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As someone who eats out maybe once a month (and therefore cook the rest of my meals myself) I agree with everything you've said. The cost of "cooking fresh" is
by ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
As someone who eats out maybe once a month (and therefore cook the rest of my meals myself) I agree with everything you've said.
The cost of "cooking fresh" is incredibly exaggerated, as if to create this boogie monster that people can use not to do so. All the prices you've listed are actually on the high end of what I see in the U.S. A 10lb (5kilo ish) bag of potatoes is regularly less than $3, and a lot of the other vegetables (celery, onions, carrots) are a $1 a bag, of whatever that respective size is.
And with Chicken breast regularly being <$2/lb, you can make countless dishes for a $1 a meal when served over rice. And if you don't want fresh produce, frozen vegetables are perfectly fine alternative, often for the same price.
- minikites 7y agoYou're leaving out the cost of time, the more valuable resource for poor people who likely live in a food desert and would have to spend a significant amount of time traveling to purchase those ingredients.
- lqet 7y agoAll of the recipes I mentioned above (and countless others) can be cooked in under 30 minutes, if you go shopping once a week. Eating out, you also have the overhead of driving / walking to the place to eat. With processed food, you also have to go to the supermarket.
- ApolloFortyNine 7y agoAgain, another 'boogie monster' people like to use. Without even getting into using an instant pot, a crockpot is a $20 appliance where the vast majority of recipes are put in chopped ingredients and seasoning, cook for 4-8 hours, serve over rice or pasta. Your average crock pot recipe has maybe 10 minutes of prep. The biggest problem is knowledge. You have to know that a crock pot is even an option, you have to know that an investment in an appliance like an Instant Pot can save you countless hours over years.