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Title: primitives discuss spending time in the kitchen
Post by: franksolich on April 01, 2015, 04:12:26 PM

http://www.democraticunderground.com/115751636

Oh my.

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NJCher (17,842 posts)    Wed Apr 1, 2015, 01:29 AM
winner of the franksolich for 2014

Which Country's Cooks Spend the Most Time in the Kitchen?
 
Here are the results of an interesting survey about food preparation. The survey was done by the market research firm Gfk, and it was about "how the world cooks."

So who spends the most time in the kitchen? Indians, at 13.2 hours per week. Here are the rankings:

Number of hours spent cooking

India: 13.2 hours

Ukraine: 13.1

South Africa: 9.5

Indonesia: 8.3

Italy: 7.1

Spain: 6.8

So what do you think of this? Offhand, my first reaction is that a lot of Indian cooking is vegetarian, and vegetables do require a bit of prep time. BTW, the U.S. comes in at 5.9 hours per week in food prep. This is not surprising,due the high amount of processed and prepared foods available in the U.S.

But Ukrainians come in right under Indians, and their diet is not so vegetarian, so I don't think my reason is on target.

Now, on another topic from the survey, who has the most passionate interest in food? 

No surprise here: Italy!

What really surprised me is where the French came in, and also the Poles. The French:

Moreover, less than a quarter (24%) of French people expressed “passion” for food, scoring lower than Americans (37%) and Brits (26%).

Twenty-four per cent! So U.S. citizens are more passionate about food than the French!

More survey results at:

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/south-koreans-cook-italians-love-food-article-1.2168034?ref=Outbrain&ADLocation=footer&ADPosition=2

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Warpy (81,916 posts)    Wed Apr 1, 2015, 02:27 AM

1. In India, married women live pretty restricted lives
 
and going out to a food stall with the kiddies for something to eat is frowned upon, not to mention a little dangerous.

Less time in the kitchen is more a reflection of other options besides home prepared foods, from the frozen foods case to the number of restaurants in the area to the availability of street food.

Title: Re: primitives discuss spending time in the kitchen
Post by: tanstaafl on April 01, 2015, 04:23:30 PM

I'm surprised Chine wasn't on the list. Fried Puppy on a stick takes a good long soak to get past the stringy stage.