Isn't this the case for pretty much all ready-made meals?
For some reason commercial broths are bad for this.
Which is weird, because when you make stock you do not want to add salt until the very end, if at all.
Waiting for the uk govt to ban soup because “think of the children”
Yeah. I remember the last time they tried to ban ready meals. We are a nation of nothing. No housing, no food, no nothing - the ultimate austerity.
My only wish is that the VPN I have to use to even browse steam workshop also physically transported me to Germany or France or something. Tories out, Tories in, things can only ever get worse.
Ready meals are unhealthy, not hugely tasty, and more expensive than making it yourself.
Yes. You know what they are though? Fast. That's kinda the point. I can throw one of these in during a meeting and just leave it in the microwave, then consume the slop, the whole thing taking maybe 15 mins at most, with the vast majority of that time me still being free to do something else while it's cooking.
Sure, but you could instead make a giant pan of e.g. spag bol one evening, put in individual tupperware tubs and freeze them. Then bring into work as an when. Saves umpteen trips to the shops.
I don't mean to deride them in every circumstance - I probably buy them 3 or 4 times a year when I haven't been able to shop/cook for some reason. But if they weren't available, that would probably be better for consumers and the environment. A tin of soup is much easier to recycle
None of that is fast. That's just frontloading effort for later. I don't want to do it period. My time is a lot more precious than £3.50 or whatever they cost and once you add salt and spices they taste completely fine.
I hate cooking, and especially batch cooking so I can eat cold soulless slop chicken later to keep myself alive for 0.83 years longer and I hate meal planning and how much time and mental energy it takes, absolutely none is acceptable to me.
It kills my soul little by little and honestly I'm sure it's fine for some people, but it drove me into the sads every time I tried, little by little, whereas not concerning myself with all that made me happy and made me thrive again. It's just sustenance, it doesn't matter much, no amount of motivation juices from nicotine or ADHD medication could make it less of a horrific waste of time ultimately.
So yeah I'm not doing that, the money saved is minimal because food costs next to nothing compared to housing etc. I could even order takeaway everyday and it wouldn't substantially put me further away from house ownership than I am now.
Oh and I WFH too, I can't imagine lugging slop in tupperware somewhere, but cooking even here means time and effort that could be spent better doing virtually anything else, and I love the fact I can toss the little fuckers into the microwave and not worry about it while they spin and consume ze slop and get back to what I was doing quickly without much disruption, I can do something while it's cooking, before and while eating, and it doesn't even create dirty dishes either.
So please don't tell me what would be better for me, I know what's best for me and I've already decided, or I wouldn't buy them, would I? Who tf gives a shit about recycling, they should shoot down private jets if they wanna help the environment, and if not, the world can burn and at least the ultra-rich can burn with us and I'm okay with that.
Ok, all you needed to say was "i hate cooking"
You advocated for banning ready meals because you are crazy, I had to elaborate on it to hopefully get across that your viewpoint is insane and you should not hold it, nor should any sane person hold it.
FYI: "Too much salt" isn't bad for you at all if you don't have high blood pressure or you're retaining too much water.
That's it. Nothing else bad. It's also the safest thing to try if you have hypotension.
I will still put salt on it
"In contrast, every Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl and Covent Garden soup tested had salt levels at or below the government target."
Phew! Pretty much the only soup I eat on a regular basis is the Covent Garden Classic Chicken. To which I add some black pepper, some grilled chicken (if I have leftovers), and some Mahi Bhut Jolokia hot sauce. But I've never wanted to add salt.
This is a crazy idea, but add water to your soup. Dilute it. It'll be less salty.
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