FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Things that are cheap to make from scratch

On 10 Sep 2005 04:53:06 -0700, wrote:

>I started making cornbread a while ago and found it's very cheap to
>make from scratch. You get a 4 lb bag of cornmeal for $4 and 4 pound
>bag of flour for $2 and some other stuff and you can make many big pans
>of cornbread.
>
>I just bought a can of Hershey cocoa powder for about $4.19, and OMG it
>goes a long way. You can make a cup of hot cocoa with only 2 or 3
>teaspoons of cocoa. That's a helluva lot cheaper than Swiss Miss, isn't
>it? I wish I had found this out a long time ago, cuz I would've had hot
>cocoa more often. I made a couple of batches of chocolate pudding and
>still have most of the cocoa left.
>
>Can you guys name other stuff?

Almost anything baked is better done at home... baking isn't the
arcane art that a lot of people seem to think it is - just follow the
recipe and put it in the oven and out comes a cake or cookies or a pie
or whatever...

I don't make my own bread - raw yeast irritates my skin, and it's a
LOT of time and hassle to do yourself because you've got to get
temperatures right and knead it etc... but if you've got a breadmaker
even that becomes quick and easy! (wish we had one...)

And whatever Sheldon says about 'from scratch' meaning 'first catch
your cow', I count cooking from scratch as going to the store and
buying raw materials and preparing them.

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