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Homemade Versus Convenience

Item number (ISN):

562701

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Item number (ISN):

562701

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADA. AGRICULTURE CANADA

Accession:

1978-0095

Media:

Sound

Release date:

1974-02 ?

Production company:

Information Services of Agriculture Canada

Production credit:

reporter, Barbara Haire

Description:

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These days many people are criticizing the high price of convenience food items--and very often convenience foods are more expensive than similar foods prepared at home. When deciding whether the cost of convenience food items is worthwhile it is important to consider which is most important for you: time or money. Recently, home economists at Agriculture Canada compared the time and money involved in preparing several foods for a family of four the homemade way and the convenience way. If you are willing to buy a small whole chicken and cut it up yourself, the cost of a home fried chicken dinner for four works out to approxi¬mately $1.85 with a preparation time of about 25 minutes. A take-out fried chicken dinner on the other hand costs about $3.40 for a family of four, but the preparation time is only about 1 minute. Preparation time for fresh mashed potatoes is about 8 minutes while for instant potatoes it takes about 4 minutes. However, for a family of four the cost would be about 9.2¢ for the fresh mashed potatoes and about 17 l/2 cents for the instant potatoes. Frozen cooked peas cost about 26 cents for the family while boil in a bag peas with butter sauce cost about 36 cents. The preparation time for both would be about the same. Chocolate pudding made from a pudding mix costs 27 cents for a family of four and takes about 7 minutes to prepare. Four cans of mini puddings would cost about 65 cents. Convenience foods are not always more expensive. Instant coffee costs less than fresh perked coffee and cakes made from mixes cost less than those made at home from the raw ingredients. However we do normally pay extra for convenience and therefore you must consider which is more important-the time that you saved by using convenience items or the money saved by preparing foods the homemade way. <2mn 8s>

Language:

English

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1. Description based on script.

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Vault ISN:

935978

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1978-0095/1011

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD063

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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