very kirk van houten coded
bullshit world
Because it’s low quality and stuffed with trash.
If it’s real food you freeze and reheat it’s different.
Food has always been something that’s very social and growing/hunting/preparing it a crucial part of culture. We’re wired for it. It binds us. Even if you had made no effort as part of the process, the kinship of knowing someone went all that effort for you is difficult to replace.
Anyway, when you just heat frozen food and eat it alone, all that pretty much goes down the drain.
I do agree, but its also kind of an amazing thing. I know this meal was made by a corporation for profit, but there was still a farmer that made the contents and a chef somewhere along the line cooked it before it was packaged. You might be missing the personal interaction with them, but there were still a lot of humans involved in bringing that meal to your table.
- You’re alone, so that’s part of it.
- Frozen, microwaveable food is depressing in and of itself just due to itself often being bland, lacking in quality, and in an unsatisfying portion.
I’d say a contributing factor could be tv/films. It’s very common to see the divorced/dumped/bereaved/generally lonely people heating up frozen food and pushing some meat puck around with a fork, feeling pretty close to ending it all… it’s just dumb social commentary but I think it shares some blame for the “universal view” of one person heating up a frozen dish being kind of pathetic
I still remember a Ben Elton skit where he mentions 'Findus - Meals for one. Lonely Bastard range."
From memory you were to get two so the checkout person thought you had company.
Because you eating alone, no matter what
Probably because you’re alone, and you don’t feel accomplished regarding your meal. If either of those changed, you’d probably feel better.
Some of those frozen meals are cheaply made and have ingredients that are not necessarily the best for your body.
Those meals are sometimes REALLY high in nitrates. Those can cause some issues for your gut biome.
That’s clearly for a whole bunch of people though. What a poser
Ok, but that is a whole plate of vein-in shrimp on decorative kale.
You do you Marie, but damn. There’s gotta be a better way.
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Probably all the textured vegetable protein that they use as filler makes everything seem like fake food.
Prepagaged food is generally quite bad for you. Rancid oils, high fructose corn syrup in everything, low fiber, mystery preservatives, and so on. When i lived on that kind of food, i rapidly gained weight to 210 lbs. I look at pictures of myself from back then and it’s horrifying. I look like I’m dying. I started cooking my own food from simple ingredients, and within a year i was down to 140. I’ve kept it off ever since.
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Same, I cook a big pot of whatever for the week so I don’t have to worry about dinner till my next day off. Shredded chicken or pork, ground meat goulash, taco fillings, etc. Easy to make, satisfying to eat.
I just wanted to say I love how you phrased the question and un upvote was not enough to express that
Because we live in a society.
