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WCDT Strips 3581 to 3585 (2nd to 6th October 2017)
themacnut:
--- Quote from: Neko_Ali on 06 Oct 2017, 12:30 ---One thing about living on cheap food is a question of time. Why a lot of people go for cheap take out or heavily processed foods is they can be made and consumed quickly, which is important if you work 2-3 jobs plus have to take care of children. Buying bulk raw materials may be cheaper than packs of ramen, but not by all that much and it takes a lot longer to boil a chicken, render it into stock and pick the meat off then boil noodles than it is to make ramen.
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Yep, when you've worked a long 12-hour day (since business owners, especially new business owners, rarely work 8-hour days) and are bone-tired from that day, that last thing you want to do is spend more hours preparing a meal from scratch. Throw some ramen in a boiling pot of water, and 5 minutes or less later you've got a meal to sleep on. Not the best or most nutritious meal, but better than nothing at all. And if you pick up a burger, pizza or some Chinese takeout on the way home, then you don't have to cook at all.
Another thing about that time factor; if you've worked a 12-hour day, you've most likely got to be back at work in another 12 hours. You've already lost some of that time getting home from work, and need to get to sleep ASAP (you'll probably WANT to get to sleep ASAP!). Meal prep will cut into precious rest time, maybe take a BIG slice if you're making meals from scratch. Sure you can make meals that can last you for days, but you've still got to take the time to cook them up. Another reason processed foods and takeout start looking real good at the end of the day...
HeavyP:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 06 Oct 2017, 14:00 ---*Snip-a-dip*
Sure you can make meals that can last you for days, but you've still got to take the time to cook them up. Another reason processed foods and takeout start looking real good at the end of the day...
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I don't disagree, I was commenting in favor of money up there. At the end of the day, you face the same basic choice that every human being has to make at some point (and which Faye is up against now): which is more valuable to you, your money or your time?
Kugai:
Cadbury Moro Bars are the Breakfast of Champions :-D
Bubbles Intimidation Factor - AAA
hedgie:
--- Quote from: HeavyP on 06 Oct 2017, 14:24 ---I don't disagree, I was commenting in favor of money up there. At the end of the day, you face the same basic choice that every human being has to make at some point (and which Faye is up against now): which is more valuable to you, your money or your time?
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For those who cooking is a pain, a slow cooker works wonders. if one can keep chopping away at things for long enough to get them into some sort of chunks, fill the thing, add water and seasonings and then go about one's day.
Tova:
--- Quote from: Nepiophage on 06 Oct 2017, 13:50 ---
--- Quote from: Storel on 06 Oct 2017, 12:21 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 06 Oct 2017, 04:27 ---This may sound... well, strange, but this is the first time I've ever seen the express "to flash on (something)" outside of the novel A Scanner Darkly ...
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Interesting. If I ever read that novel, it was so long ago that I can't remember it. Philip K. Dick, yes?
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I think it's originally a 1970s Californian expression, which would fit with A Scanner Darkly -- pub. 1977 by Philip K. dick who lived in California.
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Yes. He draw heavily on 70s Californian drug culture in particular, of which he was a part. The book is semi-autobiographical. Brilliant but sombre reading.
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