On Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 10:37:24 AM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 7/23/2017 9:34 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 7/23/2017 6:59 AM, Gary wrote:
>
> >>
> >> I love to cook but not so much after a long day at work then
> >> still chores at home to do.
> >>
> > Stouffer's makes some tasty frozen entrees The thing about these
> > dinner kits is you still have to do all the work: chop and cook the
> > veggies and the meat, add seasonings. The only real convenience is
> > someone put the *ingredients* in a box and sent it to you.
> >
> > Jill
>
>
> Right, no shopping, no thinking.
>
> Part of it is psychological. If I have to prep, I'm really cooking,
> therefore I'm a great housewife and mother. I'm superior to people just
> nuking a TV dinner.
>
> When cake mixes first hit the grocery stores they did not sell well.
> The company reconfigured so you had to add an egg with the milk and they
> became acceptable since now you were really baking.

It's probably a godsend for people who grew up on McNuggets, would like
to do better for their children, but just were never taught how to
do the work/kids/meals juggling act, nor how to creatively combine
ingredients. Perhaps it'll be a "gateway drug" to real cooking.

Cindy Hamilton
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