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If you want useful, cooking. You'll learn a lot and you'll use it all the time.
It'll impress the ladies/gentleman/etc... Especially if you can do it "clean" - like if you leave the kitchen a mess, it's not nearly as hot.
"Clean as you go" gang rise up
Saves a shitload of money too. Groceries are ~4x less expensive than restaurants.
Protip: You can freeze meats, cheese, and bread. You don't need to go to the grocery store constantly, you can buy more over fewer trips.
You're actually supposed to freeze all bread anyway (and immediately toast it from frozen whenever you want to use it): https://www.newsweek.com/doctor-shares-why-you-should-freeze-bread-before-consumption-1938412
One of the best side effects of having gone vegan is that the cost of food has gone through the floor. Plant-based staples are dirt cheap and extremely shelf-stable, and because most times it's easier and more interesting to cook for myself, I learned a lot of insanely cheap, yummy, and healthy foods to cook. I just bought 8 lb of Desi chickpeas and 20 lbs of basmati rice โ enough to feed the fucking Artesh for a year โ for about $30 (and I wasn't trying to penny-pinch). The spices, herbs, sauces, oil, nuts, etc. that go into making that, meanwhile, barely even factor in cost-wise.
Even with a non-plant-based diet, you'll find cooking staples like chicken at home saves you a fuckload of money.
Yeah, if you are a routine meat eater, it's not unreasonable for meat to make up over 50% of your grocery bill, especially if it's beef.
Even if you don't want to be vegetarian or vegan, using meat as a condiment (e.g., pepperoni pizza) instead of a staple really saves money.
Beef has gotten truly insane where I live. I've completely stopped buying it.
Same, swapped to pork and chicken-based meals. Ground beef is still cheap enough though.
Here here, I've eaten better after going veg than ever before, and I was a damn good cook as carnivore. I can still pull off some of the best braised short rib or 24 hour smoked brisket, but my veg ramen is so much better and I feel better after eating it.