On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 6:17:36 PM UTC-10, Julie Bove wrote:
> I saw this on the news today. Apparently their food of choice is fast food,
> deli food and pizza. I guess this is where all those SAD people are. I had
> to look up the term because I wasn't sure of the age group. It's those born
> in the early 1980's to late 1990's.
>
> I wonder why those choices though? Because they are fast? Cheap? Both?
>
> My dinner plans didn't pan out. I am trying to use up some bits and pieces
> of things. I had planned Mexican for all of us. We would share the beans
> and rice but for the main dish we were each going to have something
> different. And although I could make more beans and rice, I seriously only
> had enough of the main dish things for the three of us.
>
> But we have company. It was getting later and later. Guest said he was
> going home to eat but it got to where I needed to eat and I know what time
> the others had lunch, so...
>
> I had bought a package of 4, par baked pizza crusts and sauce at Costco a
> few weeks back. Thankfully while I was out today I picked up some
> Mozzarella or I wouldn't have had enough. I already had pepperoni. And
> thankfully the pizzas baked very quickly. They're not bad. Certainly not
> as good as a made from scratch crust but pretty good for a super quick meal.
> Also, thankfully I had some Daiya cheese so I could eat some too.
>
> I had been to Whole Foods earlier so I was also able to put out an
> assortment of fruit and raw veggies. So we all got a cheap, fast meal and I
> didn't have to involve a restaurant.
>
> Must look for more of these crusts. I don't always like the par baked ones
> but these are quite good for what they are. And they're cheap!

My guess is that the young folks don't have a history of cooking for the family like some of us did. As it goes, cooking takes away time from texting, watching videos, and playing video games. I think this trend will continue and the new living spaces for them will tend to be seen as home base but not a home as we see it. They're so well connected that a lot of time will be spent in places other than their apartments. We used to set up dates and meetings a week in advance, the new generation will can do that in seconds. It's a whole new ballgame!

"dsi1" > wrote in message
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My guess is that the young folks don't have a history of cooking for the
family like some of us did. As it goes, cooking takes away time from
texting, watching videos, and playing video games. I think this trend will
continue and the new living spaces for them will tend to be seen as home
base but not a home as we see it. They're so well connected that a lot of
time will be spent in places other than their apartments. We used to set up
dates and meetings a week in advance, the new generation will can do that in
seconds. It's a whole new ballgame!

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That could well be. I can remember being very annoyed with my one niece.
She did not know how to cook and did not want to learn. Her mom is older
than me and had her late in life. Her mom could cook but mostly didn't.
They often went out to eat and to nice places. Not fast food. Niece is now
in her 20's and is learning to cook, mainly out of necessity. Out where
they live there is no fast food and not even too many restaurants. There is
a really good one that is only open for breakfast and lunch but she is at
work during those hours. So I guess if she wants to eat, it is either
something frozen or she has to make it.

My nephew is teaching himself to cook because his parents did not.

I have always loved to cook and bake, perhaps because of the science aspect
of it all. I love to watch how things come together. Making something like
a tuna salad or a tossed salad is not so much a fun thing for me to do
because all I am really doing is perhaps washing, cutting and mixing.
Although I do like plating things attractively. Used to be when salad bars
were common, people would often comment on my plate and tell me how pretty
my salad looked. I guess most people just plop things onto the plate or
into the container when they take their salad. Not me. I arrange it.

I also don't really like mediocre food and am always amazed and the number
of people who think that it's okay! One of my friends commented to me on
some frozen dinners and how they were so cheap and okay to eat. I will put
up with "okay" once in a while given certain circumstances. Like I am out
somewhere and need to eat and there is no other option. Or I am out of
money and can't afford anything more. That hasn't happened recently. Or I
am trying a new restaurant. But if I find that restaurant's food just to be
"okay", then I likely won't go back. If they are newly opened, then I might
try one more time. I would much rather eat some room temp. canned kidney
beans and an apple than to eat an "okay" frozen meal. Both of those things
taste good to me but the meal does not.