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8 Grocery Store Products that are Better than Homemade, really
Yahoo/Bon Appetit ^ | 4/17/11 | n/a

Posted on 04/17/2011 8:22:12 PM PDT by DemforBush

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To: DemforBush

Trader Joe’s chicken enchiladas, scones, bean and cheese burritos — or pretty much everything from TJ’s.


21 posted on 04/17/2011 8:58:04 PM PDT by Moonmad27 ("I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit)
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To: Jeff Chandler

lol


22 posted on 04/17/2011 9:00:27 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Huntress

We have a flat glass stovetop. It’s a nightmare and a $5 bottle of cleaner to work on it. I finally tiled the wall around the range so that the paint wasn’t stained by the sauce.


23 posted on 04/17/2011 9:00:43 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Huntress

I’m Italian and my family owned a well known Italian restaurant with famous sauce. I have found that Mario Batalli’s marinara is delicious!!


24 posted on 04/17/2011 9:01:47 PM PDT by crymeariver (Good news...in a way)
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To: An American in Turkiye; Rembrandt

I like Skyline over Goldstar. Ever had a Skyline deluxe burrito? The best.


25 posted on 04/17/2011 9:04:08 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

Dish soap and Barkeeper’s Friend will clean anything off a glass cooktop at a fraction of that price.


26 posted on 04/17/2011 9:04:12 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: Rembrandt
Interesting. I have heard of Gold Star but have never tried it. I've actually never eaten at a Skyline. A friend bought me an 8 can pack and told me to try it. I make my own noodles and I absolutely love it. My wife, OTOH.....

I'm thinking about trying it over rice. Ever tried it that way?
27 posted on 04/17/2011 9:04:32 PM PDT by An American in Turkiye
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To: DemforBush
I disagree with the author, right out of the gate Patsy's sauce is better than Rao's. Patsy's wins Test Kitchen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZTRYWzeOg


28 posted on 04/17/2011 9:04:49 PM PDT by Daffynition ("Don't just live your life, but witness it also.")
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To: DemforBush

Canned pumpkin. Mrs Mag and I made pumpkin pies from scratch one year. They were about this much better (Magslinger holds his finger and thumb 1/64th of an inch apart) than those made with canned “pumpkin.” With all of the extra work involved, forget it.
There is a local bakery that makes topping ready pizza crusts that are better than anything in a grocery store and most pizzerias.


29 posted on 04/17/2011 9:05:09 PM PDT by magslinger (What Would Stephen Decatur Do?)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Thanks for the tip. I go through $75 worth of the paste every year.


30 posted on 04/17/2011 9:06:09 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

Nope, but it sounds good. Do you have a recipe? I live in California, and I’m sure the food nazi’s here would ban any restaurants from opening here.


31 posted on 04/17/2011 9:07:11 PM PDT by An American in Turkiye
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To: DemforBush
Not sure if my entry will fit this post but I just had to give a BIG "Thumbs Up" to P.F. Chang's Chinese dinners.
I was a "No Way" will I eat anything that comes from a grocer and is in a box or bag 'but' .. This stuff is as good as you'll find in any Chinese restaurant!

There is also plenty for a party of two.

In most stores the bags go for over nine dollars but Walmart will have them for around seven dollars from time to time.

PF CHANG

32 posted on 04/17/2011 9:07:38 PM PDT by freejohn
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To: buccaneer81

I use a splatter screen over my pot when making my sauce. It allows the steam to escape while the sauce simmers, and keeps the sauce from getting all over the place. When my sauce is done, I just wash the screen.


33 posted on 04/17/2011 9:08:41 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: An American in Turkiye

You need to experience SkyLine in a real store. With waitress service.


34 posted on 04/17/2011 9:09:15 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

BKF is incredibly versatile. I had never heard of it until I got some All-Clad pans and they recommended it to clean them. It’s truly amazing stuff. The powder, not the liquid stuff. I haven’t tried the liquid stuff, but I’ve read bad things.


35 posted on 04/17/2011 9:09:54 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Tastier, yes, but you cannot compete with nitrous oxide for fluffiness.

...or do it yourself dentistry.
36 posted on 04/17/2011 9:10:12 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Time to beat the swords of government tyranny into the plowshares of freedom.)
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To: DemforBush

Except for the Marie Callendar pot pies I’ve never even heard of any of that crap. But there’s one thing that just about any store-bought beats the homemade kind, and that’s hard liquor. And you don’t go blind or wonder what happened to the lining of your throat either.


37 posted on 04/17/2011 9:11:48 PM PDT by bigbob (u)
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To: An American in Turkiye
Try this:

SkyLine Burrito

38 posted on 04/17/2011 9:12:42 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Thanks for the tip.


39 posted on 04/17/2011 9:14:39 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: magslinger

I always use a good brand of plain canned pumpkin for my punkin’ pies too. Works great.

Also makes a good starting point for a semi-spicy cream of pumpkin soup I make sometimes. (as long as I remember to make sure it’s the plain pumpkin and not the pre-spiced pie filling kind, LOL.)


40 posted on 04/17/2011 9:16:07 PM PDT by DemforBush (Of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best.)
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