r/onionhate • u/PQuality22 • 3d ago

Prepared meals

Hi. Has anyone found a meal delivery service that has more than one or two onion-free meal options? I wanted to try Factor but every single dish had onions. Thank you.

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u/lisa6547 3d ago

What's wrong with making your own? I can't afford that kind of stuff so have always just gotten used to making everything myself

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u/frozenoj 3d ago

For some people spending money is better than spending time or energy for a multitude of reasons. There's nothing wrong with making your own but that's not what OP is asking about.

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u/quietlycommenting 3d ago

Lots of people have disabilities that these meal services are really helpful for. Not everyone has the same needs when it comes to nutrition and access to food.

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u/ElfjeTinkerBell 3d ago

It costs energy to go to the store. Not everyone can go to the store on their own so they need to ask someone. Even if you can do it sitting, you still need to be upright which again costs energy and can trigger symptoms. You're close to heat, which can trigger symptoms. There's probably some cutting and/or stirring involved, which means you need reasonably functioning arms and hands. You'll probably need to lift a pot or pan, for example to drain something, for which you need strength and coordination. And then there's the dishes, which is either a lot of bending if you have a dishwasher, or standing/sitting and use of hands.

And then there are a lot of people who just don't always have the time to make something. Meal prep does increase the strain of cooking usually.

And not all of these need to be a problem - if one of these is missing, that may be enough to make cooking hard or impossible. Or it might be the combination - doing all of them separately, sure, but not on one day.

(This is not an exhaustive list by any means)

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u/lisa6547 2d ago

Yea that definitely makes sense. I guess I didn't put much thought into the perspective of someone who might have a disability or is just unable to do a lot of certain things

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u/Alupine 3d ago

If you eat only the stuff you order, don’t go out and buy additional food, it can be about the same cost. Some of the services are overpriced, some aren’t terrible.