My mother wants me to go food markets to purchase our meals once or twice in a week. I have to consider many conditions of the foods such as taste, price, the place of origin, and cooking time. In these options, I should think much of the cooking time because every member is busy in my family. Meantime, it is not hard to find the stuff out that does not need to be cooked for a long time because there are many and various kinds of prepared food. I believe that food has become easier to prepare, and it improves the way we live; shortened cooking time and diversity of foods
Shortened cooking time makes our lives abundant. In the past, people needed to buy almost all raw materials that should be cooked for dishes. In other words, they had to have a considerable time to prepare their meals. As we know, there was a ham burger boom in The United States in the past. They needed to take a time to work rather than spent a time to eat. Shortened time to prepare meals brought better outputs of their works because they could more concentrate on their works. In my family case, occasionally, my mother who usually cooks complains to us because of she has to have a pretty much time to prepare our meals, but since we eat some ready-made foods, my mother has been free from cooking. She spends sufficient times to read books, watch television and take sleep more. She says "It is what liberation is."
It is easy to find a lot of ingredients in a place nowadays. With the developed distribution system and the preservation technology, we consume various foods without difficulties that occurred by locations, climates, or seasons. The developments brought a great opportunity that people can eat whatever they want, and wherever and whenever they can prepare. For example, it was hard or impossible to eat some tropical fruit in a cold place long time ago, and people had to consume a big portion of their foods by themselves such as vegetables or meats in agricultural society. The simplicity to prepare diverse foods brought not only pleasure of tasting but also the convenience of ingestion essential nutrients. In addition, there are many types of information on a food pack. How many calories the food has, where it was originated, and when it is going to be expired. People would choose their foods wisely whether they need to buy the foods or not.
Some people may look back the happiness of meal times that their parents made with their own crops or meats. However, our society and life style have been changed. I believe that easier preparation for meals brought two types of huge advantages: we can do some other things instead of spend a considerable time for cooking, and enjoy various foods without difficulties by developed transportation and preservation technology.
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