If youve spent any time on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, youve likely noticed that many people are using this time of social distancing as an opportunity to hone their cooking skills .
But cooking most of your meals at home while limiting trips to the grocery store and dealing with various ingredient shortages is not the easiest feat. Still, many Twitter users have found levity in the kitchen challenges theyre facing.
Here are 25 funny tweets about cooking in the age of coronavirus.
You know youre deep into quarantine life when a recipe calls for 5 eggs and you reply OH HELL NO.
— The Next Martha (@TheNextMartha) March 23, 2020
Cooking Tips for #QuarantineLife
— Some Boys' Mother (@someboysmother) March 16, 2020
As you cook while distracted by the news: Make sure that colander is in the sink before you dump the pot of pasta.
It's like we're all on the Food Network show "Chopped" cooking meals with random crap that's left in the pantry.
— Marl (@Marlebean) March 23, 2020
My 24yo had to buy a fucking turkey bc theres no other food left at the grocery store. Frozen BTW so in three days hell be able to cook it and eat.
— im a typo (@MommaUnfiltered) March 14, 2020
Ive asked this before the pandemic and only got sarcastic condescending replies. Ill try again. How do I cook.
— Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) March 14, 2020
"NO ONE IS WASHING THEIR HANDS ENOUGH!!!!" - me watching any cooking show now
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) March 30, 2020
ran out of fruit so I just sauteed onion and garlic in some lemon flavored white claw, give me a cooking show
— maura quint (@behindyourback) March 23, 2020
I'm researching new crockpot recipes and there's one I'm really into but unfortunately, I don't think that I can find a ham bone in this climate.
— Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) March 29, 2020
Coronavirus: Teaching people how to cook duck breast since today.
— Sarah Sweeney (@heysarahsweeney) March 13, 2020
We need a pandemic recipe blog because Im not using a whole stick of butter or four eggs for one batch of anything.
— Bunmi Laditan (@HonestToddler) March 22, 2020
were at the point in self-isolation where every time i go into the kitchen & rustle any kind of bag or packaging whatsoever, my husband instantly appears and goes whatcha eatin?
— keely flaherty (@keelyflaherty) March 19, 2020
Day 1: This is a great chance to rediscover my love of cooking!
— The Untastic Mr. Fitz (@UnFitz) March 20, 2020
Day 5: *sink full of spoons, trash full of empty jars of peanut butter*
Sanity level: i am cooking something with squash in it and the dog looked like he wanted some so I made him a special batch of dog only squash
— Erin I Saw A Tiger Ryan (@morninggloria) March 30, 2020
My husband made us eggs in purgatory for lunch and the irony is not lost on me.
— Jennifer Lizza (@outsmartedmommy) March 25, 2020
Nothing reminds me of how tenuous my understanding of time is like forgetting to set a kitchen timer. Has this been cooking for 20 minutes? 4 hours? Theres no way to tell.
— The Dad (@thedad) March 19, 2020
Cooking Tips for #QuarantineLife
— Some Boys' Mother (@someboysmother) March 23, 2020
#2
If you are self isolating, there is no need to cook enough dinner for 8 people.
Dessert of course, should still be made for at least 12.
Im not baking any bread but I might make a pyramid of Saltines and then punch it.
— Kendra Alvey (@Kendragarden) March 23, 2020
You cant have pancakes for breakfast on the second day of quarantine, thats a day 10 breakfast, you gotta make eggs while they are still fresh.
— Simon Holland (@simoncholland) March 15, 2020
Oh shoot you never had lunch, just melt some butter on your popcorn. Everyone is fending for themselves on this 3,000th day of March.
— Jessica Watson (@JessBWatson) March 30, 2020
i just want to know how my mom managed to cook a delicious dinner every night without throttling us
— Sabaa Tahir (@sabaatahir) March 17, 2020
I made the banana pudding using the Magnolia Bakery recipe, and ate two bowls of it. Week 2 of quarantine is going great for my waistline.
— Diep Tran (@diepthought) March 25, 2020
Just served pizza and broccoli for dinner and even I hate my cooking right now
— Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) March 24, 2020
My husband has been making pancakes and eggs for breakfast every morning and my kids are becoming accustomed to a standard I am not prepared to maintain after he returns to work.
— Anecdotal Birthcontrol (@AnecdtlBrthCtrl) March 25, 2020
If anyone would like my recipe for Sanity Pie its just your adult beverage of choice sipped alone in a closet for 15 minutes.
— Abbi Quaran-Teen Mom Crutchfield (@curlycomedy) March 29, 2020
I feel like this virus is a conspiracy to make me learn how to cook
— Eliza Bayne (@ElizaBayne) March 19, 2020