"Cindy Hamilton" > wrote in message
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> 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

Yes, they can learn how to make the McNuggets at home, hopefully the
ingredients are in the kits. ;-)

Cheri