No, it isn't. If you find it boring, get a steward who doesn't.
Unfortunately, Tom, there are many realms in which there are 3 or 4 people (or even fewer) who actually find the food and trade system interesting.
This isn't their fault, and there's really no way to attempt to attract people who like handling food.
The Banker
should be considered the person upon whom the realm's lords can rely to handle the food if they cannot or are not interested in doing so. It may not mesh with our vision for how the system
ought to be set up, but it
does acknowledge the reality that a huge majority of people in the game find managing food to be both deadly boring and very confusing.