Holy shit I love this comment. Eastern European transplant from behind the iron curtain, growing up  my folks did a ton of cooking and nothing was wrapped or packaged. Was married to an American briefly. Holy shit, the level of laziness: frozen factory produced hash browns instead of chopping up fresh spuds, can of Rotel in everything, mac n cheese from a box + tuna from a can, etc. I've used the same shortcuts, not going to say I've never bought canned pasta sauce instead of making my own! But to pretend to call this real cooking is a joke.