Originally Posted by
Kohan
As for me, I prefer to not be a stuck-up hippie faggot who demands that every recipe they make is tenderly crafted by a professional douchebag. If you were in the United States, I'd ask if you shop exclusively at Whole Foods, and if you did so while decked out in your turtleneck and scarf, scoffing at the people who shop at the 99 Cents Only Store next door. (Spitting on a bum on your way out is optional.)
Some of the best comfort food is made from random-ass shit. Just ask anyone from the southern US. Hell, adding salad dressing and soup mixes to sour cream is one of the most reliable dip recipes ever created, for one, and that's simple as piss.
You don't always have to go all-out to create something that tastes good. Shit, you're discounting the experimentation that actually goes into making delicious food with sometimes absurd ingredients. And if you've got a hard-on about discouraging artificial shit, a lot of those spice packets contain actual spices in exact allocations that can be a great bit of convenience for people without a full spice rack.
In short: both types of cooking are acceptable in this world. If you think one isn't, go fuck yourself.