Comment on Great Depression: Part Deux
Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 1 day agoYou’re forgetting time. Cooking from scratch takes time that many ppl can’t afford. I think we forget how closely linked freetime and wealth are
daringgourmet.com/homemade-hamburger-helper-chees…
This probably takes about as much time as hamburger helper out of the box does. And yes, I know not everyone is going to have those ingredients on hand, but most people who keep their pantry stocked with the basics are going to have everything.
youtu.be/V-a9VDIbZCU
This video exactly explains the thing you’re missing about it
Or I can just buy hamburger helper and some hotdogs for $4 instead. So I save time and money.
Also if I live in a food desert god help you if you’re able to get any of this stuff in the recipe in a reasonable amount of time/at all
It’s crazy to me that the so-called “greatest country on earth” has normalized the term “food desert”.
Sounds like something ripped straight out of the Maoist era of China, unreal.
Never heard of a good desert before, I live in Europe.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 hours ago
Never really been convinced by this. Even when I was on apprenticeship wages (way below regular UK minimum wage) along with also having assignments to complete, I still had enough time to cook food every day.
I certainly wasn’t wealthy but if you are poorer than I was you would be working so few hours that you have loads of free time. UK specific of course but I hear the same argument here all the time.
I can see how having only part time/zero hour contracts sucks financially, but that is because you have too little income from not being able to work enough. At least you do have a lot of free time in this situation though, so you have the time for cooking.