The impact of soaring food prices is taking a hard toll on B.C.'s food banks, which have seen increasing demand in the lead up to Thanksgiving – including among double-income families.
For people to cook from scratch, they need to learn how to do so, invest in the equipment to do it with, and be able to spend the time needed to cook.
Once they’ve got all that, they can probably afford to live on convenience food, as they are accustomed to.
So it’s a vicious cycle.
Long term: we need to invest more in local ALRs and depend less on the global food market. That means eating less fruit in the winter and more winter vegetables.
That’s a complete cop out. You’re acting like adults can’t figure out how to follow a recipe and don’t own a single pot or knife. If they can’t do that, then they probably can’t hold down a basic job either. I couldn’t cook a damn thing when I moved out on my own, but even before youtube I still managed to read a few 100 simple recipes cookbooks and keep myself fed.
I spend less time actively cooking a chicken soup from carcass than most people would take to drive to the nearest mcdonalds, and it’s 10-12 servings which can easily be frozen and reheated in a Ziploc bag. I don’t count the time I’m watching shows while it simmers. Two full time working parents and we put a home cooked meal on the table 13 out of 14 nights. That’s using leftovers, because we aren’t stupid about trying to cook every night.
If you’re single and living in a dorm with no kitchen I can see the problem, but at least where I live everyone housed outside that has a stove and oven. Goodwill will sell you a pot a pan and a knife for $20. That’s all you really need.
Two things need to happen.
Immediate term - People need to change their eating behavior, reducing meat consumption and cooking more from scratch
Long term - we need to fix the cost of land globally because it’s skewing the cost of labour and food
For people to cook from scratch, they need to learn how to do so, invest in the equipment to do it with, and be able to spend the time needed to cook.
Once they’ve got all that, they can probably afford to live on convenience food, as they are accustomed to.
So it’s a vicious cycle.
Long term: we need to invest more in local ALRs and depend less on the global food market. That means eating less fruit in the winter and more winter vegetables.
That’s a complete cop out. You’re acting like adults can’t figure out how to follow a recipe and don’t own a single pot or knife. If they can’t do that, then they probably can’t hold down a basic job either. I couldn’t cook a damn thing when I moved out on my own, but even before youtube I still managed to read a few 100 simple recipes cookbooks and keep myself fed.
I spend less time actively cooking a chicken soup from carcass than most people would take to drive to the nearest mcdonalds, and it’s 10-12 servings which can easily be frozen and reheated in a Ziploc bag. I don’t count the time I’m watching shows while it simmers. Two full time working parents and we put a home cooked meal on the table 13 out of 14 nights. That’s using leftovers, because we aren’t stupid about trying to cook every night.
If you’re single and living in a dorm with no kitchen I can see the problem, but at least where I live everyone housed outside that has a stove and oven. Goodwill will sell you a pot a pan and a knife for $20. That’s all you really need.