I'm not sure if it's my place to feel any way about this, because it really isn't my business. I would also like someone to define this "slop"? Honestly microwaved meals at least where I am are perfectly ok basic food, there is nothing wrong with them.
I'm also going to question if people that "refuse to eat anything but slop" actually meaningfully exist. Every person on a more restricted diet I have ever met has had some reason for it, like my kid who is ADHD and never was able to eat all that much variety even though it was on offer.
There is a lot of elitism around food tbh and many foods that are "slop" to some are just food to others. There are also people who are sensitive in ways that only allow somewhat restricted diets. Then there is depression, alienation and other pretty big things that probably play a role in how motivated people are to cook for themselves. Stress, disability, age, being overworked and so on.
Also some people can't cook, maybe nobody taught them or maybe they just don't care about food that much, which imo is fine. In this day and age we can buy perfectly ok ready meals, so is this really a problem if somebody chooses to do that?
There are also differences in access to produce depending on where you are in the world.
There are also a lot of racist brainworms around food that often show up in the whole foods eating circles so I would also consider that when putting value judgements to foods. Maybe not do that at all?
A middle class lifestyle seems so depressing. I'd rather break my back cooking than be sitting at a desk all day. My kitchen job drains my energy for home cooking and other such activities which sucks, but I think I'd be a lot worse off if I were in some middle class nothing job.
these are all really good points tbh. I assume that I know the type of person that the OP means, and I do know maybe 2 people like that, but besides those two my experience matches yours, that there is always some reason behind it. its way too easy for these types of posts to devolve into "DAE hate <group that likes thing>" so probably better to just avoid pointless posts about it
When I think of microwave meals I'm thinking of like hungry man meals and other such TV dinners, which are not what I'd qualify as nutritious or good tasting or even "ok", (and I don't have a refined palate like, at all, I eat tons of garbage, that one just never appealed to me)
I'm not sure if it's my place to feel any way about this, because it really isn't my business. I would also like someone to define this "slop"? Honestly microwaved meals at least where I am are perfectly ok basic food, there is nothing wrong with them.
I'm also going to question if people that "refuse to eat anything but slop" actually meaningfully exist. Every person on a more restricted diet I have ever met has had some reason for it, like my kid who is ADHD and never was able to eat all that much variety even though it was on offer.
There is a lot of elitism around food tbh and many foods that are "slop" to some are just food to others. There are also people who are sensitive in ways that only allow somewhat restricted diets. Then there is depression, alienation and other pretty big things that probably play a role in how motivated people are to cook for themselves. Stress, disability, age, being overworked and so on.
Also some people can't cook, maybe nobody taught them or maybe they just don't care about food that much, which imo is fine. In this day and age we can buy perfectly ok ready meals, so is this really a problem if somebody chooses to do that?
There are also differences in access to produce depending on where you are in the world.
There are also a lot of racist brainworms around food that often show up in the whole foods eating circles so I would also consider that when putting value judgements to foods. Maybe not do that at all?
Thank you for writing the comment that I came here to write.
A middle class lifestyle seems so depressing. I'd rather break my back cooking than be sitting at a desk all day. My kitchen job drains my energy for home cooking and other such activities which sucks, but I think I'd be a lot worse off if I were in some middle class nothing job.
these are all really good points tbh. I assume that I know the type of person that the OP means, and I do know maybe 2 people like that, but besides those two my experience matches yours, that there is always some reason behind it. its way too easy for these types of posts to devolve into "DAE hate <group that likes thing>" so probably better to just avoid pointless posts about it
When I think of microwave meals I'm thinking of like hungry man meals and other such TV dinners, which are not what I'd qualify as nutritious or good tasting or even "ok", (and I don't have a refined palate like, at all, I eat tons of garbage, that one just never appealed to me)