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by simonsarris
2887 days ago
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> Part 2 being time. I really don't think so. All the statistics we have point to poor people having more, often much more, free time than middle class people or rich people. https://www.statista.com/statistics/191558/average-daily-tim... https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/the-fre... Thirteen year old children can also be taught to cook and prep reliably, as I'm sure you know. Part 2 is probably more likely a basket of cultural issues. Sampling my middle income and lower friends, almost none of their parents taught them a thing about cooking. (Those that did of the very poor had 13 year olds cooking.) I have seen a total lack of interest in cooking and a total lack of planning. It takes essentially zero time to soak beans overnight, and no time to simmer them in a pot with olive oil or butter or anything else you have (carrot water/cabbage water/stubs of vegetables if-you-have-any water). Many times a week I make beans and scrambled eggs this way. |
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No it doesn't. Be realistic. Beans are going to take about 90 minutes to cook tender. Soaking beans takes pre-planning the night before. It is not low-effort cooking.
You are probably right that there is a lack of planning, and probably poor decisions being made in these households, but I'd suggest volunteering your time to go teach these people how to sort their lives out, and perhaps you'll find it's not as simple as beans and rice.