On 7/23/2017 8:22 PM, wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:28:00 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Hi Lucretia,
>>
>> There may be a mis-link here. The stuff they are talking about is not
>> a prepared meal, but a box that has the ingredients and you chop them
>> up and prepare per the recipe. It may for example have 4 baby potatoes
>> that you chop in 1/2 and roll in the included olive oil (for 5$lb or
>> more cost for that item). It may have a shrimp dish where the shrimp
>> works out as 40$lb
>
> The mis-link is you! I know what they are from ads, here they
> certainly make it plain you do the prep and cooking. Just the same,
> for her to be able to phone up, choose what she wants and have it
> delivered would be an option. Currently she can't drive because of
> her arm.
>
> I can think of other reasons some people might like to use them, the
> world does not exist on just the people here. Can you tell me why
> they advertise and clearly sell them if nobody is buying?
>
They sell because people are gullible?

I posted a link to an article about delivered meal kits. Can't help it
if you dont like what Carol had to say about it. Why so argumentative?

I'm sorry your neighbor broke her hip and her arm. I doubt if I had a
broken arm I'd be up to chopping vegetables sent in one of these meal kits.

There really isn't any no debate about who is buying these products.
They are targeted to people who don't normally cook. They're willing to
pay to have it all put together.

BTW, don't look up "Blue Apron" online. I made that mistake and
immediately started receiving a bunch of junk email from them.

Jill