zuuum wrote:

> Many families now have no one at home to prepare meals, and those who do
> have the time, often found to be without cooking skills or knowledge.

I am not terribly sympathetic to the lack of time argument. My wife was a
dedicated school teacher who spent a lot of time in the school after class and
had a lot of work to do at home. I had a 45 minute commute for a lot of the time
I was working. We had day care and kid activities to work around. We managed
to do home cooking. Other than canned soups and pasta sauce, there was never
much prepared food served here. I found time to do baking, made my own jam and
marmalade and lots of other things, and I still had time to get out and do
things.