Pablo_Stafforini comments on Soylent Orange - Whole food open source soylent - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 27 March 2013 05:21:21AM *  9 points [-]

Several people, myself included, expressed frustration with the time, cost, stress, of preparing reasonably healthy and tasty meals.

I struggled with this problem for years. A few months ago I hit upon what is, to me, the ideal solution. I pay someone to come to my place twice per week and prepare all my meals. I live in Argentina so the cost of hiring this person, which is about USD 80 per month, is unlikely to reflect what you'd have to pay for a similar service in your own country. The fact that I only eat salads (including fruit salads) also lowers the costs considerably, so you'd very likely have to pay more than I do if you are located in Europe or North America.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 27 March 2013 09:17:07PM 2 points [-]

I live in Argentina so the cost of hiring this person, which is about USD 80 per month, is unlikely to reflect what you'd have to pay for a similar service in your own country.

I would expect that incomes in a country with a lower cost of living would also tend to be proportionately lower; have you found a way around this?

Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 28 March 2013 05:04:35AM *  1 point [-]

I don't have debts or dependants, and I live relatively frugally. In any case, before hiring this service I was spending more than an additional USD 80 per month on food (since I was eating out a lot), so I'm actually saving money relative to the relevant counterfactual.

Comment author: khafra 27 March 2013 11:42:22AM -2 points [-]

2-week-old salad doesn't sound at all appetizing. Does that really work?

Comment author: Kawoomba 27 March 2013 11:53:40AM 6 points [-]

I found the source of contention. Magnify!

I pay someone to come to my place twice per week and prepare all my meals.

come to my place twice per week

twice per week

The ploth thickenth. Contrast with

2-week-old salad

Or has the evidence been doctored with?

Comment author: khafra 27 March 2013 01:56:55PM 5 points [-]

Hrm. There's a star on benthamite's post, but I usually fail my perception rolls. I'll bet the misreading was mine, and he never exceeds a four-day-old salad. Not ideal, but not revolting.