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Yes, I recall my mother (single mother, high school education, in the rust belt of the Ohio Valley) saying to me, in between shifts of her 2nd and 3rd part time

Yes, I recall my mother (single mother, high school education, in the rust belt of the Ohio Valley) saying to me, in between shifts of her 2nd and 3rd part time jobs, that she would love to spend 30 minutes cooking a delightful meal from scratch and then another 30 minutes eating followed by another 30 minutes cleaning up, but she just can't be bothered. She kept the house stocked with canned soup and lunch meat because a 6 year old (me) and a 12 year old (my brother) could manage to make a meal out of it while she was working.

gowld 8y ago
Sandwiches are dirt cheap, filling, nutritious, and quick to make and clean up. Sure, they aren't delightful, which is sad, but that's not the barrier to nutrition.
- jimmaswell 8y ago
  They can easily be bad for you if you use any kind of appealing (white) bread.
  - tafycent 8y ago
    Switching from rye to white bread is a whole lot less bad for you than switching from water to soda. At some level we have to make a decision about what an acceptable level of "bad for you" is and I think white vs wheat is way below that line.
  - ishjoh 8y ago
    So this is what I had always assumed as well, but the science is less clear: https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(17)30288-7 https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(17)... The research done concluded that differences in Gut Microbiome meant that "The glycemic response to the two types of bread varies greatly across people". More food for thought (Pun intended :p )
- tafycent 8y ago
  Wow, standards of delight have come up a lot in this country. I've probably had more delightful sandwiches than not
matwood 8y ago
I have complete respect for single parents and how hard their job(s) are. It sounds like for your situation growing up that even 30 minutes would have been too much time to spend to make a meal. I do think in the general case though, that people usually have 1/2 hour to cook if they wanted to. Are there going to be exceptions like yours? Absolutely.

gowld 8y ago

Sandwiches are dirt cheap, filling, nutritious, and quick to make and clean up. Sure, they aren't delightful, which is sad, but that's not the barrier to nutrition.

jimmaswell 8y ago
They can easily be bad for you if you use any kind of appealing (white) bread.
- tafycent 8y ago
  Switching from rye to white bread is a whole lot less bad for you than switching from water to soda. At some level we have to make a decision about what an acceptable level of "bad for you" is and I think white vs wheat is way below that line.
- ishjoh 8y ago
  So this is what I had always assumed as well, but the science is less clear: https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(17)30288-7 https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(17)... The research done concluded that differences in Gut Microbiome meant that "The glycemic response to the two types of bread varies greatly across people". More food for thought (Pun intended :p )
tafycent 8y ago
Wow, standards of delight have come up a lot in this country. I've probably had more delightful sandwiches than not

matwood 8y ago

I have complete respect for single parents and how hard their job(s) are. It sounds like for your situation growing up that even 30 minutes would have been too much time to spend to make a meal. I do think in the general case though, that people usually have 1/2 hour to cook if they wanted to. Are there going to be exceptions like yours? Absolutely.