On Mar 14, 3:38*pm, Boron Elgar > wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:00:46 -0400, Dave Smith
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> >On 13/03/2011 4:05 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
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> >> As a *market researcher of 35 years' experience, I say hooey to the
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> >> The major flaw is that most folks were raised on mix cakes - doctored
> >> or otherwise - and that sort of taste and texture is what gets
> >> established as the gold standard in the mind of these beholders. Same
> >> reason that McD's usually wins in French fry contests.
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> >My mother usually made cakes from scratch, except for chocolate. *She
> >figured that she would have had to pay extra for chocolate to flavour
> >the cake, so chocolate cake mixes were a bargain.
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> I think cake mixes are a bargain, and so are those cans of frosting.
> And so is the dollar menu at McD's. *I am not being snobbish, just
> truthful. If those are things you like a lot, you can eat quite
> inexpensively.
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I tend to agree with you Boron. I have recipes that start with a
mix and I have recipes that start from scratch....all are valid and
all are yummy.

Some people don't have the time or expertise to bake from scratch.
There is room in the universe for all kinds of cakes and all kinds of
cooks.

We should not be so judgemental of others, we don't know their
circumstances or level of expertise.