Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.
>
>

I agree Dave. We're two person house now and we both work full time
jobs. I usually put in 60 hrs/wk on average. We do go out for dinner
with friends periodically but otherwise, meals are made here, by me.

Granted, some nights they are leftovers from weekend cooking that have
been frozen.

--
Steve

Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little
bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards...