MeMe Time.....

[disneydream06]

I swiped this from meathiel...


HAVE YOU EVER: ?
1. Made bread from scratch? Yes
2. Cooked fresh squash? No
3. Made homemade soup? Yes
4. Fried chicken? No
5. Made spaghetti sauce from scratch? No
6. Made homemade rolls or cinnamon rolls? I think I did
7. Baked a cake from scratch? Yes
8. Made icing from scratch? Yes
9. Cooked a pot roast with all the veggies? No
10. Made chili from scratch? Yes
11. Made a meatloaf? Yes
12. Made potato salad? Yes
13. Made mac/cheese from scratch? No
14. Made any pies from scratch? Yes
15. Made sausage from scratch? No
16. Made fudge? I think I have
17. Made cookies from scratch? Yes
18. Cooked a pot of dried beans? What are dried beans?
19. Cooked a pot of greens? No
20. Made cornbread from scratch? No
21. Made a pie dough from scratch? Yes
22. Cooked a whole turkey? Yes
23. Snapped green beans & cooked them? No
24. Made mashed potatoes from scratch? No
25. Prepared a meal for 30 plus people? Kind of. lol...
26. Made homemade tortillas? No
27. Made pancakes from scratch? Does using Bisquik count as scratch?
28. Roasted vegetables in the oven instead of boiling them? No
29. Made pasta from scratch? No
30. Made tamales from scratch? No
31. Made tuna or chicken salad? Yes
32. Fried fish? No
33. Made baked beans? No
34. Made ice cream from scratch? No
35. Made jam or jelly? No
36. Zested an orange or lemon? Yes
37. Made grits from scratch? No
38. Made an omelet? Yes
39. Made homemade pizza? Yes
40. Lived in a house without a dishwasher? Yes (I'm old!!!) Me too. lol...

Comments

[kaishin108]

You have cooked a lot of those. I do not have yes to very many!

I think dishwashers are overrated, most of the time. I mean you still need a place on the counter for the things that can't go in the dishwasher. It is still a decadent feeling for one or two people to have one as we didn't grow up with one.

Hugs, Helen

[disneydream06]

Never having one, they just seem silly to me. LOL...

I use to do a lot of baking and just haven't for quite awhile now. :(
Always dieting doesn't help either. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaishin108]

There are so many dishes that can't go in the dishwasher!

I know, the watching the diet, I would love to do more baking but I would eat so much, ha hah.

[disneydream06]

I haven't done the baking lately, but I sure have been doing the eating. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaishin108]

Oopsie!

[disneydream06]

And this week's weigh in proved it. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stupid Halloween candy and lack of will power. :o

[kaishin108]

We did buy any Halloween candy as we would just eat it, ha hah!!!

[disneydream06]

Want some candy? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kaishin108]

Sure!! LOL!!!!

[disneydream06]

Come on over. :)

[joseph_teller]

With the exceptions of 30, 36 and 37 I can answer yes to all of these (and I have never lived with an automated dishwasher except for about 2 weeks I spent couch surfing at a friends place). And for #25 I did meal planning, shopping and prep for a sf/fantasy/gaming convention of 500 people (which included cooking up trays of food to be served buffet style, so I presume that counts).

[disneydream06]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You done be a busy guy. :)

500 people? :o :o :o
WOWZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joseph_teller]

My mom worked in a commercial bakery that supplied a grocery chain before I was born, her only job before marriage... and as a kid she insisted that we learn the basics of all sorts of cooking and baking (and I grew up with a lot of Italian cooking). I expanded on this when I eventually moved out, had a housemate that had some formal training in French cooking (enough that should could make a good cheese soufflé and Duck L'orange etc.) and she showed me bit more. I have a pile of cookbooks I've used and read in various styles a cultures for things like Greek, Indian, Chinese, etc.

Of the three physical books I've bought in the past year, one of them was a cook book (Tasting History).

That's why I get so frustrated with my dietary limits etc. from diabetes... I actually enjoy and have spent a lot of my life learning about cooking and baking.

[disneydream06]

WOW, GREAT mom. :)

Time to write a cook book for diabetics. :)

[joseph_teller]

I have one, The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet (2013) but it is out of date with current science and spends too much time on the 'Diet' part and not enough on things like Glycemic levels and cholesterol balance of foods (for no reason I can detect). It not much of a cookbook though, despite how it was advertised.

They use a food pyramid that has too much carbs in it and too much fruit, and doesn't even discuss safe fruits vs bad fruits for diabetics (Apples are good, Bananas are bad due to sugar spikes and fiber levels, for example of something they ignored entirely).

But then again they try to use a Weight Watchers Like Point system for diet, which itself has been flawed for a very long time.

The real problem is there are different types of diabetes and different types of body metabolism needs. They don't even go into the importance of some amino acids in diet or things that help digestion (like Almonds, which helps lower glycemic levels of foods if included in meals).

[disneydream06]

I have always said, if you want to screw up your diabetes, just come to The Clinic. UGH!!!!!!!!
I think they have gotten a little better, but still......
Same can be said for going through alcohol withdraws. Do not come here. :o :o :o