"Many chefs I know get upset at me when I tell them this. But this is the truth: If you can’t cook everything you make in a microwave thats a skill issue. You need to learn now because when everything is cooked in a microwave you’ll be out of a job. When microwaves are everywhere you’ll be so far behind you’ll never learn how to use a microwave. Chefs who use tools besides microwaves are luddites. They live in fear of the future."

https://www.colincornaby.me/2025/08/in-the-future-all-food-will-be-cooked-in-a-microwave-and-if-you-cant-deal-with-that-then-you-need-to-get-out-of-the-kitchen/

(h/t @olivia )

In the Future All Food Will Be Cooked in a Microwave, and if You Can’t Deal With That Then You Need to Get Out of the Kitchen

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@Iris @olivia I appreciate this commentary, and it does hold up sort of an amusing mirror to the current conversation.

A significant counter argument though is that no one ever argued that microwaves would be useful for making more efficient, better microwaves.

@grumpwyump @Iris yeah of course and also microwaves really do cook food
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