That’s really awesome that 2 professional, college-educated, middle-class people who live together have the time and where-withal to buy $120 in meat and food to cook in their $80 pressure cooker. Good for you, man!

That’s assuming everyone has a) a working oven, stove, and whatever other gadgets necessary to make everything, b) the storage space for meal planning, c) the consecutive time to make so much in one sitting, d) the access to the food in the first place, and e) the knowledge with which to do those things. My spouse is…

How fortunate for you that you have a whole day off in which to cook. Many people who work multiple jobs work 7 days a week and do not have 5 or 6 hours at a stretch to cook food ahead of time. Really poor people may not have pressure cookers and crock pots and all sorts of fancy appliances. At best, a shitty…

They also often have to squeeze childcare into what little downtime they have, particularly if they’re single moms, who make up a very significant percentage of poor people. Cooking with your kids can be fun and educational, but if you’ve been on your feet at a cash register all day you’re going to want to pop a…