Lol yeah I know how to make carbonara. It requires at least 25 minutes of active cooking. There are no steps where you can set and forget something. You have to be near the stove the entire time it’s being made.
It’s a relatively quick recipe, sure, but I definitely wouldn’t classify it as lazy.
I think the new writers absolutely do have the right to change the story as they see fit, on account of they’re the writers and David Jaffe isn’t