I listened to a podcast the other day that explained part of the reason why this is becoming more frequent. It’s not all because of the death of retail, and even as a someone who generally keeps up with business and economic news it was something I hadn’t quite realized.

See, I was trying to be gentle about it, but you have it dead on. In late summer, when I have toms, onions, garlic, peppers, and herbs coming out of the garden, hell yeah I pretend I’m Clemenza and keep stirring the sauce, but I usually don’t have the time to do it. The guy who started this says it only takes four…

For sure. I’m not saying I’ve never made sauce; I have on more than one occasion when I’ve decided that’s a little project I want to undertake. And it’s good! I’ve been pleasantly satisfied each time. It’s just that the difference is so negligible that it’s hard to justify as my main (or even regular) source of sauce.…

Every sauce nerd in this thread: shut up. Just shut the hell up. If there was a way to reply to all of you en masse, I would. But I can’t, so OP it is. I don’t want to hear one fucking word about how mew mew mew, pasta sauce is so easy to make, my version is fast and better and healthy, mew mew mew.

I love how she recommends throwing out leftovers because they take over your fridge and you know damn well you aren’t going to use them again. And how she calls cookbooks and such to task for idiotic things like what to do with your leftover cake. “This is like telling you what to do with your leftover whiskey.”

There is a local artist that combines animals with old food pictures from the ‘50s. I just love them.

My Dad used to complain that Mom never made homemade biscuits “like his Mom did.” Mom finally asked Granny for her recipe. She reached into the fridge and pulled out a can of Grands. Dad was speechless. I was amused.

Aldi has the best quality products, with less ingredients, better prices and less packaging than any other grocery store in my area and anyone who disagrees with them can come at me. Also notable is the fact that a lot of their gourmet items are imported from the country of origin, and oh my god their chocolates are…

Fuck those people. Aldi has some pretty tasty cheese.

The thing with Jell-O was that it was this new, novel way to preserve food. Refrigeration was just becoming standard in every home so more people could try it out. They just tried every flavor combination they could think of, and only the good ones have passed the test of time.

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Oh I totally got you now. We don’t have a Trader Joe’s so I think Aldi fufills a bit of the hipster option in my town. We also have a save a lot which is much bigger than Aldi and carries good quality staples and is basically the same damn thing but some of my snooty friends won’t shop there. A lot of people can’t…

That’s fuckin’ shameful. Rice krispie treats are delicious and anyone who isn’t a vegetarian should be happy with them. There’s nothing wrong with chicken nuggets. And I am obsessed with cheese plates, but I have absolutely bought cheese platters from the grocery store to keep people occupied at a party I didn’t have…

My 90-year-old grandma, who makes some damn fine pies, always makes a point to remind me how her recipes are all “newfangled” conveniences that even a moron couldn’t mess up, and that she doesn’t put a patch on her own grandmother, who was a real baker.

Have you read I Hate To Cook? It’s hilarious and totally, unabashedly “open cans! More cans! FROZEN!”

I have my great aunt’s recipes from the 60s and 70s. They are....interesting? In a stomach turning way?

My grandmother’s recipe stash, including notecards, cookbooks, and clippings, got split between different sides of the family that are no longer speaking to each other. A cousin on one side was kind enough to scan what she found in a fashion that resembled how she found it for anyone who wanted them. There’s a lot of…

Of course, those same people probably love Trader Joe’s, which is just a fancier-packaging version of Aldi (you probably already know this, but Aldi and Trader Joe’s were built by brothers).

Pro tip for using Betty Crocker boxed cake mixes from a side business cake lady - bake them at 300F for an hour instead of what’s listed on the box*. They come out way more moist and with a flatter top. You can get the same results on cupcakes too - just bake 20-25 minutes instead.

I cook like Betty Crocker and I look like Donna Reeves.