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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by nemacol on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:27PM (#17248487)
Yes, I recall my mother (single mother, high school education, in the rust belt of the Ohio Valley) saying to me, in between shifts of her 2nd and 3rd part time jobs, that she would love to spend 30 minutes cooking a delightful meal from scratch and then another 30 minutes eating followed by another 30 minutes cleaning up, but she just can't be bothered.

She kept the house stocked with canned soup and lunch meat because a 6 year old (me) and a 12 year old (my brother) could manage to make a meal out of it while she was working.

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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by gowld on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:34PM (#17248571)
Sandwiches are dirt cheap, filling, nutritious, and quick to make and clean up. Sure, they aren't delightful, which is sad, but that's not the barrier to nutrition.
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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by tafycent on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:31PM (#17249161)
Wow, standards of delight have come up a lot in this country. I've probably had more delightful sandwiches than not
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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by jimmaswell on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @12:45PM (#17248692)
They can easily be bad for you if you use any kind of appealing (white) bread.
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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by ishjoh on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @05:33PM (#17251297)
So this is what I had always assumed as well, but the science is less clear:

https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(17)...

The research done concluded that differences in Gut Microbiome meant that "The glycemic response to the two types of bread varies greatly across people".

More food for thought (Pun intended :p )

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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by tafycent on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @01:33PM (#17249178)
Switching from rye to white bread is a whole lot less bad for you than switching from water to soda. At some level we have to make a decision about what an acceptable level of "bad for you" is and I think white vs wheat is way below that line.
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Re:If wages are to rise, workers need more bargaining power by matwood on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @03:26PM (#17250237)
I have complete respect for single parents and how hard their job(s) are. It sounds like for your situation growing up that even 30 minutes would have been too much time to spend to make a meal.

I do think in the general case though, that people usually have 1/2 hour to cook if they wanted to. Are there going to be exceptions like yours? Absolutely.

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