Goomba wrote:
> Scooter wrote:
>> So I was thinking, what if I only bought basic single-ingredient food
>> and we made everything else ourselves from those single ingredients?

>>
> Are you prepared to make your own ketchup? I've only made it once and it
> was delicious, but a bit "thin". I make a lot from scratch and know I
> could make more if I had to but don't.
> I was talking to some folks I work with and they had *no* idea you could
> make pudding from scratch! Worse yet, they only bothered with *instant*
> <blech!> so we had a little "teaching moment" there as I explained how
> simple pudding is to make from scratch.


Good point, Goomba. There are things (like ketchup) that aren't worth
making from scratch. There are other things that are so much better
when homemade, it's worth the time and energy.

Another example: You can make spaghetti sauce from fresh tomatoes in
summer, but in winter the canned tomatoes taste better and are better value.

I wouldn't suggest "dumbing down" your diet to accommodate the scratch
concept completely. That would create a boring table.

gloria p