On Aug 4, 12:01*pm, Scooter > wrote:
> I have been thinking about trying an experiment. (Okay, not really
> thinking about it, more like daydreaming about it. Musing. I'm only
> about half serious at this point.) We eat fairly well as a family,
> relatively speaking—we cook a lot from scratch, we don't eat frozen
> convenience dinners or meal-in-a-box things, etc—but there are still a
> lot of processed/prepared items in my shopping cart every Saturday
> morning. We certainly could do better.
>
> So I was thinking, what if I only bought basic single-ingredient food
> and we made everything else ourselves from those single ingredients?
> If we want cookies, we make cookies—no more buying Oreos. Shredded
> Wheat is fine, but Honey Bunches of Oats is not. (That's okay; I make
> a damn fine granola.) Brownie mix? Nix. I buy chocolate, butter, eggs,
> sugar, flour, vanilla, and nuts instead. We don't buy anything
> prepared if it can reasonably be prepared in a home kitchen. Basics
> all the way.
>
> How would life change under this new approach? I think we would eat
> better. I think, but am not certain, that our grocery bills would be
> lower (or at least not higher). I think initially we would spend a
> whole lot more time cooking, but I think over time we would gravitate
> toward meals that were either simple and quick to prepare or were good
> enough to justify the extra effort.
>
> If you were to adopt this approach, how would your life change? Are
> there prepared items that you would particularly miss? Any deal-
> breakers for you? (I'm close to calling no more Diet Coke a deal-
> breaker, but that's me.) Would your life be better or worse?
>
> Scooter

You'll eat better, save a lot of money and KNOW pretty much what's
going in your bod.

I'd like to see the supermkts set up a Basic Ingredient aisle, so some
of us could get thru the store faster. My aisle would include
oils, flours, vinegar, maybe some raisins, oatmeal, coffee....

I don't buy 'prepared items' - I guess by that you mean salad
dressings, taco flavoring, Hamburger Helper type stuff. Yes, I do buy
mayo, but if I ever get that immersion blender -- Hellmanns, look out.

On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:12:26 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> wrote:

> Yes, I do buy
> mayo, but if I ever get that immersion blender -- Hellmanns, look out.

I love homemade, but even one egg makes too much to use before it
needs to be tossed.

--

Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.

sf wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:12:26 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> > wrote:
>
>> Yes, I do buy
>> mayo, but if I ever get that immersion blender -- Hellmanns, look out.
>
> I love homemade, but even one egg makes too much to use before it
> needs to be tossed.
>

That's my life. ;-) I occasionally run out of mayo but I can't say that
it happens often because I rarely use it. A small jar of that stuff
lasts so long in our house that I don't usually think to replace it.
Then I use up the last of a jar and don't have a replacement on hand. If
I make a batch I will end up throwing out 3/4 of it. As much as I like
the home made stuff, I just don't use much mayo.

On Aug 4, 12:26 pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> sf > wrote:
>
> > I love homemade, but even one egg makes too much to use before it
> > needs to be tossed.
>
> You've got to be kidding me...
>
> If your 'frige is as cold as it ought to be, even a pint of home made
> mayo will keep for a month.

Most published recipes for homemade mayo recommend storing for about a
week. I regularly throw the remainder out about then because I know
it cost me little and the next batch will take only moments to
make. -aem

On Aug 4, 2:26*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
>
> *sf > wrote:
> > On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:12:26 -0700 (PDT), Kalmia
> > > wrote:
>
> > > Yes, I do buy
> > > mayo, but if I ever get that immersion blender -- Hellmanns, look out..
>
> > I love homemade, but even one egg makes too much to use before it
> > needs to be tossed.
>
> You've got to be kidding me...
>
> If your 'frige is as cold as it ought to be, even a pint of home made
> mayo will keep for a month.
> --
> Peace! Om


I would never keep anything with raw egg in it longer than 3 days in
the fridge; it would make me terribly sick (know this from
experience). Maybe Egg Beaters is different, haven't ever tried that.

N.

Omelet wrote:

>>> Yes, I do buy
>>> mayo, but if I ever get that immersion blender -- Hellmanns, look out.
>> I love homemade, but even one egg makes too much to use before it
>> needs to be tossed.
>
> You've got to be kidding me...
>
> If your 'frige is as cold as it ought to be, even a pint of home made
> mayo will keep for a month.


I use a spoonful of mayo every month or two. If I used it more or knew
it would be used quickly, would just make it up. But I don't because it
always ends up getting thrown out.

On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:26:11 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

> If your 'frige is as cold as it ought to be, even a pint of home made
> mayo will keep for a month.

I only keep it a week before throwing out. Don't trust raw egg to
last a month uncooked.

--

Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.