Supermarkets are making a fortune out of you from foods you can make yourself (MIY) and polluting the world for the privilege.
This is just a short note on how we have become dependent on supermarkets and stores for the most
ordinary things usually at high price in money and certainly a high price in the environment as these
items are packaged attractively almost seductively in protective surrounds of shaped clear plastic, under protection of expanded polystyrene and paper labelling and clear film to view the contents.
Yet the contents can easily be made at home so that they are fresher, the items used of equal or better quality and done so without the use of preservatives and fancy packaging which will pollute the environment.
Things one never bought before like made up custard, creme caramel ( often sold in glass dishes complete with a raw sugar sachet to glaze on under the grill at home ) and even sandwiches at costs each of which would buy a loaf of bread and a chunk of cheese to make a dozen sandwiches.
This whole thing of dependence for such things is just a failure to get across to the public how easily it is to do as good - of course there is the convenience thing but there is the confidence thing and the lure of the packaging, most of which will become land fill.
This brings me to the business of MIY which is Make It Yourself.
There has to be intelligent and focused teaching and even by television on really simple, everyday stuff.
Most programs on meals that can be made in 15 or 30 mins simply lie about the reality as even the presenters struggle to make the grade and they have the backing and preparation all ready at hand.
The preparation of a meal means having a menu in the head - not a specific one but a rough outline.
Then all one has to do is to fall back on a little experience, have a look whats in the fridge, vegetable basket and cupboard and then make up as one goes using common sense to pick the best way to deal with what one has.
I'll elaborate on MIY soon.
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