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How often do you make homemade (from scratch) foods?

JohannBessler said:
^Mmmm. Fresh apples. What type are they? Baldwins?

To answer the OP: I cook from scratch very often, but sometimes I used packaged ingredients. Most recently, I made a French Onion Soup, but I used high-quality store-bought stock. Dee-lish!

Do I cook all the way from scratch? Not very often—I live in the desert.
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Haralson apples, johann.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haralson_(apple)

I have a tree in my backyard. It produces every other year. Some years it's so filled the branches are sagging and the following year it's very little fruit.
 
Thynight said:
Is there much of an upside to doing so?
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It's a lot cheaper. You can buy a pound of ground beef and make meatballs and spaghetti and feed 4 to 6 people for about $6.

I myself do not cook very often. Maybe once every two weeks of so I have a friend over and make a meal. I cook from recipes found online.
 
JohannBessler said:
MMm. fresh apples. (a moment of silence) What a difference they are from the plastic store-bought fruit.

I can get them every year at the farmer's market. They're so crispy they're loud, and the juice splatters all over you. And you poop your brains out later on. (Store-bought apples don't do that, for some reason.)

I made some mean apple butter this year in my crockpot. Everybody loved it; few had tasted it. Your Haralson apples would have worked very well.

You're still in Northern Minnesota? I'm envious. My OH have spoken of moving there. Duluth in particular. In the fall, there's no prettier place on earth...
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I made crockpot apple butter last winter and it didn't turn out very well. The recipe called for too much sugar and it was way too sweet. A neighbor made some using the same recipe and I told her to use about half the sugar in the recipe. Hers turned out great.

There's a farmer's market south of Minneapolis where some farm women sell apple butter and it's the best I've ever had. Wish I could duplicate it but haven't been able to.

Duluth is a spectacularly beautiful city. The North Shore drive in Autumn is one of the wonders of the world. Every Fall we used to drive from Duluth up #61 to Thunder Bay. It's otherworldly but that's a story for a different thread.
 
All the time. When I bake a cake, I start with flour, sugar and butter, etc. I don't use pre-mixes.
 
JohannBessler said:
Thynight, why don't you go for the gusto?

Try a Lane Cake. It's a whole lot of work.

Or maybe a grapefruit or lemon butter cream cake. :)
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I am hoping by the end of the year I will be able to buy myself a house. That would be when I could try this stuff out . Physically I am not suppose to stay in any position for longer than ten minutes at a time. Right now my counters would make me stay standing.

Also as of now I don’t have much money for recipes, nor do I have the pots, pans, etc. I would need to cook most of the things I want to try.

The biggest reason though is I have a gas stove. I cannot cook anything with it with it not burning or burning/undercooking what I am making. I have not been able to make decent food since I moved in to my current place. Six years today.



As for the cakes you brought up, they do look good. I think I would want to try a cheesecake first though.
 
Thynight said:
The biggest reason though is I have a gas stove. I cannot cook anything with it with it not burning or burning/undercooking what I am making. I have not been able to make decent food since I moved in to my current place. Six years today.
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Gas stoves are the only way to go. I can't stand electric.
 
rareboy said:
No msg.
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Untrue.

All foods that contain protein contain glutamic acid. All glutamic acid present in food is converted into MSG by the natural action of the digestive process.

(This is a pet peeve of mine -- people saying "No MSG" when they mean "no added MSG". Glutamate salts are present, naturally, in pretty much everything we eat)
 
At least 5 out of 7 days my meals are cooked from scratch.
 
JohannBessler said:
This gives us an idea of a new thread, though:

Poll: gas or electric?

PS, I wonder which stove predominates in Europe and in Asia?
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I have been meaning to ask that for over a year now. I am surprised people feel so strongly about their choice.

I am also curious about what is more common in Europe and Asia.


JohannBessler said:
I feel your pain, brother.

All my life I had wanted a gas stove. Everybody thought they were the bee's knees, and it sounded so cool.

So finally I got one, and I hate the mofo. Really hate it. Unreliable, they are, and hard as hell to clean, and they suck all 'round for baking, and so on.

I can't wait until I get an electric stove back again.
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Did you already have gas or did you have to convert over?

The only thing I like about having a gas stove is that I have it now. Now I know not to buy a house with gas anything. I can’t cook with the stoves at all and my heating bill is about 2 ½ times as much than if I just used small electric space heaters. I was told gas was cheaper than electric before I moved in here.


sinfulsimon said:
Gas stoves are the only way to go. I can't stand electric.
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loki81 said:
you guys are insane, gas stoves are better in pretty much every way, including being easier to clean !oops!

most importantly, though, it's still operational even if the power goes out.
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Everyone, besides my mother, I have talked to in person also prefers gas stoves. Maybe you guys just have more skill than us.

Personally I have not been able to make eggs or any thing well in years. I never had a problem controlling the heat with electric stoves. I miss decent homemade food.
 
Re: Gas or electric cooktop?

I have had electric...

I currently have gas cooker and fan forced electric oven.

What I REALLY would prefer is an induction cook top. The only down-side is that you can't really start a natural flambe with an electric cooker such as that. I guess a BBQ lighter would be fine.

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chrisw87 said:
Re: Gas or electric cooktop?

I have had electric...

I currently have gas cooker and fan forced electric oven.

What I REALLY would prefer is an induction cook top. The only down-side is that you can't really start a natural flambe with an electric cooker such as that. I guess a BBQ lighter would be fine.

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I had to look up induction cook tops. I would really like to try one.
 
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