On Jun 13, 9:32*am, "James Silverton" >
wrote:
> *cshenk *wrote *on Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:15:08 -0400:
>
> >> Factory-made food is almost always vile... you're really
> >> better off ignoring it, no matter how cheap it is. I've been tempted
> >> by pre-made pulled pork and ribs but I'm glad I never
> >> actually bought them - somebody brought a tub along to our
> >> potluck and all it tasted like was salt!
> > I've had a few things that I've liked but generally avoid
> > 'pre-made'. *The exceptions would be some of the Harris Teeter
> > dips (I like the smoked salmon and crab ones).
> > They aren't anything I 'cant make myself' but they make them
> > how I like them and the price isnt too far off the basic
> > ingredients.
>
> You don't buy prepared food to save money but I wonder if things like
> smoked salmon and smoked ham count as prepared foods?

No.

> In a prepared dip, they would be of course.

In a "prepared dip" from a supermarket, I'd say they were rendered
inedible.
>
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>
> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland

--Bryan