Vox Humana wrote:
"serene" wrote in message
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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 09:53:36 -0700, Eric Jorgensen
wrote:


Uh . . . you sound kinda like that 'magazine' that Kraft kept mailing
me for about a year there.

Oh, god, wasn't that the funniest thing ever? My mother-out-law (rest
her soul) used to receive it, and it had recipes like "Take a Nilla
wafer, top it with cool whip, and you have an elegant dessert!" Or
"Saute beef strips in Catalina dressing and add a can of pineapple for
a quick and easy sweet-and-sour!"


If you though the magazine was funny, try watching an episode of
"Semi-homemade Food" on the Food Network. One of the worst shows ever!
There is absolutely NOTHING homemade on the show so even the title is BS.
Everything is assembled from cans, jars, bottles, and boxes of prepared food
items and mixes. Oh, and to make it really special, elegant, distinctive,
gourmet, etc., you add some toothpicks, ribbon, paper umbrellas, plastic
doilies, sparklers, or the like. In each episode you are assured that your
family or guests won't guess that you made the tart tatin from flour
tortillas, canned apple pie filling, and caramel ice cream topping because
cream cheese and marshmallow fluff that you combine and pipe from a zip-lock
bag will convince them that the creation was made by a fine pastry chef and
shipped via Air France from Paris.

You have a good point, of course, but we all deal with manufactured
products at some level in our cooking. Their *finished product* is
indeed "home made", even if all the ingredients came from a factory. If
nothing else, it might get some people interested in actually cooking
something, rather than heating a frozen meal, or more likely, buying
fast food!

Do *you* grow, thresh, and grind your own wheat? Chase down the bees for
honey? Churn butter from your own cow's milk?

:{)

Dave