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"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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>
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >,
> > wrote:
> >
> > > >In article >, Vox Humana
> > > > writes
> > > >>
> > > >>> This recipe is fantastic. What do you think about it?
> > > >>
> > > >>I guess I just don't understand why people buy mixes. How hard or

> time
> > > >>consuming is it to measure some flour, sugar, salt, and baking

powder?
> > > >>That's about all you get with a cake mix, aside from preservatives,
> > > >>emulsifiers, artificial flavoring, and other additives.
> > >
> > >
> > > I guess I really don't understand why people buy flour.
> > > You really should plant wheat, harvest and mill.
> > >
> > > And SUGAR.... who buys processed sugar ?
> > >
> > > Don't even get me started on commercial salt....
> > >
> > >
> > > <rj>

> >
> > I salute you for a fine response, RJ. Drinks are on me That recipe is
> > nothing that would prompt me to make it, but the poor OP sure got
> > lambasted for what I'm guessing she thought was a swell idea. What a
> > way to encourage a person. Keerist!
> > --

>
> Unfortunately the response didn't address the issue. The person who bakes
> from a mix is quite likely to already have the ingredients that are in the
> box. He/she already has the technology (measuring devices, bowls, oven,
> utensils, etc.) because you still have to prepare the mix and add other
> ingredients such as butter, oil, eggs, milk, and water. The baked goods
> need to prepared on baking sheets or in pans and baked. RJ's logic fails
> because the person who produces their own ingredients would need resources
> such as land, the opportunity to produces the ingredients ( sugar doesn't
> grow well in Calgary), additional technology (i.e., farm equipment), and
> would have to acquire vastly different skills and knowledge. In other
> words, baking from a mix and baking from scratch require almost identical
> skills and technology. Oh the other hand, baking, farming, mining,

milling,
> distilling, etc., require vastly different skills and technology than

baking
> regardless of whether one is baking from scratch or from a mix. The

person
> who produces their own ingredients would also have to be physically

capable
> of farming and mining. Furthermore, it is quite unlikely that a person
> would have both a salt mine and farmable land.
>
>


Must be that time of the month, huh?