Borla

Total prep time was less than 10-15 minutes, aside from letting the dough rise. By the time the grill was hot enough to use, all of the ingredients were prepped. And I don't see why shopping in a local market takes any longer. If anything you deal with less crowds, don't have to park so far away, and no long checkout lines. Most of the local farmers' markets around here are in parks or parking lots where you can pull right up, walk over to a booth, pick out want you want, pay for it, and walk away.

I think I know what you are getting at, but I think fewer people don't do it because of inexperience, not because it's more difficult. If someone knows what they are doing (which takes some investment of time, and breaking out of the rut of walking down the freezer section of the grocer picking out junk food meals to nuke in the microwave) they can get better food, faster, for cheaper, while supporting local farmers and artisans over corporate food processors. But that's a whole other topic altogether.

I wouldn't criticize you (and haven't even seen/read the other thread referenced here) unless you were trying to brag that it was an accomplishment. If you were bragging because you never cook, and it was a first step, I'd encourage you and try to offer tips or advice how to continue trying new things, or making them better. If you didn't want to hear it, got upset over it, or ignored it, meh, your loss.


I'd argue that most people wouldn't prefer to eat that way, they just do it out of laziness and inexperience. If they really learned how simple and fast good meals could be, I think they'd change. I didn't get to where I am now overnight. Much of my teenage and early adult life was spent eating cheap, easy, often frozen food. The more I tried more natural stuff, experimenting with cooking and grilling, and widening my experience, the more that stuff lost it's appeal to me. I also feel incredibly better physically eating more healthy foods. And on the rare occasion that I do grab something at a fast food place, an hour or two later when I feel lethargic or just kind of 'bleh', I realize why I stopped eating that type of food.

Again, I think it's inexperience. Given the basically the same amount of money and time, and without using any voodoo or crazy techniques, I think healthier more tasty choices are easy. It's just that many people were never taught how, and haven't had the desire to learn. That's personal preference, and absolutely their right. I just feel they are missing out. Think of how you feel about football. How you enjoy watching it, enjoy the strategy and action, enjoy rooting for your club, etc. When you talk to someone who says "Eh, I'm not into sports, I can't sit down for a couple hours and get into a match", don't you think they are missing out on what you enjoy? At least a little? Not that you think less of them, but that you have a joy they don't "get" themselves. That's how I feel about great food, no matter what the cost or prep time.

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