Can food possibly get any faster? Fast food restaurants aside, pretty much all food in America is fast. Sure, there are recipes that take an hour to cook. There are some things that are more involved than others, but overall, I think we have reached the pinnacle of cullinary speed. (I'm using "cullinary" in a broad way.) This morning, I had a frozen waffle with spray butter on it. Spray butter: now that is laziness. I don't even have time to soften butter. I don't have time to use ever-soft butter spread. I use a pump to put butter on my one-minute waffle. Just think of all the time I've saved...and I'm still rushing out the door as I grab a bottle of water (who has time for tap water?) and eat my waffle in the car.
Other than spray butter and frozen waffles, we buy bread that's already baked and sliced, minute rice, cake mixes, canned or frozen veggies, canned biscuits, frozen meat, bullion cubes, and individually wrapped cheese slices or pre-grated cheddar or the ultimate in laziness: aerosol cheese.
Don't get me wrong, I like to cook. I even like to cook things that take a long time to make. My point is: American's have it really easy (or should I say "E-Z"?). Even when we do actually cook something, think of all the processes other cultures have to go through that we never even think about: grinding wheat for flour, milking cows (eww!), gardening, slaughtering animals, etc. I know plenty of Americans actually do these things, but we don't have to. That's what Wal-mart is for.
Now if they could only make instant coffee witht the perfect amount of cream and sugar...but then again, I don't have time to wait for water to boil.
Posted by christin at April 1, 2003 03:19 PM | TrackBack