Okay there is a deeper purpose to this for me than frugality, but let me break it down for all you nonbelievers: Most of you (my fellow Americans) don’t cook at all.
Those of you who would say that you do cook, probably only cook something once or twice a week, and your spaghetti sauce probably comes from a jar, and your soup probably comes from a box. Now listen up Jack: If you’re not going to make a meal entirely from scratch, you might as well have saved yourself the time and bought fast-food.
There I said it.
With the price of a bag of chicken-fingers, or a can of chili starter, or a bag of frozen French fries, it’s pointless, it isn’t worth the additional labor. Six dollars buys you two cans of Hungry Man soup. With that same six dollars you can buy a big ass value meal. I know what I would pick. But if you’re willing do go through the trouble… that same six dollars could buy all of the ingredients you need to make two gallons of real soup.
It isn’t like “heat and serve” food is any healthier than fast food either. Anything from a box, jar, can, or bag is loaded with enough nitrates and MSGs and chemicals and drugs to last for years on the shelf. When we die, it actually takes our bodies longer to decompose because of all the preservatives we ingest. Just go to your nearest burger bar an pig out, its all the same crap.
Now if you want to “win” at cooking and save yourself some money, and really know what’s in your food, you have to try to make your food with as many fresh ingredients as possible; Add one can of whole tomatoes? Maybe during a tomato famine! Throw in whole Roma tomatoes instead. Two pounds of boneless chicken breast? Are you fucking out of your mind? For that kind of money you can buy two or three whole chickens! De-bone it yourself wimp! And there is absolutely no excuse to not make biscuits or pancakes or batters from scratch. They’re all the same three or four dry ingredients with milk, water, or eggs. For fuck’s sake, just mix them together! And besides biscuits from a can suck!
- You too can learn to cook! All you have to do is really believe!
- The Old Fashioned Cocktail
- Leg of Lamb for the Charcoal Grill
- Cole Slaw That Doesn’t Suck for a Change
- Gothabilly Chili
- A few words of advise when it comes to eating spicy food…
After making your own food for a few months you’ll begin to taste things slightly differently. If you go to a restaurant after eating only home made from scratch food, you’ll actually be able to tell whether or not that $15 appitizer came from a freezer box, and walking by a McDonalds will make you sick. It’s true.
SARACANITE 