In article >, "Sam D."
> wrote:
(snip)
> >
> > Anyone else noticing a decline in folks like us who enjoy cooking
> > and make the time necessary to indulge ourselves?


> The food section was formerly supported by the supermarkets whose
> advertising used to fill 10-15 pages. But supermarkets are now
> deriving a lot more revenue from the sales of prepared or
> semi-prepared food items to working families and individuals who are
> doing little or even no cooking at home. -snip-
>The SF Chronicle last year lamented that there has been an entire
>American generation lost to cooking.

Did you know that somewhere in the last 20 years, the proportion of
freezer space has increased in refrigerator-freezer combos? There's now
more freezer space than there was in 1982 and less chiller space. Not
sure when the shift happened, but I discovered it quite by accident when
I bought the same total size unit only to discover that I didn't have as
much fridge space as I needed!! I cursed it (and myself) every time I
opened the door. After 2-1/2 years, we bought a new unit - larger and
with a bottom freezer besides. Couldn't be happier. Notice how much
of a supermarket is now devoted to frozen food.
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> 2005 Pirohy Marathon pics added 1-23-05.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.