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From Scratch: Rejecting Poison Foodstuffs

Myths About Cooking from Scratch:
-difficult
-takes special talent
-time consuming

Truths About Cooking from Scratch include:
-cooking from scratch is just about the only way to avoid poisoning yourself with prepared foods from the grocery store

Bread:
Comparison:
—commercial bread: soybean and/or canola oil, plus preservatives (The longer the shelf life, the shorter your own life.)
—homemade bread: flour, olive oil, yeast
Ease:
— putting a few ingredients in a machine
Cost:
— 10 lbs of good quality flour for $8 will make 9 loaves of bread. NINE loaves.

(A note on bread machines — fb marketplace and thrift stores are replete with nearly new bread machines. I have one that I paid $10 for. (You can buy the one I have on Amazon new for $99.)

What are foods that you make from scratch which shock you how much better, easier, or less expensive they are to make than to buy?

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