keltin
Washing Up
I was thinking about the issues with using canned and boxed items. I’ve seen some posts making fun of Hamburger Helper, and denouncing all canned soups, etc. It got me thinking, just how “from scratch” is everyone? How far do you take it? I mean, it can go a long way, but few really think of it.
Do you always avoid boxed or packaged side dishes like noodles or Mac-N-Cheese? Do you not use dried herbs at all? No (commercially) canned beans or veggies? Do you make your own butter and bread? Do you fashion your own utensil from wood or clay?
So, on a scale of 0% to 100%, how much of your cooking (and life really) is “from scratch”.
On this scale, I’d say I’m a “Daring Dabbler”.
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0% - Astute Abhorrer
Cooking? What’s Cooking?
10% - Junkfood Junkie
Can operate a Microwave fairly well, and takeout is a regular staple.
20% - Curious Cook
Can work the stovetop and oven, use a lot of prefab (canned and boxed) items.
30% - Daring Dabbler
Getting the hang of this, use a moderate amount of prefab food stuff.
40% - Credible Creator
You know you’re way around the kitchen, and use very few prefab items.
50% - Conciliating Culinist
Fairly impressive skills, and only use prefab items in a pinch.
60% - Certified Chef
Got it down to a science, you’re a regular at the farmers market, and you know your butcher’s life story.
70% - Fanatic Foodie
Master of the trade, farmer’s know you by name, you raise your own produce and herbs, and you are an accomplished fisherman.
80% - Ingenious Inventor
Ted Nugent admires you! You have a working farm where you raise your own veggies and meat. Fishing, hunting, and farming are a way of life.
90% - Strict Stickler
If you don’t grow it or butcher it, you don’t eat it. In fact you even make your own soap and dabble at blacksmithing.
100% - Amish Acolyte
You’re so old school you don’t even use electricity (or gas) to cook!
Do you always avoid boxed or packaged side dishes like noodles or Mac-N-Cheese? Do you not use dried herbs at all? No (commercially) canned beans or veggies? Do you make your own butter and bread? Do you fashion your own utensil from wood or clay?
So, on a scale of 0% to 100%, how much of your cooking (and life really) is “from scratch”.
On this scale, I’d say I’m a “Daring Dabbler”.
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0% - Astute Abhorrer
Cooking? What’s Cooking?
10% - Junkfood Junkie
Can operate a Microwave fairly well, and takeout is a regular staple.
20% - Curious Cook
Can work the stovetop and oven, use a lot of prefab (canned and boxed) items.
30% - Daring Dabbler
Getting the hang of this, use a moderate amount of prefab food stuff.
40% - Credible Creator
You know you’re way around the kitchen, and use very few prefab items.
50% - Conciliating Culinist
Fairly impressive skills, and only use prefab items in a pinch.
60% - Certified Chef
Got it down to a science, you’re a regular at the farmers market, and you know your butcher’s life story.
70% - Fanatic Foodie
Master of the trade, farmer’s know you by name, you raise your own produce and herbs, and you are an accomplished fisherman.
80% - Ingenious Inventor
Ted Nugent admires you! You have a working farm where you raise your own veggies and meat. Fishing, hunting, and farming are a way of life.
90% - Strict Stickler
If you don’t grow it or butcher it, you don’t eat it. In fact you even make your own soap and dabble at blacksmithing.
100% - Amish Acolyte
You’re so old school you don’t even use electricity (or gas) to cook!