"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 7/23/2017 2:23 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> I guess I'm fortunate that my mother never baked anything from a box
>> mix. She typically baked more than once a week, usually pies, cakes,
>> and cookies.
>>
>
> My mother never baked anything from a box either. She didn't bake
> anything from scratch either.
>
> Fortunately, there were a couple of excellent bakeries in walking
> distance.
>
> I just wish I had watched my grandmother make babka and the crumb topping
> on it. Never had one as good in many tries.

My mom baked cookies all the time when I was little. She turned that duty
over to me when I was about 8. But she and my dad were perpetual dieters so
we didn't have the home baked ones all the time. The store bought ones
lasted much longer because we didn't like them very much so weren't tempted
to eat them. She also made biscuits, quick breads, prune cakes and fruit
crisps.

But mostly she loved things in packets. I could never figure that one out.
Dehydrated soup mixes, pasta sauces, taco seasoning, etc. None of these
things are hard to make from scratch. And scratch is so much better!