ENDER wrote:
>
> Lastly, not very many working class families contain a male who cooks
> (except maybe on the charcoal grill) and I imagine that he's not from
> an upper class family since he works in a grocery store.

Don't kid yourself. There are tons of unemployed people with MS
degrees and PhD's who are taking service jobs that pay well in order to
make a living for their families because they are unable to secure work
elsewhere. The large corporation I used to work for has had a hiring
freeze for the last 8 years. Here, grocery jobs are union and start
around $16/hr. which is a decent wage. While he may not be making an
"upper class" salary now, he very well may have in the past. Or, his
spouse/partner may be the primary bread winner.

Furthermore, in my experience, people who make "upper class" salaries
either work too much to cook for themselves and/or have hired cooks or
SAH spouses/partners. I don't know anyone currently who works outside
of the home, qualifies as "upper class" and cooks - although I know
some who like to cook. They simply do not have time.


>I'm guessing
> he also doesn't spend much time watching food network or googling like
> the rest of us.

He may not have time, regardless of "class".

-L.