Steve Calvin wrote:
> With lives seemingly getting busier and busier do you see the end of
> "scratch" cooking in the future? Just looking backward, my Mother
and
> especially my Grandmothers cooked everything from scratch. Breads,
> cakes, pies including the crusts, stews, soups, sauces etc...
>
> Today is seems as though the number of people who routinely cook from

> scratch is dwindling. People are migrating to canned stews,
spaghetti
> sauces, sauces in general, soups, etc. I know quite a few people who

> don't cook, period. They either do take out, go out, TV-"dinners",
> frozen stuff like pot-pies, and even premade and frozen PB&J
sandwiches
> for gawd sakes! Now I admit that I don't routinely make bread but I
> pretty much make much everything else "the old fashioned way."
>
> Anyone else noticing a decline in folks like us who enjoy cooking and

> make the time necessary to indulge ourselves?
>
> --
> Steve
>
> Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it.
> Autograph your work with excellence.


I think part of it is that people are staying single longer, and
frankly, while I love good food and cooking for/with others, I don't
enjoy cooking alone for myself. Thus, we develop the habit of getting
take out, microwave stuff, etc more.

My mother, widowed back in 2000, has a dramatic decline in her interest
in cooking. My visits to her give her a reason to cook, and that makes
a big difference.

But, on the other hand, the Food Network has tremendous popularity,
although there is a bias toward things like 30 Minute Meals, Good Food
Fast with Family Circle and Everyday Italian.

That, however, is not necessarily a bad thing. I love cooking with my
fiance, but if we can cook something from Rachael Ray quickly and it is
delicious and easy, why not???

Mike