The USDA publishes a magazine on issues related to farming and food called Amber Waves. From the latest issue:
*SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It used to be called the Food Stamp program.
The graph shows:
- People in lower-income households, whether they receive food stamps or not, spend more time preparing food than people in higher income households.
- People in lower-income households, whether they receive food stamps or not, spend less time eating and drinking than people in higher income households.1
- All groups spent about the same amount of time grocery shopping.
How many hours do you spend?
5 comments:
Oh boy, I probably spend more time than most. It's one of my favorite things about working from home. Including shopping and cleaning up? That's a lot of hours. But I think it's worth the effort.
i spend a LOT of my time on most days doing something with food - i know it's worth it, but it does tire me out
Both of you are people I would want to find myself shipwrecked with :)
Some people I mention 2 hours to think that's insanely long. But those jobs are getting done in a household - buying food (or growing it), prep, clean-up. I'll bet the person doing those jobs spends more than 2 hours a day feeding everyone. (Since this is an average.) I mean, that's 30+ minutes prep/cook/eat/cleanup per meal not including going to the store to get it? It tires me out too.
I meant to say - at least 30 minutes - which to me is insanely short.
a pressure cooker helps cuts spending time in the kitchen. And dividing kitchen chores is a great gift that a spouse can share than a great birthday gift ! ...
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