> 5 minutes.
Yeah, 5 minutes of cooking and 20 minutes of cleaning.
Yeah, 5 minutes of cooking and 20 minutes of cleaning.
I don't use a dishwasher, so every bowl, dish, cup, plate, and utensil I use gets handwashed.
Even so, boiling an egg, making a slice of toast, and then having a piece of fruit costs me <3 minutes of cleanup time: rinsing 1 plate, 1 pot, and a spoon.
To be fair, I do this more or less every day, so I have plenty of practice.
The 20 minute number is not arbitrary. I deeply care about optimising time spent cooking and eating, and I have measured this stuff for myself. Sure I can make something that takes two minutes to clean, but I want to eat something more satisfying that requires me to fry something. And cleanup after that, takes 20 minutes (more or less) if you are insane about the cleanup standards like I am.
I don't really see any need to clean my stove (or even the controls) more often than 1x / week (I cook daily), and the cutting board always occupies the same space on the counter, so the counter also gets thoroughly wiped once a week. The table gets wiped 1x a day, not after every single meal. Dishes, plates, and utensils just go soak in the sink so I only batch wash everything once a day.
Note that I'm still following all the usual food safety protocols, e.g. separating raw from cooked and washing my hands at appropriate times, etc.
I guess what I'm saying is that it probably does take you 20 minutes to clean after every meal, but that's probably much higher than average, and shouldn't be what keeps the average person from cooking.