On 2/11/2014 11:33 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
> On 2/10/2014 11:53 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 2/10/2014 12:36 PM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>>> I'm also thinking it would appeal to people who live alone and aren't
>>> interested in doing much fancy cooking for themselves, so they don't
>>> keep much in the way of staples on hand. This would enable them to
>>> enjoy
>>> some variety without much effort or investment in supplies. In fact, if
>>> I had to bet on it, I'd say LoL developed this with the aging
>>> population
>>> in mind.
>>
>> I hadn't considered the age factor. What about the "I hate to cook
>> factor?" My mother surely would have jumped on this product wagon if
>> it had been available in the 1970's. If she were alive to saute today
>> (not something she did much of) she'd probably buy it.
>
> Bingo. Plus those people who don't feel capable of crafting a flavor
> profile all by themselves. They can't figure out what to combine with
> what. This would make it simple.
>
> I have an elderly neighbor who says fancy cooking is too much bother now
> that she's only cooking for one. It wouldn't be too much more effort for
> her to saute her chicken breast using one of these, rather than using
> plain oil, and she'd enjoy it more.

She might at that! Maybe suggest it to her?

I have a brother who forgets he didn't know a thing about cooking until
I taught him the basics and got him interested in cooking in the 1980's.
Fast foward to 2008 when he came for a visit after our dad died. Now
he's a food snob.

I'd bought a bottle of McCormick's Italian Seasoning blend for Mom. (I
was still expecting to return home at that point.) From his reaction
you'd have thought I'd committed a crime! I said really dude, you know
she hates to cook. She's not going to buy fresh herbs. Chances are she
won't bother adding dried herbs separately, either. With this, a couple
of shakes and she can punch up that jarred spaghetti sauce. Nothing
wrong with that.

Jill