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Post by cernunnos on Feb 8, 2024 9:14:14 GMT 1
opened on my ipad , it is a bit simplistic, but true. A lot of the masses prefer junk food and many don't buy fresh because they don't know how to cook! As seen previously the folk follow and do what social media tells them to do.
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Post by jeliecrack on Feb 8, 2024 10:18:58 GMT 1
I think that is an exageration, do you really believe that our generation was considered any different by their elders then this one is considered by some?
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Post by mysty on Feb 8, 2024 10:46:30 GMT 1
opened on my ipad , it is a bit simplistic, but true. A lot of the masses prefer junk food and many don't buy fresh because they don't know how to cook! As seen previously the folk follow and do what social media tells them to do. Probably the younger generation will go for the junk food option, other than a very rare now mcdoos chicken nuggets we always buy fresh food.
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Post by mysty on Feb 8, 2024 10:48:43 GMT 1
I drove through Bourges yesterday and the roundabout by the autoroute was still smoldering away, it was stinking of damp straw. They had pulled the trees out and tried burning them which was a shame it was a pretty roundabout. If your logged in and click the picture it's easier to see it. View AttachmentNot sure why you are winging about roundabout damage, apparently they caused 10 millions euros worth of damage on the A10, read that on FB so it must be true.
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Post by lindalovely on Feb 8, 2024 11:08:50 GMT 1
The thing that put me off NZ lamb is the date it was packaged. The frozen legs in Intermarche were 2 years old. I know there's stuff in my freezer older than that but even so! Anyway..we both went off red meat on a regular basis. OH has it sometimes if we eat out.
When you talk about people cooking from scratch and young people prefering fast food, it isn't quite that simple. My niece for example, live in a house share and they don't have an oven or a dining area. Fridge space is very limited and she is out of the house from 7.30 in the morning until 7.30 at night. She eats a lot of pasta and sauces and says she would love to cook something different, but it's challenging to come up with recipes. Interestingly I suggested eggs, but she said at over £2.00 for 6 they were too expensive for her. She doesn't have a bad job, but it is a training position so not high paid, and by the time she has paid all her bills there isn't much left for food.
Also, most families have two people in work, so very little time for people to shop and cook by the time you have picked uo the kids from school etc.
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Post by jeliecrack on Feb 8, 2024 12:05:19 GMT 1
The world has changed thats all, We have all the time to cook from scratch .Not working is the ,if you like,game changer.
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Post by jackie on Feb 8, 2024 12:17:40 GMT 1
The world has changed thats all, We have all the time to cook from scratch .Not working is the ,if you like,game changer. Yes, when we both worked full time we only cooked from scratch at weekends. Luckily we had a staff canteen for lunchtime eating. I remember my mum always cooked lovely meals from scratch but when I was a teenager fast food was becoming more popular, remember being jealous of my friend having KFC for dinner and my older sisters buying Vesta Chow Mein. I wanted to eat this stuff too as opposed to mums nourishing, home cooked meals. 🤷♀️ Now I’d much rather eat home cooked than fast food…..
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Post by jeliecrack on Feb 8, 2024 12:19:12 GMT 1
No wonder you wanted to cook from scratch after eating canteen food😃😃
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Post by exile on Feb 8, 2024 12:20:14 GMT 1
If the link does not open -
Do a search on: Supermarkets are the gatekeepers stacked against people who grow what we eat
and Euronews (publisher) or Eurof Uppington ( the author)
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Post by jackie on Feb 8, 2024 12:32:38 GMT 1
No wonder you wanted to cook from scratch after eating canteen food😃😃 It started out a bit like school dinners with dinner ladies but then they appointed a catering company and the standard of the food rose dramatically with things like moules marinière, bœuf bourguignon etc, a delicious salad bar but the complaints that went in from what we called ‘the plain food brigade’ moaning about garlic and spices was hilarious. IT WAS FREE FGS!!! Anyway, our free lunchtime food was insisted on by a particularly altruistic actuary director and when we got taken over by a larger insurance co that was the end of the free lunch perk and as we got absorbed into larger and larger companies the rest of the perks went too….
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Post by cernunnos on Feb 8, 2024 18:37:55 GMT 1
I think that is an exageration, do you really believe that our generation was considered any different by their elders then this one is considered by some? No , but I was talking about those that I see in the supermarket that buy piles of ready made food, and not just the latest generation.
We cooked , there were no " TV dinners " etc .
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Post by jeliecrack on Feb 8, 2024 18:46:08 GMT 1
worlds changed and with both parents working all hours to make ends meet,last thing you want is to start cooking when you get home after seven.
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Post by cernunnos on Feb 8, 2024 18:58:40 GMT 1
In France most people eat a warm lunch and something small in the evening ( as do we) Schools serve really good meals for the kids at lunch time. The "stuff" that is bought in the supermarket is mostly for the weekends. I must admit that I was thinking more about certain members of my British family, one of which doesn't own a dining table!
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Post by ajm on Feb 8, 2024 20:53:37 GMT 1
Everyone has the choice , you can eat cheap and a lot or you can eat expensive and less. or you can buy very expensive and not eat at all. Just to put French leg of lamb into perspective: it is more expensive per kilo than the bio-chapon I bought for Xmas. jackie you are right about pork - and it gets sold well beyond the far west - but don't think that is unique. Chicken at a tad over €3.25/kg! Chicken at 3.25€/kg - you most be joking or eating industrial rubbish.
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Post by exile on Feb 8, 2024 21:43:01 GMT 1
or you can buy very expensive and not eat at all. Just to put French leg of lamb into perspective: it is more expensive per kilo than the bio-chapon I bought for Xmas. jackie you are right about pork - and it gets sold well beyond the far west - but don't think that is unique. Chicken at a tad over €3.25/kg! Chicken at 3.25€/kg - you most be joking or eating industrial rubbish. I never said I bought it, but you are right in that it is industrially produced.
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