Now that I'm back to work, I won't be watching as much television which is both good and bad, but that's not what this blog is about.
What I've noticed is that in many of the food commercials, the folks have pretty fancy kitchens. For example, the new KFC commercial has a stainless stove that looks like a professional type. Hmmm...a chef who regularly gets KFC?
Some of the heat and eat snacks show pretty luxurious kitchens too...pretty darn fancy for heating stuff up in the microwave.
I wonder if the folks who make these commercials think we all have fancy kitchens or if they think we all want fancy kitchens. Very few have laminate countertops. Most have granite.
I don't have granite...part of it the cost, but part of it is also if we did spring for it, it would overimprove the kitchen for the neighborhood we live in.
Am I the only one who is noticing these commercials? Are these subliminal messages to the consumer?
Fancy Kitchens
January 4th, 2012 at 01:14 am
January 4th, 2012 at 01:27 am 1325640478
We suffice with our old kitchen, but it has some peculiarities. I sometimes think of that scene in "It's a Wonderful Life," where George gratefully kisses the troublesome staircase finial that always comes off in his hand. Some aspects of my kitchen are like that.
January 4th, 2012 at 01:47 am 1325641632
Would I like a fancy kitchen? Not necessarily but if I was offered one, of course I'd take it. Not because I want to keep up with anyone else but because cooking is my passion and I'd love to have more space, a bigger and better oven (or two), a nice large island, and other goodies. I don't have those things, though. I live in a tiny apartment with a postage stamp kitchen and I use the devil out of it. I'm okay with that.
January 4th, 2012 at 01:48 pm 1325684925
I do know several people who have VERY fancy kitchens that never get used outside the microwave. I am totally serious. IT always just strikes me as odd. But to be fair, our neighborhood was all new construction when we bought and "big/fancy kitchens" were very in. For many, just means that was the kitchen that came with the house that fit them best otherwise, so whatever. I am sure many homes built the last decade have giant kitchens for people who never use them! Kind of funny how popular trends don't always follow the reality. (Big kitchens are *in* though no one actually cooks?)
January 5th, 2012 at 12:43 am 1325724196
DH says that besides me, and this other friend, he doesn't think most folks cook anymore.
January 6th, 2012 at 05:00 am 1325826044