On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 8:49:20 PM UTC-5, Lenona wrote:
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> On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 3:28:44 PM UTC-4, itsjoannotjoann wrote:
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> > Why you always imagine these predicaments or get yourself into them is a mystery
> > to me. Have you considered taking a 7th grade home economics class?
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> Why you think it's polite to be patronizing is a mystery to ME.
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Because you're always asking for help with the simplest of recipes.
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> I never considered making a BCP in any non-traditional way until I suddenly realized I had all the main "ingredients" in the kitchen. I doubt that either the gold cake or the frosting won't "work." So that just leaves the pudding. Besides, many years ago, when I got a copy of White Trash Cooking (which relies on processed foods pretty often), while it's true that some recipes looked gross, most of them actually work quite well, which is likely why there was a second cookbook! So I figured this could work, too. What's wrong with experimenting?
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There's nothing wrong with experimenting. But you don't have the ingredients for a
Boston cream pie. You were hoping you could magically turn a cake mix, boxed
pudding, and a can of discount frosting into it. What you have is the ingredients
for a boxed cake mix. Period.

> And, a quarter-century ago, I wrote a long list of sales prices for ingredients at my local supermarket (with guidance from The Complete Tightwad Gazette) but I haven't looked at the list in years. Why? Because I have it pretty much memorized, despite the rises in prices. If I took out what I spend on junk food (anything sugary, that is, including most cereals and tomato soup), my monthly food budget would be well below $100. Only diehard vegans in my neighborhood MIGHT spend less than I do, since they don't always look at prices.
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What in sam hill your 25-year-old list has to do with your hoped for concoction is
a mystery that only you are interested in.
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> Bottom line: Most of the time, I really don't need help making good use of anything I have. But we all need tips occasionally, thank you.
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Bottom line: You're always asking for help with something to you are trying to create
with the wrong ingredients.