> But if someone wants to learn to cook an egg, it's because there's an egg in their fridge and they're hungry. So start with actually cooking that thing. Like, getting a suitable frying pan, setting the right temperature, throwing some butter in and then cracking and flipping the egg, learning to recognise when it's cooked to the desired doneness. No one cares about how to buy eggs...
This is exactly it. I desperately need to learn to cook and I came across this post while hungry. I was so excited. But after 5 minutes of giving this app my full undivided attention I was just learning about how to store potatoes and I’m still hungry. And I was meeting friends in an hour. So I closed the app and made my 4th Peanut-Butter-Nutella Sandwich this week.
But the idea of a skill-tree for cooking sounds amazing. To start with simply scrambling an egg, then learning how to make an omelette, and then getting a bunch of toppings recommendations and whatnot— I would LOVE if this product existed and definitely pay for it, because I know cooking more could save me $400/month.
If you have an egg and butter on hand and the mental and physical capacity to tie your shoes you can absolutely learn how to make a basic scrambled egg in 5 minutes. Crack whisk pour flip eat.
If I’m a novice cook and your pitch is that it’ll take me weeks for your app to get me able to make a scrambled egg or avocado toast (mash spread salt done) I’m probably just going to give up.
There's plenty of techniques you can learn in 5 minutes. The key is to show something in 5 minutes. Whether it's just an egg, or just assembling a salad, making something in a blender, anything.
On TikTok you can see a whole recipe in 1 minute. Sure making it takes a tad longer, but it's definitely possible to learn something in 5 minutes or less. Then build on that.
I like the idea, it's good, but no one's going to wade through random trivia that doesn't matter.
>I think it would be a miracle if any product could teach you how to cook and get you food in 5 minutes.
I mean, TikTok and Youtube do this with simple recipes by the thousands.
Good luck with this idea, but I think it might be targeted at a very precise type of user that is interested in food facts and maybe one day learning how to make simple dishes.
This is exactly it. I desperately need to learn to cook and I came across this post while hungry. I was so excited. But after 5 minutes of giving this app my full undivided attention I was just learning about how to store potatoes and I’m still hungry. And I was meeting friends in an hour. So I closed the app and made my 4th Peanut-Butter-Nutella Sandwich this week.
But the idea of a skill-tree for cooking sounds amazing. To start with simply scrambling an egg, then learning how to make an omelette, and then getting a bunch of toppings recommendations and whatnot— I would LOVE if this product existed and definitely pay for it, because I know cooking more could save me $400/month.