wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 10:51:28 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
> > On 7/23/2017 6:43 AM, wrote:
> >> On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 02:21:26 GMT, 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.
> > > >
> >>> There are more variables, of course, and that in itself can make
> it >>> problamatic.
> > > >
> >>> 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?
> > > >
> >>> 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.
> > >
> >> I can see situations where it would be useful - there's a woman
> down >> the hall from me who fell, smashed her arm and broke her hip.
> She is >> home finally after time in rehab, this would solve a few
> problems for >> her! Back in the day when we were both working, had
> three kids, I >> would have enjoyed a break occasionally. Usually
> the night we picked >> up the groceries we would swing past KFC but
> an alternative would have >> been nice once in awhile.
> > >
> >> If you are very busy, or are inconvenienced then a delivered meal
> >> might be tempting. They have 'Meals to go" in my supermarket but
> I >> don't bother, not my sort of taste and expensive, but they sell.
> > >
> > You do understand they simply deliver the ingredients to you,
> > right? Raw. Comes with a recipe. You still have to do all the
> > prep work and the actual cooking. Using knives, pots and pans.
> > These meal kits are not something you just heat and eat.
> >
> > Jill
>
> I am not an idiot you know! Yes I understand that but it takes much
> of the doing out of it, it becomes mindless.

Apologies then for my reply. I'm behind on messages after a power
outage here and didnt know if you knew the product.

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