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Post by swamp on Sept 5, 2014 10:44:43 GMT -5
Saturday at 5. bring salad.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 5, 2014 11:58:14 GMT -5
Saturday at 5. bring salad. What should I bring? And on the making stock from store bought rotisserie chicken........ the flavor from the seasonings on the chicken was too strong and I did leave the skin out. Don't recall what flavoring it was, but I didn't like it.
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Post by swamp on Sept 5, 2014 12:01:12 GMT -5
Saturday at 5. bring salad. What should I bring? And on the making stock from store bought rotisserie chicken........ the flavor from the seasonings on the chicken was too strong and I did leave the skin out. Don't recall what flavoring it was, but I didn't like it. chocolate cheesecake
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 5, 2014 13:08:49 GMT -5
What should I bring? And on the making stock from store bought rotisserie chicken........ the flavor from the seasonings on the chicken was too strong and I did leave the skin out. Don't recall what flavoring it was, but I didn't like it. chocolate cheesecake Do I have to share it?
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Sept 5, 2014 13:31:15 GMT -5
Do I have to share it? well, i am sharing my salad!!! it is only fair if you share that cheesecake!
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Sept 5, 2014 13:31:40 GMT -5
Saturday at 5. bring salad. What should I bring? And on the making stock from store bought rotisserie chicken........ the flavor from the seasonings on the chicken was too strong and I did leave the skin out. Don't recall what flavoring it was, but I didn't like it. This is what I thought might happen if I made stock from store rotisserie chicken.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 5, 2014 13:32:59 GMT -5
Do I have to share it? well, i am sharing my salad!!! it is only fair if you share that cheesecake! It hardly seems like an even trade.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 5, 2014 13:34:13 GMT -5
What should I bring? And on the making stock from store bought rotisserie chicken........ the flavor from the seasonings on the chicken was too strong and I did leave the skin out. Don't recall what flavoring it was, but I didn't like it. This is what I thought might happen if I made stock from store rotisserie chicken. Yeah, it's a good flavor cooked into the meat of the chicken, not so awesome in just the broth, much too strong.
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Post by Shooby on Sept 5, 2014 13:46:27 GMT -5
Economies of scale certainly make it cheaper for large company to mass produce certain food items versus making the same thing at home. Omg! I have never seen u make such a serious comment before. You feeling ok? Lol
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Sept 5, 2014 13:57:18 GMT -5
I think there is a tendency to overestimate the savings of cooking from scratch versus buying premade items. What are you thoughts on this? Obviously, there are things you prefer homemade for in terms of taste and quality. But, are there items you have found make more sense to buy versus making at home or vice versa? Some of the other posters have already stated this but: Cheaper (and usually better to buy then make) 1. Spaghetti Sauce 2. Pasta3. Bread - although this one is close. We don't like cheap bread and I buy loaves that are $3-4 each. French baguettes being the exception cause I can usually get those for a buck. 4. Sushi - yep - we do take home sushi about once a month. Better to make then buy (taste and cost) 1. Roasted Chicken2. Any kind of soup (they get $3.99 for a 12oz serving downtown!!!) 3. Breakfast (cooking at home as opposed to dining out) so when we go out, it's absolutely about being waited upon. 4. Any kind of steak dinner - I can't remember the last time I've ordered steak while out. My local ethnic store charges $12 for a quarter pan of lasagna. That would be maybe three servings. I can make a whole pan for way less than that but there is the time factor as well (although mine tastes better!). I will disagree on pasta and roasted chicken My husband makes pasta from scratch. I buy a bag of semolina flour for 2.99 which lasts about 3 "makings" He adds water and eggs and salt and that's it. Each "making" lasts us about two meals. So, 2.99 in pasta and let's say another $1 in eggs lasts for 6 meals. I think that's pretty cheap. And tastes soooooo good I can get a roasted chicken for 4.99 completely made. Even if I found a row chicken for that price, by the time I add spices and oil and count in electricity - it would be more expensive.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Sept 5, 2014 13:59:45 GMT -5
Homemade macaroni and cheese is hella expensive when you're using the really good cheeses. My kids don't know anything except the cheap, homemade Mac and Cheese. $.99 box of elbow wheat pasta and whatever shredded cheese was on sale. Although, when my husband makes it for them, he does uses better cheese. So far they haven't noticed the difference.
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Post by Shooby on Sept 5, 2014 14:05:40 GMT -5
Yes cooking a steak at home seems much more economical. I have bought rotisserie chickens at the store but our stores grossly over cook them. I hate to cook fish. I never cook it at home. So I do enjoy that out. Pasta sauce. I like Prego. Fine with me. I can doctor it up with some veggies , garlic etc.
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Post by The Captain on Sept 5, 2014 14:11:55 GMT -5
Some of the other posters have already stated this but: Cheaper (and usually better to buy then make) 1. Spaghetti Sauce 2. Pasta3. Bread - although this one is close. We don't like cheap bread and I buy loaves that are $3-4 each. French baguettes being the exception cause I can usually get those for a buck. 4. Sushi - yep - we do take home sushi about once a month. Better to make then buy (taste and cost) 1. Roasted Chicken2. Any kind of soup (they get $3.99 for a 12oz serving downtown!!!) 3. Breakfast (cooking at home as opposed to dining out) so when we go out, it's absolutely about being waited upon. 4. Any kind of steak dinner - I can't remember the last time I've ordered steak while out. My local ethnic store charges $12 for a quarter pan of lasagna. That would be maybe three servings. I can make a whole pan for way less than that but there is the time factor as well (although mine tastes better!). I will disagree on pasta and roasted chicken My husband makes pasta from scratch. I buy a bag of semolina flour for 2.99 which lasts about 3 "makings" He adds water and eggs and salt and that's it. Each "making" lasts us about two meals. So, 2.99 in pasta and let's say another $1 in eggs lasts for 6 meals. I think that's pretty cheap. And tastes soooooo good I can get a roasted chicken for 4.99 completely made. Even if I found a row chicken for that price, by the time I add spices and oil and count in electricity - it would be more expensive. If you ever tire of you husband, please send him my way (on the pasta that is). In my area a roasted chicken is about 2.5# on average for about $5.99. I can get whole roasters (on sale) for .99c-1.29#. Plus, I like how I season my chicken better . Great, now I want roasted chicken for dinner.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 5, 2014 14:13:10 GMT -5
Homemade macaroni and cheese is hella expensive when you're using the really good cheeses. My kids don't know anything except the cheap, homemade Mac and Cheese. $.99 box of elbow wheat pasta and whatever shredded cheese was on sale. Although, when my husband makes it for them, he does uses better cheese. So far they haven't noticed the difference. My 2 younger kids prefer the box mac & cheese. Where did I go wrong?!
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Sept 5, 2014 14:15:44 GMT -5
Homemade macaroni and cheese is hella expensive when you're using the really good cheeses. But for homemade mac and cheese, there is no end to what I can get DH to do for me. I don't think of cost as calculated by just money, though. I think in terms of control over fat, calories, additives, etc. It's the whole package when I look at cost. Some things I'd never make would include phyllo pastry. You have to be a pro or a complete nutcase to make it yourself; I've watched it being made, and I bow down to those experts. Some things I'd like to make at home include bacon, ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese - I have recipes for all of them, and they don't look that difficult. I make bread, but it's problematic, because once it comes out of the oven, I want to pair it with a stick of butter and eat it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2014 14:23:35 GMT -5
it all depends....I have absolutely no desire to make my own pasta sauce - we don't eat it that often and jarred Ragu (well Wegman's brand) tastes just fine. My kids would probably never eat homemade pasta. Don't do rotisserie chicken - I only eat chicken breasts so the rest would be a waste (plus I would want to eat the skin). Chicken broth I buy (either in a carton or I make it with the little cubes) - I don't really use it that often so it's really not important to me. my kids also prefer mac and cheese from a box.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 5, 2014 14:49:35 GMT -5
Now Swamp has me wanting to buy beer cheddar at the Farmer's Market this weekend. It makes fantastic Mac & Cheese.
I used to eat Kraft Mac & cheese but after figuring out how to make my own from scratch I've been spoiled. Kraft tastes like chemicals to me now.
I Mac & Cheese.
I used to have an entire cookbook that was all about mac & cheese but I think I accidently donated it (boo!). Anne Burell's cookbook has a recipe in it that I now use for my base, I've never had my sauce break using her method.
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Post by jeep108 on Sept 5, 2014 14:55:54 GMT -5
Now I'm craving Gouda mac and cheese with some bacon. Yum.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Sept 5, 2014 15:57:36 GMT -5
I make bread, but it's problematic, because once it comes out of the oven, I want to pair it with a stick of butter and eat it.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Sept 5, 2014 15:58:30 GMT -5
My kids don't know anything except the cheap, homemade Mac and Cheese. $.99 box of elbow wheat pasta and whatever shredded cheese was on sale. Although, when my husband makes it for them, he does uses better cheese. So far they haven't noticed the difference. My 2 younger kids prefer the box mac & cheese. Where did I go wrong?! blue box mac and cheese tastes like college.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 5, 2014 16:05:03 GMT -5
My 2 younger kids prefer the box mac & cheese. Where did I go wrong?! blue box mac and cheese tastes like college. Even cheaper, it's the Walmart blue box. Thick & creamy. I tried the Kraft one a while back, they hated it. It had a weird sweet flavor to it. To me, it tastes like easy.
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Post by ❤ mollymouser ❤ on Sept 5, 2014 21:13:04 GMT -5
I think that it depends, in part, on what sort of food one is talking about.
It's cheaper for me to buy whole heads of broccoli than to purchase already cut up broccoli in a bag. (And I have no idea about the cost of frozen broccoli ... I've never purchased it.) But the convenience of cut up broccoli florets is nice, and the stores I shop at usually have good prices and sales on it.
It's cheaper for many people to buy whole chunks of cheese than to purchase shredded cheese ... but the convenience and labor factor is still there.
For convenience sake, I purchase chicken patties from Trader Joes.... they come in a 2-pack, are already cooked, and freeze well. I really don't have the current need for a whole chicken ... and have no desire to starting baking or roasting my own when it's 100+ degrees outside and our electricity is 34 cents a KwH. And I don't own a barbecue.
When I made a home-buying decision, I didn't ask myself "what's the cheapest home I can find?" When I make clothes-buying decisions, I don't ask myself "what the cheapest clothes I can find?" When I make food-buying decisions, I don't ask myself "what is the cheapest food I can find?"
I will say that making my own breakfast, lunch and dinner is almost always a better value/price tag than eating out. I certainly have more control over calories, carbs, fats, ingredients, and portion sizes. That being said, it's still nice to eat out from time to time.
The key, for me, (like the name of this forum) is SMART Spending. What's the best value or deal that I can get that reflects my choices, my lifestyle, and my budget. For me, it means watching what's on sale in the produce aisle and taking advantage of things that are in season, that are loss-leaders, that I may have a coupon for, etc. But that doesn't keep me from buying cucumbers even when they are more expensive. At some point, if I want a cucumber, I want a cucumber.
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Post by Shooby on Sept 5, 2014 21:20:11 GMT -5
Yep. When you want a cucumber a girl's gotta have it! Lol
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Sept 5, 2014 21:31:38 GMT -5
Homemade macaroni and cheese is hella expensive when you're using the really good cheeses. But oh so good.................. Beats the hell out of Velveeta Velveeta jarred mystery product (and plastic "cheese" slices) don't count as real food.
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Post by Opti on Sept 5, 2014 22:29:34 GMT -5
I think it depends on what you're making from scratch if it is really cheaper. You might like the cookbook "Make the Bread, Buy the Butter". It's part cookbook, part autobiography. The author goes on a quest to make EVERYTHING she uses from scratch and at the end of every recipe she gives you a break down of costs and effort vs just buying it from the store.
It's a good read even if you never actually cook anything from it.
For me I find it makes more sense to buy pasta sauce. I can get sugar free Hunt's for as little as 0.39 a can and then doctor it as I please when I go to use it. I like making my own sauce from time to time, but when I just want to get a dang meal on the table Hunt's is my go too.
Same for cornbread. It's really not that hard to make it from scratch but I can get a box of Jiffy for 0.40 a box or less. Everything is premeasured and I just add eggs/milk. I make a much bigger mess when I do cornbread from scratch. Plus DH grew up with Jiffy, I get way more compliments when I use the boxed mix than when I make it from scratch. Thank-you for mentioning the book. Hopefully I'll get a copy to read out of my library system in the near future.
There are some things I tend to make from scratch because that's how I was taught and I think its pretty easy. Cornbread, cakes, pancakes, and cookies are part of that list. I generally don't like most baking mixes as they use hydrogenated oil to make it shelf stable for years. In fact you can often use a old Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines cake mix a year after expiration date without much change in taste.
I like home-made bread, but its a production and one can get decent bread in the stores without icky preservatives, etc. if you are willing to pay $4 and up regular price. Some day when I get a decent sized kitchen with significant counter space again I'll make Delicious Oatmeal bread and brownies with 8 eggs and 5 squares of chocolate. Until then I just occasionally do simple cookies, because to me its easier usually than cake mix. Although I did once use a cake mix from a food pantry for Snicker-doodle cookies because the recipe was on the box. Pretty tasty.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Sept 6, 2014 1:06:26 GMT -5
So you wouldn't eat rotisserie chicken, but if you did, would you then feel comfortable making stock from the carcass? You can make stock from a store bought rotisserie chicken. I did not say you couldn't. From my limited experience with rotisserie chickens bought at the grocery store, the TWO that my husband has bought for himself in the 6+ years we've been together, i would not make stock from them. my guess is that people who are buying all of their rotisserie chickens at the grocery store, probably aren't making their own stock- but hey, i could be wrong. I regularly make stock from the $5 rotisserie chickens I buy from Costco. I wind up with about a quart of VERY good stock that makes awesome chicken soup. In fact, I've got a quart in the fridge now. Tomatillos were in my CSA box, so I made green chicken enchiladas. I still have chicken left, so will probably do a pot pie with the stock and the rest of the chicken.
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Sept 6, 2014 8:24:34 GMT -5
You can make stock from a store bought rotisserie chicken. I did not say you couldn't. From my limited experience with rotisserie chickens bought at the grocery store, the TWO that my husband has bought for himself in the 6+ years we've been together, i would not make stock from them. my guess is that people who are buying all of their rotisserie chickens at the grocery store, probably aren't making their own stock- but hey, i could be wrong. I regularly make stock from the $5 rotisserie chickens I buy from Costco. I wind up with about a quart of VERY good stock that makes awesome chicken soup. In fact, I've got a quart in the fridge now. Tomatillos were in my CSA box, so I made green chicken enchiladas. I still have chicken left, so will probably do a pot pie with the stock and the rest of the chicken. Haven't ever had rotisserie chickens from Costco... Didn't even know they had them! Thanks for the info. If DH picks one up, I'll know I can give the stock a try. Sent from my Nexus 4 using proboards
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Post by Shooby on Sept 6, 2014 13:24:46 GMT -5
I made crème wafers today, from scratch. I also made potato soup.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Sept 6, 2014 19:26:53 GMT -5
nothing more refreshing on a 90 degree, humid day than a hot bowl of thick potato soup.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Sept 6, 2014 19:28:49 GMT -5
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