For me the answer to that is easy. You can only get out of cookery what you put into it; i.e. ingredients. Where we source our food is becoming an ever more popular and hot subject of debate. It seems to be a total minefield of green issues regarding how many ‘food miles’ our food travels before we pick it up in the supermarket and what has been sprayed on the food before we get it, ethical issues over whether farmers and their workers are being paid a fair wage for what they do, monetary issues with the fact being many people find it increasingly difficult to actually afford their weekly shop and husbandry issue concerning how we treat the welfare of the animals we raise to eat.
Yes ingredients are key to it all.
I am not saying all food must be locally grown, organic produce, but all food should be fresh and tasty and not have an invisible cost associated with it. It truly IS possible for everyone to cook at least part of their diet from scratch without costing the earth. It may seem impossible for some to imagine, but you will learn to love cooking for its own sake as well as for the rewards at the end. I still do not know whether I enjoy the actually cooking of the meal, eating it myself or watching anyone joining me eat what I have made for them the most. Tough call!
I did not always cook but it has become a true passion for me. Long may it continue!
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