Cheri wrote:
> "Janet" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> "MOST" bakers may be the key point. MOST people are lousy cooks in
>> general. That doesn't mean that a good cook cannot prepare a dish
>> that outshines something produced in a mediocre restaurant or a
>> boxed mix. If people bake cakes from scratch using lousy technique,
>> ingredients, recipes, and equipment, then indeed a box might be
>> better, because it has been contstructed to be more or less
>> idiot-proof.
>
> I've found MOST people to be good cooks in general, but I'm older so
> probably a lot more from scratch cooks around me.

Most people here do not cook! Or not what I would call cooking. Yes, they
can buy some kind of Hormel precooked meat in sauce or gravy and then cook
some pasta or potatoes or rice to go with it. And that's as close to
cooking as they'll ever get.