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Date: 2007-05-03 03:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 03:49 am (UTC)It should also be noted that 'more days than not' tends to include Jason and I cooking about four or five days out of the week. Were I on my own I'd probably have closer to half box days and half totally scratch days (give or take)
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Date: 2007-05-03 04:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 04:35 am (UTC)That said, I think one of the greatest rewards of eating healthily can be summed up as "you get out what you put in".
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Date: 2007-05-03 06:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 10:54 am (UTC)Hamburger Helper definitely won't get you nutrition. ;p I find that the biggest word I need to pass on to most people is "fresh vegetables." You don't have to give up meat or even fat. Many do need to reduce sugars. But hardly anyone in America eats enough veggies.
This has been an enlightening poll, though. So far it looks as if some of my prejudgements were wrong. Thanks for sharing the information.
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Date: 2007-05-03 10:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 10:56 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-05-03 11:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 11:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 11:03 am (UTC)Unlike most Americans, you must be phenomenally skinny then. As I said to
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Date: 2007-05-03 11:20 am (UTC)My results are slightly skewed because I'm at home till college starts up so I don't cook much~
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Date: 2007-05-03 11:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 11:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 11:39 am (UTC)Yes, I should have made a specific choice for those who live in dorms or with someone else who does almost all the food preparation. The balanced nutrition question still applies though, because only you are responsible for what you actually eat. ;)
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Date: 2007-05-03 11:56 am (UTC)And then there's leftovers. I dunno where they fall in the survey. I'm a big proponent of cooking up a meal that'll give me a couple more meals.
As for vegetables, I'll admit to being bad about my consumption of 'em. For some reason, I never made that leap from childhood hatred of vegetables to adult acceptance of them. Most make me want to gag. I guess I'm just finicky or something. My vegetable consumption tends to be the boring tame stuff like peas, corn, and greenbeans. I do like spinach (raw, not cooked) and will generally use it in place of lettuce in salads.
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Date: 2007-05-03 12:33 pm (UTC)But for more than a third of a year before that I was on nothing but sachets of aspartamey powder, so... :)
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Date: 2007-05-03 02:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 02:14 pm (UTC)Leftovers count as whatever they started as. If it was made from scratch, it still is. If it's leftover frozen dinner, it still is.
The American hatred of vegetables is incredibly stupid, and born of an tremendously unimaginative cuisine that has traditionally treated vegetables as ornamental trimmings rather than the grand and varied things they really are. I agree that wilted broccoli and mushy peas are disgusting, but good vegetables sensibly prepared are gourmet food. And really, a good fresh salad (which does not mean the spotty lettuce and crunchy tomato they offer you in most places) simply can't be beat.
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Date: 2007-05-03 03:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 03:42 pm (UTC)At least historically, France and the French seem to have been more conscientious and aware about food and interested in its preparation, where Americans mostly consider it a nuisance and a bother.
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Date: 2007-05-03 03:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 04:29 pm (UTC)We now return you to your regularly scheduled survey.
(Brought to you from someone who watches a lot of Canadian TV for an American.)
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Date: 2007-05-03 04:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 04:33 pm (UTC)I try and keep an eye to make sure I'm eating enough fruits and veggies, but I can't cook them very well, so I try and get the veggie of the day at the cafe at work as my lunch. It's weird, I use to hate it as a kid, but Broccoli is suddenly my favourite vegitable now.
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Date: 2007-05-03 05:05 pm (UTC)It's gone well. I'm not what you'd call svelte quite yet.
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Date: 2007-05-03 07:19 pm (UTC)I agree about broccoli, though I've always liked vegetables, even when I was a kid. They often had trouble getting me to eat the meat, I've been told. Broccoli is actually sweet, something that few people realize probably because they've never had it cooked just right. Usually it's raw or undercooked, or else way overcooked. Raw broccoli is crunchy but not nearly as tasty. But then, I even like Brussels sprouts, reputedly the most hated vegetable of all.
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Date: 2007-05-03 07:25 pm (UTC)Well, I'll spare you my broken French. No question but what you French folk know more about cheeses than anyone else, but I'll pass on the chevre. If it's from cow's milk or possibly even ewe's, I'm willing to at least sample.
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Date: 2007-05-03 07:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-03 07:50 pm (UTC)While, yes, when in season, I cook fresh, frozen raw vegetables shouldn't be in the same category as a TV dinner...
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Date: 2007-05-03 07:51 pm (UTC)^_^
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Date: 2007-05-03 10:03 pm (UTC)The object here was to get a feel for two things: what proportion of people prepare actual meals at home frequently as opposed to convenience food, takeout, or restaurants/fast food; and how many have any interest or concern with balance of proteins to carbs, fiber, vitamins, etc.
My impression from seeing what people write and listening to them talk has been that more and more, Americans especially are losing touch with food. They don't know how to shop or prepare it, they have no concept of nutritional balances, and in essence are becoming slaves to the processed and fast food industries. This is a very unscientific first attempt to look at that perceived trend, and at a glance it seems I was wrong.
But when I look at who said what, I'm not so sure. If it is broken down by rough age groups, and those who live outside the US and Canada are separated, I may actually be right.