I was watching the excellent documentary mini series on Netflix called Cooked. In it, a food researcher states that the average person only spends 20 minutes preparing the evening meal. Whereas, up until about the 1980's or so, it was at least an hour to an hour and a half task. I definitely remember being anxious to go home and find out what yummy meal mom was fixing for supper!
I was reminded of that fact when I was in the store yesterday at about 2PM picking up some odds and ends. A young housewife was walking around the store with her 5 or 6 year old son.
"Let's go to the frozen food section so mommy can get some ideas for what to cook for dinner" she told her son. So I guess she's going to get some processed frozen junk like a pizza, chicken fingers, french fries, etc.. Besides being bad for you, it's also pricey and doesn't contain too much nutrition.
Granted I don't know the lady's full situation. She might be preparing a well rounded meal and was just thinking about a side dish idea or something. Who knows, she might be a gourmet cook and usually cooks a full meal on most nights. So I am not judging her. Her statement just got me thinking about the "20 minutes preparing the evening meal" factoid.
I was reminded of that fact when I was in the store yesterday at about 2PM picking up some odds and ends. A young housewife was walking around the store with her 5 or 6 year old son.
"Let's go to the frozen food section so mommy can get some ideas for what to cook for dinner" she told her son. So I guess she's going to get some processed frozen junk like a pizza, chicken fingers, french fries, etc.. Besides being bad for you, it's also pricey and doesn't contain too much nutrition.
Granted I don't know the lady's full situation. She might be preparing a well rounded meal and was just thinking about a side dish idea or something. Who knows, she might be a gourmet cook and usually cooks a full meal on most nights. So I am not judging her. Her statement just got me thinking about the "20 minutes preparing the evening meal" factoid.
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