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Okay, either you are cooking with some seriously high-end ingredients, live in an insanely high cost of living area, or you're doing something wrong. I highly

by steverb 16y ago

Okay, either you are cooking with some seriously high-end ingredients, live in an insanely high cost of living area, or you're doing something wrong. I highly doubt that a prepackaged frozen meal that costs $10 is going anywhere near as tasty as what you can make at home for $7 a meal.

sigstoat 16y ago
plenty of people are simply abysmal at any form of 'cooking' more complicated than a microwave. the list of skills you could learn that would save you a couple bucks here and there is far longer than your arm. we can't expect everyone to have every money-saving skill, or the time to actually put them to use. (yes, everyone eats food so that seems like an 'obvious' one, but everyone also uses indoor plumbing, electricity, has a roof over their head, etc, and i hear far fewer folks suggesting that we all learn roofing.)
- stan_rogers 16y ago
  Frankly, as an "immigrant" to the big city, I found myself constantly flabbergasted by the things most people couldn't do that we'd just sort of taken as said back in my little Northern Ontario mining community. Hell, I even remember a minor rush on the documents supply trade when someone decided you weren't allowed to wipe your solder joints anymore when plumbing (there wasn't a plumbing code book to be found for miles around for months). Yeah, there was always that guy who couldn't swing a hammer to save his life, but he'd almost always know what to do even if he couldn't do it himself.
joezydeco 16y ago
You only get ingredients cheap when you buy them in bulk. I can totally see a good steak and a veggie costing $7 when you buy them solo.
- jamesteow 16y ago
  Pretty much. Ever need to buy fresh thyme/bay leaf/parsley for a bouquet garni? Or lots of vegetables to make a sauce? Or if something calls for a chicken/beef/vegetable stock, even if I make it myself to save myself from the pre-packaged brands, it'll cost a few dollars per serving on top of the other ingredients that go into a meal.
richcollins 16y ago
You're right. I live in San Francisco and eat high quality, fresh ingredients. I'm guessing that there are enough people like me to support frozen $7 to $10 meals.

by steverb 16y ago

sigstoat 16y ago

plenty of people are simply abysmal at any form of 'cooking' more complicated than a microwave. the list of skills you could learn that would save you a couple bucks here and there is far longer than your arm. we can't expect everyone to have every money-saving skill, or the time to actually put them to use. (yes, everyone eats food so that seems like an 'obvious' one, but everyone also uses indoor plumbing, electricity, has a roof over their head, etc, and i hear far fewer folks suggesting that we all learn roofing.)

stan_rogers 16y ago
Frankly, as an "immigrant" to the big city, I found myself constantly flabbergasted by the things most people couldn't do that we'd just sort of taken as said back in my little Northern Ontario mining community. Hell, I even remember a minor rush on the documents supply trade when someone decided you weren't allowed to wipe your solder joints anymore when plumbing (there wasn't a plumbing code book to be found for miles around for months). Yeah, there was always that guy who couldn't swing a hammer to save his life, but he'd almost always know what to do even if he couldn't do it himself.

joezydeco 16y ago

You only get ingredients cheap when you buy them in bulk. I can totally see a good steak and a veggie costing $7 when you buy them solo.

jamesteow 16y ago
Pretty much. Ever need to buy fresh thyme/bay leaf/parsley for a bouquet garni? Or lots of vegetables to make a sauce? Or if something calls for a chicken/beef/vegetable stock, even if I make it myself to save myself from the pre-packaged brands, it'll cost a few dollars per serving on top of the other ingredients that go into a meal.

richcollins 16y ago

You're right. I live in San Francisco and eat high quality, fresh ingredients. I'm guessing that there are enough people like me to support frozen $7 to $10 meals.