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U.S. Janet B.

On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:16:06 -0400, wrote:

>On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:22:38 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>
>>Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> >Well-off people often buy prefab food, too. There are thousands
>>> >of high-end frozen entrees at the grocery store, most touting their
>>> >healthfulness.
>>>
>>> Yes, we live in different countries.
>>
>>The grocery stores now have huge frozen dinner sections, as Cindy
>>mentioned. Many these days are actually pretty healthy and good
>>"fast food" for people that don't have much spare time to home
>>cook every meal. It's a decent compromise. At least healthier
>>then BK or McD, etc.
>>
>>Frozen dinners got a bad rap just from the early days when only
>>Swanson or Banquet dinners were sold.
>>
>>There are certain days, I come home completely exhausted. I'll
>>take a shower and eat an easy frozen dinner vs spending an hour
>>cooking from stupid scratch. On some of those days, I'll just
>>skip eating altogether rather than bother. I've learned to have
>>something easy on hand though.
>>
>>I'm a very big fan of "just toss it in the microwave." It can be
>>cooking while you shower.
>
>You must take Speedy Gonzales showers to beat the nucker.
>
>The stupidmarket delis here put out very good home style cooked meals
>for little money. a healthy portion for under five bucks. They have
>variety too, like 3-4 different entrees plus sides and it changes each
>day. And they always have whole rotisserie chickens that feed two for
>$5. it costs a lot less to eat at a stupidmarket deli than a fast
>food joint.... and the delis serve far better quality than the fast
>food joints. The stupidmarket delis can afford to give much better
>value for your money simply because unlike a stand alone fast food
>joint there's no extra rent and carrying charges, the entire market
>subsidizes their deli.

I don't understand why you would recommend supermarket deli food when
you won't eat food in other peoples homes and condemn restaurant and
fast food places. You've got the same strangers handling your food
out of your sight. Most all of it comes in buckets prepared somewhere
a 1000 miles away from you?
Janet US