[soperj]

> The cultural traditions that made simple foods practical have been lost from many families and those never-learned recipes and habits don't just restore themselves to people overnight when times get tough.

That strikes a chord. How do you fix this piece though?

[angmarsbane]

Bring back tactile classes to public school, like home economics.

[tayo42]

It's easier then ever to learn to cook. Go on YouTube

[soperj]

What are you having for dinner tonight?

[tayo42]

Not sure, I have some left over ground beef from making burgers earlier in the week, (sub the bread with lettuce) either Dan Dan noodles from a Chinese cookbook I have, or burrito bowls.

[HappMacDonald]

Youtube

[swatcoder]

Within the constraints of a small-government capitalist worldview, I don't know if you can.

In that worldview, General Mills has a right to sell desserts for breakfast without government interference, parents have a right to feed that to their kids without government interference, and kids have a right to enjoy them without government interference.

That a generation later, a homemade breakfast feels like a weekend project that ought to be made special with all sorts of elaborate dressings is apparently just something to be accepted when these rights are honored.

I have no idea how you "outcompete" Captain Crunch with a bowl of rice porridge in that world, and can only imagine the outcry and lawsuits from General Mills if the government put much meaningful effort into trying.