In article >, Dave Smith
> wrote:


> Others will make the sauce from scratch.....note that jarred or canned
> tomatoes are preserved foods which IMO count as home cooking. I also
> consider dried pasta as a valid component to home cooking.
>
> At any rate.... there is a line in there somewhere.

I bought dried lima beans, a ham shank, carrots and cabbage and made
this tonight.
<http://tinypic.com/r/29y1mzb/8>
My wife liked it OK but said she preferred pinto beans and minus
carrots and cabbage. Yes, the carrots were done and the cabbage was
added five minutes before the photograph. I like my cabbage rare to
start. The lima beans were perfect.
I "think" that's home cooking.
Someday, I'll post the ham and beans that she really likes with the ham
shank and canned pintos. Pfffft. It'll be an ugly photo representing
pretty tasty food.

leo