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NYT magazine sunday had an article on the 6-year-old phenomonon of meal
prep places, where you make an appointment, pick your recipes, and when
you arrive, they have work stations set up with your raw ingredients, a
recipe, and a container to put it all in.
For 12 6-serving entree's, the cost is about $200usd, and time
scheduled is about 2 hours.. It's geared towards the harried family
that doesn't have time to cook during the week. Pop those 12 entrees
into your (assumedly empty of all but icecream and ice cubes) freezer,
and thaw one for one of those nights when you're not getting home til
late. Cooking instructions included.
Am I missing something here? For $200, you're getting raw materials, a
prep area with people who chop all your ingredients to spec, and the
privilege of putting it together yourself? Are people that fearful of
a knife and the time it takes to chop a few ingredients, that they'll
pay someone to do it for them?
Oh, this is not geared towards the restaurant chef audience, but the
harried family cook/chauffeur/breadwinner.
maxine in ri
prep places, where you make an appointment, pick your recipes, and when
you arrive, they have work stations set up with your raw ingredients, a
recipe, and a container to put it all in.
For 12 6-serving entree's, the cost is about $200usd, and time
scheduled is about 2 hours.. It's geared towards the harried family
that doesn't have time to cook during the week. Pop those 12 entrees
into your (assumedly empty of all but icecream and ice cubes) freezer,
and thaw one for one of those nights when you're not getting home til
late. Cooking instructions included.
Am I missing something here? For $200, you're getting raw materials, a
prep area with people who chop all your ingredients to spec, and the
privilege of putting it together yourself? Are people that fearful of
a knife and the time it takes to chop a few ingredients, that they'll
pay someone to do it for them?
Oh, this is not geared towards the restaurant chef audience, but the
harried family cook/chauffeur/breadwinner.
maxine in ri