Airehead Posted June 9, 2019 Share #1 Posted June 9, 2019 My sister in law spent lots of time making spaghetti noodles. They were excellent. The fresh ones at Wegmans are also excellent. I am not sure it is worth the time to make plain noodles from scratch. Why do you think? What else is better to buy? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted June 9, 2019 Share #2 Posted June 9, 2019 Hand-made pasta is a sign she loves you. Making food is more better than buying food 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted June 9, 2019 Share #3 Posted June 9, 2019 Yogurt, sauerkraut, tofu.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted June 9, 2019 Share #4 Posted June 9, 2019 Candy corn? Just guessing that it is probably a lot of trouble to make candy corn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #5 Posted June 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, Old#7 said: Hand-made pasta is a sign she loves you. Making food is more better than buying food This. When I took cooking classes in Italy, one of the chefs would say "Pasta is made by the hands, but from the heart". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted June 10, 2019 Share #6 Posted June 10, 2019 phyllo dough. Croissant Cheese puff pastry lemon curd elderflower syrup or cordial yogurt (I am too lazy for this) pasta noodles (again, too lazy) Dried fruit eggs from backyard hens (too much work and mice are a pain in the ass. Population explodes with owning hens.) There is probably more. I am growing more lazy by the day. either lazy or too busy using energy for other purposes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted June 10, 2019 Share #7 Posted June 10, 2019 Everything? 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #8 Posted June 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, Kirby said: Everything? Bad Kirby! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #9 Posted June 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, Dirtyhip said: phyllo dough. Buy Croissant. Make! Cheese. Buy puff pastry. Make lemon curd. MAKE!!!! elderflower syrup or cordial. I am not a hippie yogurt (I am too lazy for this). Really not a hippie pasta noodles (again, too lazy). MAKE on special occaisions Dried fruit. Mmm, No. eggs from backyard hens (too much work and mice are a pain in the ass. Population explodes with owning hens.). Pure Hippiism. There is probably more. I am growing more lazy by the day. either lazy or too busy using energy for other purposes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #10 Posted June 10, 2019 Eclairs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted June 10, 2019 Share #11 Posted June 10, 2019 pasta...Italian, Asian...handmade by someone else phyllo dough puff pastry certain dim sum. Not all and depends where one goes for quality dim sum. BBQ Beijing duck Turkish burek German pretzels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted June 10, 2019 Share #12 Posted June 10, 2019 A good burger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #13 Posted June 10, 2019 Twinkies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #14 Posted June 10, 2019 BBQ brisket sushi oysters she crab soup ice cream 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 10, 2019 Share #15 Posted June 10, 2019 Mac and cheese is always better from a blue box. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted June 10, 2019 Share #16 Posted June 10, 2019 Pizza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted June 10, 2019 Share #17 Posted June 10, 2019 chocolates --meaning the elegant stuff wine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted June 10, 2019 Share #18 Posted June 10, 2019 32 minutes ago, BuffJim said: Mac and cheese is always better from a blue box. I make a pretty mean Mac & cheese but sometimes you just gotta break open the blue box! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirtyhip Posted June 10, 2019 Share #19 Posted June 10, 2019 @Kirby is smart. I am not so smart. I am exhausted after a very busy day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted June 10, 2019 Share #20 Posted June 10, 2019 I've had fresh pasta in Italy, among other places. Tell ya the truth, I prefer dried. It's chewier. Some dried pasta is better than others, but I'm not fussed. I've bought brass cut from Italy, and the house brand stuff. While I prefer the Italian, I usually get that big American brand. Although these days, it's mostly Pasta Plus to cut down a bit on the carbs. I bloviate, sorry. I prefer to let a pro do it, when I can. I'm never going to make real French Onion soup from scratch. I came close once. I worked on it for 2 days. The guests show up, and while I am dealing with them, the wife cranks the heat, simultaneously boiling and ruining the soup. Honestly, your Honor, it was completely justified. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #21 Posted June 10, 2019 Apples, oranges, carrots, celery,... I can grow good tasty organic lettuce in the spring but that is aboot it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #22 Posted June 10, 2019 Several years back I bought a pasta making machine. Soon after, I was told to limit my pasta intake due to type II diabetes and never used the machine. Making my own noodles - from selecting the proper flour to mixing and then either extruding or flattening and cutting is a lot of work! So, when on the rate occasions I eat it, the 1 lb packages of rotini or thin spaghetti are fine with me at an al-dente texture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #23 Posted June 10, 2019 Besides snacks that would take a lot of time and energy to try to reproduce like Wise BBQ and Wegman's Sour Cream and Onion Potato Chips and Rold Gold Chedder flavored Pretzels as well as various sweet stuff, one dinner food comes immediately to mind as better than homemade and better than the store brands: Bush's Baked Beans My brother-in-law comes from Northern Maine where they grow a bean called marifax, the size of the navy beans typically used in commercial baked beans. When I went to Maine with my brother-in-law to meet his relatives, we worked his cousin's lobster boat for a day and were paid in lobsters and marifax beans. We ate the lobsters in Maine but I returned to Maryland with several pounds of marifax beans and a few different recipes for baking them kindly provided by various relatives of my b-i-l. I tried those recipes, I tried other recipes, and I tried them with a few other beans including navy beans. Some required using stuff I never used before, including fatback, a hard fat from pigs They tasted good, but I didn't come close to the taste of Bush's Baked Beans. So the next time my b-i-l was going to Maine and asked if I wanted more marifax beans, I passed. He brought them anyway. I think they're still stored somewhere in my kitchen. Maybe they're good for chili. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted June 10, 2019 Share #24 Posted June 10, 2019 Bushs beans are horribly sweet. Most of the desserts I had as a kid were not that sweet. Couple tricks, smoked ham hocks are killer. Add most flavoring an hour before serving. You want them cooked, but not cooked out. Mix things up, start with leaving out the mustard. https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/bean_soup.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 10, 2019 Share #25 Posted June 10, 2019 Bacon Good quality sausage. I have made my own, but way easier to go to the local artisan butcher and have him make them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted June 10, 2019 Share #26 Posted June 10, 2019 Anything deep-fried. Homemade results can be good, but they can also be charred and they can also be really greasy. Very tricky for someone who doesn't do it often. And it makes a hell of a mess in the kitchen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #27 Posted June 10, 2019 14 hours ago, maddmaxx said: Eclairs but make your own cream puffs-- easy and delicious 13 hours ago, Allen said: BBQ brisket sushi oysters she crab soup ice cream oysters? I am not sure I understand 12 hours ago, BuffJim said: Pizza this will make RG groan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted June 10, 2019 Share #28 Posted June 10, 2019 11 hours ago, Dirtyhip said: @Kirby is smart. I am not so smart. I am exhausted after a very busy day. You may be exhausted, but you definitely have better food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted June 10, 2019 Share #29 Posted June 10, 2019 7 minutes ago, Airehead said: oysters? I am not sure I understand Hard to shuck. I think, but then I only like them raw. They are crazy expensive now. Same oysters I used to get for $12 are $28 now. No more seconds on a dozen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen ★ Posted June 10, 2019 Share #30 Posted June 10, 2019 47 minutes ago, Airehead said: oysters? I am not sure I understand I’ve cut the hell outta myself shucking them. Better someone else does that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share #31 Posted June 10, 2019 ahh, i think being from the shore I have a gene that allows me to shuck oysters more easily than others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted June 10, 2019 Share #32 Posted June 10, 2019 Beer. I used to make my own, in styles that weren't readily available for purchase. Now the craft beer market has exploded, and I don't have time to make it anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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