myself...
@Curves: I sadly second that. I also raise you eating out of a can cooked on the stove.
@HeyBeav: no no, i got it. i chuckled.
@szrimaging: You sir, are a noobtard.
People require no less than 48 hours to marinade fully. That's what a lifetime of preservative-rich diets get us.
@Kaiser-Machead: Rofl, nice. Guess I am too used to marinading cow/chicken. Guess all those pesticides and growth hormones make them easier to marinade.
And now all I can think of is Keith Richards....
How many "preservatives" are in his body? Probably take a week at least to do properly ;-)
"Alex hopes a product like this would help people living alone think about eating healthily, instead of relying on take-out food."
Alex could start by designing recycleable take-out containers...
Am I the only person that doesn't know what the hell a 'hob' is without running to wikipedia?
@HeyBeav:
@La Cieca: Ha! Well played my friend.
slap a retired athlete's name on there and you've got an instant hit.
@Git Em SteveDave: Cooked IN the can.....hardcore! The last time I ate anything cooked in a can was when I was a kid and my dad took us camping and brought along only a couple of cans of Pork and Beans (as back up) since we were going to "live off the land". The fishing was futile, and short of nuts and berries...we ate the beans, heated IN the can. Amazing how starvation makes even beans in a burned up can taste good.
@discounteggroll: You also have to add some adjectives. It's almost a mad-lib.
@HeyBeav: personally I prefer my persons cooked over an open flame on a skewer....
@Curves: Well, having an electric range does have it's advantages. Less label burn and taste.
@OtterKing: I prefer that my people be prepared rare, or as I like to call it, "still screaming".
But see, the problem is that even finely minced, a whole person is not going to fit in that thing. Maybe Alex should also look into a single person deep freezer.
@discounteggroll: Shall we call it the Mike Tyson?
I cook for one almost every night (divorced...again). The question I have is, what is a "hob"? My British is a bit rusty.
@maven2k: [en.wikipedia.org]
I looked "hob" up in wiki, since on one else was apparently going to do it for me. I guess it's a "cooktop" or cooking surface. Must be some kind of Brit word...
@encyclia:
better source?
[www.urbandictionary.com]
so if a "hob" is a cook-top or range, whence cometh the term "hob-nob?" As in "I like to hob-nob with the hoy-ploy" and so on. Does this imply you like to cook with them?
I know some people that might be called hob-noobs but that's about it.
@ps61318: It is Hoi Polloi. Also, see "ol' stamping grounds" as opposed to "stomping grounds."
Icy Hot Strunk and White.
@ps61318: Hobnob has a different origin.
Condensed electronic OED: "ORIGIN early 19th cent.(in the sense [drink together] ): from archaic hob or nob, hob and nob, probably meaning [give and take,] used by two people drinking to each other's health, from dialect hab nab [have or not have.]"
If you are a fan of Shakespeare
Twelfth Night, Act 3, Scene 4, Line 227 Hob, nob, is his word; give't or take't.
Of course there is Dickens to look at also.
Great Expectations, Chapter 5
"D'ye think so?" said Mr. Pumblechook, with his former laugh. "Have another glass!" |"With you. Hob and nob," returned the sergeant.
In this case, it might come from the older habbe and nabbe ( hit and miss).
Take what I put up with a grain of salt. I searched the three major codifiers of language, the OED, Shakespeare, and Dickens. I then went to other sources.
As far as this little thing is concerned. My apartment has no kitchen. It has a fridge, but no real space to cook. I like the style of this, but I am wondering if it is searching for a problem that doesn't widely exist. 43% of American's are single. I don't know what the world wide stats are. I bet most have access to a kitchen and would rather use full sized cooking tools.
@zenpoet: I'm quite impressed. I'll wager you even know what the origin of "posh" is. No fair looking it up!
How do they celebrate Passover in Connecticut (or fill in your favorite bastion of WASP behavior)? "Please pass over the mahshed potatoes, would you?"
Boy, you guys make me feel lazy, heh. I guess I could have looked on Wiki myself, so thanks!!!
@ps61318: Well, from back in my school days, I believe that there was talk that it came from an old boating term having to do with the more expensive side of a ship's quarters, but I can't remember what the actual terms was. For the most part, it means "monied," but as with anything, the true origins are mostly lost to the dust and wind.
I am a giant word nerd, even more so than gadgets, probably, though that is a probably hard to believe.
@HeyBeav:
I agree, id much rather cook multiple people too!
...wait.. are we talking about the same thing?
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