The Most Interesting Man in the World is in his 70's.
Sophia Loren is pushing 80. Wouldn't you agree they're "well preserved"?
Gluten free, pootin free....I want preservatives. Man Logic.
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What brought this to mind was this morning while making whop-'ems I glanced at the label and sure enough, there they were....preservatives.
Hmm? You know....whop-'ems. Canned biscuits.
You "whop 'em" against the edge of the counter and the can explodes....
Which brings to mind a whole 'nuther subject: Does anyone cook from scratch anymore? Be honest now. My mom, rest her soul, was a lousy cook. She knew it and even made jokes about her lack of cooking skills. She wouldn't have known how to make a biscuit if her life depended on it. Whop-'ems made it so darn easy, why bother learning ?
When / if you bake a cake, do you start from scratch or do you start with a boxed cake mix? Do you buy pre-made pie shells? Surely, unless maybe you're first generation immigrant Italian, you don't make your own pasta. I think at this point in my life if I tasted something truly cooked from scratch I'd wonder...."this doesn't taste right. What's wrong with it?"
To go with my biscuits this morning I made some gravy, too. No, I didn't mix flour and water...no, wait...that's paste. Flour and milk and....er.... I just used a mix....
It was darn good, too. And besides, this is now The American Way. God Bless America, and preservatives!
Man Logic. :)
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You’re clearly right about the preservatives. We shall live forever!
ReplyDeletehome made biscuits are well worth the trouble. Whopems are horrible.
ReplyDeleteI think there is a whole generation of Americans that will decompose a lot slower after they die because of all the preservatives they've consumed. They'll all be a little like mummies.
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my apple pie is always made from scratch, as are most of the cakes I bake. We do have packaged cake mixes in my world but they are just not the same as the USA kind. I even make my own apple sauce! lol ..it's so easy to make.
ReplyDeleteWhen I cook, and it's not that often, I tend to do it from scratch. Not because I think it's healthier, but because I'm a tight ass who worked out a long time ago that it costs a lot less to make your own pancakes than to buy a shake and bake bottle.
ReplyDeleteWhop-'ems terrify me! I always cringe & give them a little tap. I don't like things that explode :)
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