Wayne Boatwright wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sat 22 Jul 2017 08:15:06p, jmcquown told us...
>
> > On 7/22/2017 10:21 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >> On Sat 22 Jul 2017 04:45:12p, jmcquown told us...
> > >
> >>> Here's an article which states they aren't all that. And no,
> >>> they won't make you and your children have a better time
> >>> together.
> > > >
> >>> http://time.com/4863064/amazon-meal-...apron-cooking/
> > > >
> >>> Meanwhile, sorry but I'd rather not. I'm pretty good putting
> >>> meals together without someone sending ingredients in a box.
> > > >
> >>> Jill
> > >
> >> It's an interesting concept, but I'm not so sure that I would
> >> want everything they send to make the meal. In my case, and I'm
> >> sure in the case of many other people, there's a situation where
> >> one person likes one thing, another person likes something else,
> >> and that only multiplies with the number people who will be
> >> eating. If you're really a spontaneous cook, you're might not be
> >> in the mood for what arrives.
> > >
> > True, someone else is deciding what you should cook that night.
> > Too bad if you're not in the mood for it, here's your dinner kit!
> >
> >> All that aside, how good is the food? Not having read or
> >> researched the options, how many companies are now offering this
> >> meal in a box?
> > >
> > I have no idea about how good or how fresh the food is.
> >
> > The brands I see ads for are Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, Martha
> > Stewart. Looking online, Amazon has hopped on the meal kit
> > bandwagon. Know what makes me even more leery? They all offer
> > either $30 off or 50% off your first order. That right there
> > tells me whatever they're sending to make one meal is waaay
> > overpriced.
> >
> >> We keep a well stocked refrigerator, freezer, and pantry, and I
> >> consider myself a pretty decent cook and have been planning meals
> >> for over 50 years. I don't I need it.
> > >
> > Ditto the well stocked freezer & pantry. This concept is simply
> > not for me.
> >
> > Jill
> >
>
> Guessing at what the boxed meal probably costs, I think one would be
> paying a good deal for convenience if nothing else.
>
> No on all acounts is it for me either.

Probably doesn't work for any of us here. It's something for the
millenial crowd who are clueless on cooking. (Not all millenials are
clueless on that but they tend to a larger portion).


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