[Closi]

> I wish it was possible to buy decent home cooked food for a reasonable fee :(

I mean that’s pretty much what supermarkets sell right? Ready meals that can be heated, which are effectively cooked the same way as at the home but just on an industrial scale. Or pasta that’s pre-made and pre-filled and you just have to heat and add some sauce that’s already pre-made.

Im in the UK where we have services like Cook that are good quality meals you can heat up.

[pixl97]

There is still a trade off here. Typically pre-made at industrial scale is looking for 'cheats' they can use to increase transportability and shelf life of food before it's served. It is not common it means the quality of 'decent home cooked' food.

There are made at store foods like you're talking about, but quite often they are 2-3x the cost of the ingredients.

[Closi]

Shelf life can also be improved by freezing rather than other techniques (as is the case with Cook).

[wkat4242]

Those ready meals are full of salts to preserve them. And not very nutritional.

[doublerabbit]

With the added bucket-load of sugar to ensure the taste meets the standard of those without any taste buds.