On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:03:54 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:48:10 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> > "brooklyn1" > wrote
> >> That's because more and more meals consumed in the home are purchased
> >> pre-prepared from the frozen foods section, packages off the shelf,
> >> delis, and take outs... very few meals are actually prepared at home
> >> anymore other than to open the package and heat. Pasta with jarred
> >> sauce ain't cooking.
> >
> > Good point. They may be counting some of the frozen meals as home cooked.
> > After all, you do have to push a couple of buttons on the microwave. I see
> > more and more of the frozen entrée or complete meal in a bag stuff now that
> > may be replacing some restaurant meals.
>
> i think the difference between 'from a restaurant' and 'not from a
> restaurant' is pretty clear.
>
I certainly would not call a frozen entree bought in a grocery store a
restaurant meal. It's convenience food. Frozen meals prepared at
home are not restaurant food either.

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Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.