tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post4386563953507057439..comments2024-03-27T03:11:58.288-04:00Comments on Kitchen and Residential Design: Lazy people take heed! Pre-made cookie dough has a body count.Paul Anaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-70727255027106011832009-06-23T09:39:59.789-04:002009-06-23T09:39:59.789-04:00In the interest of full disclosure and in keeping ...In the interest of full disclosure and in keeping with my advice to Brenda about taking me with a grain of salt, Nestle break and bakes are what prompted me to start baking my own from scratch. I have a weak spot for chocolate chip cookies and I wasn't satisfied with the amount of chips and walnuts in the break and bakes. So I went out on my own and started baking them the way my mother did. The sanctimony came later.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-8698244366016345732009-06-23T09:29:34.875-04:002009-06-23T09:29:34.875-04:00Okay, I have to say that I love to cook and trying...Okay, I have to say that I love to cook and trying new recipes is an adventure. But those cookies, pre-scored and ready to bake have saved my rear more than once. As a busy mother of four, sometimes I have woken up on a Tuesday, realized it's really Wednesday, and seen the note that I need to send cookies for a school event. After a few choice words, those cookies have saved the day. Yeah, I have moments of guilt that I didn't pull out the bowl and mix the ingredients but I quickly get over it when I see that the children actually don't marvel over the freshness of the ingredients. So, yes, I love those cookies. I appreciate Nestle taking the precautions since we all love cookie dough but as soon as they get the kinks worked out, I will add some to my freezer. And for the scratch recipe, I will make those for you if you ever come visit!Minghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251940281520458802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-80757254763327853902009-06-22T17:22:34.196-04:002009-06-22T17:22:34.196-04:00It's a high horse I like to climb atop from ti...It's a high horse I like to climb atop from time to time. I send my laundry out to a service every week and I know there are people out there who are appalled by that practice. In my book, baking shortcuts are bad but laundry shortcuts are holy. Take me a with a grain of salt.Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-61758584594103146342009-06-22T17:13:39.855-04:002009-06-22T17:13:39.855-04:00I have a very close friend who considers 'home...I have a very close friend who considers 'homemade' is popping prepared food into the oven. Though academically very intelligent, the phrase 'made from scratch' is not in her vocabulary.... but then again I cannot play the piano like she does.....smiles. -Brenda-mrsbenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13490065292054880863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-86981635400021831152009-06-22T08:37:33.437-04:002009-06-22T08:37:33.437-04:00I'm with you. I had a houseguest over the week...I'm with you. I had a houseguest over the weekend and I baked bread to have for lunch. Why eat garbage when eating real food is so simple? Your own pie crusts, eh? In an homage to rolling hills of PA that begat me, I bake shoo-fly pies every Thanksgiving. People go insane over them. Scratch baking is the only way to go!Paul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-38457584655111584512009-06-22T07:33:45.211-04:002009-06-22T07:33:45.211-04:00You should see the looks of astonishment when I sh...You should see the looks of astonishment when I show up at summer picnics with pies that I made...including the crust. It disgusts me that making a pie at home is a big deal.<br />It's the same look I get when I reveal that I make most of my own bread and I don't have a breadmaker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-79667772801541715062009-06-21T23:46:22.417-04:002009-06-21T23:46:22.417-04:00Hey! Welcome and thanks for the comment. I like to...Hey! Welcome and thanks for the comment. I like to bake and I resent things like pre-made cookie dough because they short change the whole motive for baking. I bake not for the result, but for the joy the preparation gives me. I also like the generosity I feel when I'm baking for someone. I feel like baking from scratch is a gift not only of the finished product, but more importantly, it's a gift of intention. I care deeply about the people in my life and one of the ways that I show it is to give them my time and efforts int he form of bread or cookies or pies.<br /><br />Now with that said, I just checked out your blog. Very nice! A left-leaning mosaicist, I like you already. I just started following you on Twitter. Keep coming back, you're welcome any time.<br /><br />PaulPaul Anaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777487147630173644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2143843667296816868.post-20163710923392661552009-06-21T23:21:50.714-04:002009-06-21T23:21:50.714-04:00I agree. There are legitimate reasons for some con...I agree. There are legitimate reasons for some convenience foods - I don't bake all my own bread for instance, and I keep some canned foods in the pantry - but pre-made cookie dough? I've never understood that at all.<br /><br />I don't own a microwave either. <br /><br />And you're right about the time/priorities issue, too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881250248739539363noreply@blogger.com