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One problem I see is the way the choice of takeaway food vs home cooking is framed. Think popcorn. You can buy a bag of pre-popped popcorn - I guess that is tak
by talkingtab 2y ago
One problem I see is the way the choice of takeaway food vs home cooking is framed. Think popcorn. You can buy a bag of pre-popped popcorn - I guess that is take away. You can make popcorn at home putting a package in the microwave. Or you can put some popcorn kernels in a pot with oil and heat it. My guess is the microplastics from the microwave popcorn would be as high or higher than the bag or pre-popped popcorn. And I would guess that pop-it-yourself would expose you to much less.
But the "home cooked" vs take away doesn't really work? Is that right?
- radicaldreamer 2y agoI think there are special cases here like popcorn, but for the vast majority of food, home cooked likely means less exposure to plastics (packaging), additives, excessive oil, less healthy oils, etc. Restaurant food tends to evolve to taste especially good or last a couple of days longer than usual or compete with other restaurant food etc., all of which is not desirable at home (or even worth optimizing for).
- r00fus 2y agoMicrowave popcorn is an abomination: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/eating-microwave-popcorn-increases-the-level-of-pfas-in-body https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/eating-microwave-pop... When they were old enough (like 6yo) I taught my kids to pop their own popcorn over the oven. 1 bag of kernels (dozens of servings) = the cost of a 6-pack of microwave popcorn, and the time it takes to pop isn't that much more. Plus you can salt/flavor them how you like - our house favorite is curry powder/garlic powder/olive oil.