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[quote=Anonymous]I think some people posting are defensive as they might see truth in your post. If you are younger adult in US, white bread American, diet you describe is more typical than not. However, in my ILS family eating out and eating such foods started in early 90s. Prior to that I was told they rarely ate out, and DH's mom cooked home made food and soups, stews, meats, roasts, typical Western diet, but home made and still better for you than restaurant food. I am from Europe, so my food was similar if with more variety, due to Mediterranean cuisine as well. Both my SILs don't know how to cook, they were not thought it, one opens cans for more foods than you would think. But, my DH eats a huge variety of foods and my cooking is his preferred, I also cook my own interpretations of Indian, Chinese, Mexican, European, all foods that we like. My kids love Indian food (as in Indian food available here), Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Mexican, etc.. I try to make it all from scratch with good results now, not so much in the past when I first tried. However, I never had any negative opinion about American food, DH is from the West, and steak and potato and ribs are common fare. And I love, love American steak and potatoes and ribs, and mac and cheese, and all the fruit pies, and well, I love all food, US included. I am not overweight at all, in fact my DH and kids and I are very slim. There are steaks I cook, ribs I make, there is a way to make all that food at home, and nobody eats steak day in and day out. Lasagna and pasta was not a normal fare for my DH, maybe home made spaghetti. My SIL does wish her mom thought her to cook, MIL passed away, and it is the effort that makes the difference. My SIL' kids are very overweight, and I do wonder if her not cooking contributed to that. She fed her kids fast food and restaurant food and opened up a lot of premade things, chicken was just shoved in the oven from a bag, burgers were fast food.. my other SIL does much more cooking, so I wouldn't lump all into one category. You will see that in this area and in some parts West people are very conscious about their diet and make a huge effort to cook healthy.[/quote]

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