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I would bet the average American that says they 'cook' are actually just taking frozen meals like pizzas, chicken tenders, biscuits in a can, etc. and heating t
by qbasic_forever 5y ago
I would bet the average American that says they 'cook' are actually just taking frozen meals like pizzas, chicken tenders, biscuits in a can, etc. and heating them in the oven. Households don't typically have even have flour, fresh milk, butter or other staples on hand here.
- djur 5y agoI would gladly take that bet. There's certainly a subset of Americans who effectively never cook (generally young and urban), and Americans do eat a lot of convenience foods, but everyone I've ever met who says they "cook" is able to prepare at least some dishes from scratch and has ingredients on hand to do so.
- zinclozenge 5y agoI exclusively make pancakes with store bought mix, and in my kitchen I have flour, fresh milk, butter, eggs straight from a farm, and other fresh picked fruits from a farm (that are now stored in a freezer). It's easy to make sweeping generalizations about Americans, but keep in mind that a lot of us Americans that aren't lucky enough to have high paying jobs don't have a lot of time to cook. Deep urban residential areas also experience a phenomenon called "food desert" where grocery store density is extremely low, making it inconvenient to go shopping by car, and downright impossible by public transportation.