Preaching To The Choir

[poliphilo]

Convenience food is a bit of a con.  I just made mayonnaise.  It took me ten minutes. How inconvenient is that?

OK, the steak and kidney pie I made the other day took a bit longer - but not much. You coat the meat in seasoned flour, throw it in a dish with some onion, stock and tomato puree, then cover with pastry. Making the pastry is the toughest bit (and I'm afraid I cheated and used ready-made). The rest is cooking time. And of course the result is very much nicer than anything that ever came out of a tin.

There's no mystery to cooking. You take things that taste nice, mix them together, heat 'em for however long it takes. And that's it.

Everyone should learn to cook.

Comments

[red-girl-42.livejournal.com]

This is so true. There are a few things that aren't really worth making on your own if you can buy them instead, but in general cooking from scratch isn't difficult. I wonder at things like cake mixes. You still have to mix ingredients and bake the cake--why not just mix a few more ingredients and do it from scratch? It's not more difficult at all! And the difference in flavor is huge.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't suppose I'll always make my own mayo (for one thing the home-made variety doesn't keep) but I thought it would be fun to give it a go- and it was.