WELL I GUESS I CHEAT, BUT THEN I AM A PRODUCT OF MY BEING A CAPTIVE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE, & MOM & EVERYTHING ELSE.....
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BUT I LOVE COOKING FROM SCRATCH, AND AM NOT WHAT YOU'D CALL A BAD COOK EITHER, AS A MATTER OF FACT SOME FOLKS THINK I AM A GOURMET COOK, BUT AS FOR ME I THINK I'M JUST A GOOD COOK AND LOVE TO COOK, BAKE AND GRILL (YOU NAME IT)..............
BUT AS FOR THE PRE-PKG'D STUFF I WILL USE; (IT IS WITHOUT A DOUBT VERY LITTLE) BUT I WILL USE FROZEN VEGGIES, AND RICE-A-RONI FROM TIME TO TIME, AND ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONDIMENTS. AND STORE BOUGHT BUTTER, ETC.
MAMAM I APPLAUDE AND REALLY ENVY YOU, I LOVE HOMEMADE EVERYTHING AND WISH I HAD TIME TO HOME MAKE EVERYTHING LIKE YOU, BUT IT IS VERY HARD TO DO. I USED TO HAVE TIME TO DO ALL THAT AS A YOUNG STAY-AT-HOME MOM, RIGHT DOWN TO MILKING THE COW, MAKING HOME CHURNED BUTTER, KILLING OUR OWN CHICKENS FOR THE DEEP FREEZE, AND HAVING LAYING HENS, AND HOME CANNED OR FROZEN VEGGIES. AND GOSH WAS IT ALL WONDERFUL, BUT HARD WORK AND TIME INTENSIVE! I CANNED TOMATOES ONE SUMMER RIGHT UP TO THE DAY I WENT IN TO DELIVER MY 1ST BORN!!! HOT WORK IN JULY AND NO A/C BACK THEN. I AM INDEED SPOILED NOW AND LOVING IT
BUT THE REWARDS WERE DEFINITELY GREAT! I LIKE WHERE I AM AT IN LIFE RIGHT NOW! AND LOVE THE FREEDOM TO GARDEN NOW THAT I HAVE A YARD, AND HAVE LAYING HENS (WELL NOT YET BUT THEY'RE GROWING LIKE WEEDS) AND HOMEGROWN HERBS!!! WOW THIS IS WONDERFUL AND I LOVE IT!
I WOULD VOTE TO RETURN TO HOMEMADE EVERYTHING AND RETURN TO THAT IF IT WERE OFFERED TO ME TODAY, BUT AS IT IS I AM CONTENT TO JUST GO WITH THE FLOW......USE PREPACKAGED OR HOMEMADE DEPENDING ON THE MOMENT!
I AM NOT LIKE THAT LADY ON THE FOOD NETWORK THAT TAKES ALL PRE-PACKAGED PRODUCTS AND MANIPULATES THEM INTO MEALS, AND FOR THAT I AM GRATEFUL!
CCCATHY