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8 Grocery Store Products that are Better than Homemade, really
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Posted on 04/17/2011 8:22:12 PM PDT by DemforBush
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Interesting list, though I would differ with the writer that most of those products are better than homemade. Better than the competition, probably. I've eaten Marie Callender pot pies, and they are quite good. Lots of veggies and nice chunks of white meat chicken. But I've made much better in my own kitchen. Probably ditto on Rao's sauce. I'm sure it's head and shoulders better than most jarred pasta sauces (what IS it with most brands putting high fructose corn syrup in pasta sauce, anyway?) But a really good marinara (or even better, Italian 'red gravy') isn't all that hard to make.
I admit I'm totally on board with the premade pizza dough at Whole Foods, though. I can cook most anything, but I tend to be something of a train wreck when it comes to making yeast doughs/breads, LOL.
To: DemforBush
No list is complete without a Costco Rotisserie Chicken
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:26:08 PM PDT
by
Baynative
(Truth is treason in an empire of lies)
To: DemforBush
Homemade Italian sauce is incredibly labor intensive to clean up after (I was married to an Italian family once. It’s worse than washing dishes in a restaurant.)
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:27:35 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: Baynative
Kroger is putting them in bags now. I miss the plastic bubbletop. But $4.99 and no labor is impossible to resist.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:29:08 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: DemforBush
can't make a twinkie at home
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:29:10 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
To: DemforBush
Funny we made very good chucked pot pie using the Puff pastry. Much better than the frozen store bought .
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:31:01 PM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: DemforBush
Greatest frozen food ever:
To: Baynative
My local grocery sells the chicken for $5.99, a good deal.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:32:48 PM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: DemforBush
Yeah, I’m sorry to say that if they think that stuff is better than what I can make in my kitchen, they haven’t eaten in my kitchen.
Ever since the finale of My Kitchen Rules (an absolutely AMAZING AU TV show), I’m going to try my hand at making puff pastry. Until now, it’s been one of those things that we always accepted buying in. But I do enjoy a challenge. :D
If they think that jarred sauce can compete with my marinara, they’re on crack. Ditto the whipped cream and the pot pie. Pizza dough is pretty easy to make. I did learn from a NYC pizza shop owner though.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:34:21 PM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: DemforBush
Boston Market stuff is hard to beat. Their rotisserie chicken and mashed potatoes are fantastic
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:35:16 PM PDT
by
NWFLConservative
(Fight Like a Girl!!...............Saracuda in 2012)
To: stylin19a
Years ago someone came out with all the recipes for Twinkies, Ho Ho’s, Ding Dongs etc. In a talk show format, the person who wrote the book distributed homemade Twinkies to the audience members who inevitably squealed “You mean THAT is what a TWINKIE is supposed to taste like??? (sans preservatives that give it a shelf life of 80 plus years”. So maybe you can’t get the Twinkies brand but technically, it’s possible to get the essence of Twinkie in your own kitchen.
Hmmm....I never realized how absurd the name Twinkies was until I had to write it three times in this post....
To: UB355
Not bad for a $1 broiler.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:39:32 PM PDT
by
Concho
(-)
To: buccaneer81
I don’t know if my Italian sauce is even remotely authentic (I’m not Italian), but it is hard to clean up. One of the ingredients is parmesan cheese, so it coats anything it touches with sticky residue. I haven’t, however, been able to top it with a store-bought sauce.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:39:56 PM PDT
by
Huntress
("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
To: UB355
Not bad for a $1 broiler.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:41:04 PM PDT
by
Concho
(-)
To: DemforBush
Try as I might, I cannot duplicate the epic goodness and mouthwatering deliciousness of SKYLINE CHILI! Any Freepers out there love a good three way? Only lovers of this magnificent blessing of the gods will understand what that means.
To: Baynative
Luv their Hot Dead Chicken in a Box. Especially if the skin is a little burnt.
Yum!
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:43:34 PM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: DemforBush
No matter how hard I try, my aerosol cheese spread is never as good as the store bought kind.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:47:23 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Shemp was the Fourth Stooge of the Apocalypse.)
To: DemforBush
Seriously, though, you will NEVER make whipped cream as light and airy as canned. Tastier, yes, but you cannot compete with nitrous oxide for fluffiness.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:49:08 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Shemp was the Fourth Stooge of the Apocalypse.)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:53:37 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
To: An American in Turkiye
“Any Freepers out there love a good three way?”
Actually, I like a good five way with hot sauce and oyster crackers much better, although it must be purchased from Gold Star, never Sky Line! Skileeenies has lousy noodles.
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posted on
04/17/2011 8:54:00 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(.. AND the donkey you rode in on.)
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