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30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group

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Food is life, but it don’t come easy. Be it it don’t come cheap, or there is a rite of passage as you actually have to have some level of skill to make sure the food is ready and appropriate for human consumption.

Whatever the case, we now have a conundrum: we gotta invest something into making food happen. Dangit. Well, since we can’t avoid dusting off our hunter-gatherer skills and actually preparing the food, yet we can avoid it using monetary resources for it as much as we can, a good option is to make things from scratch.

But, beware, there are certain things folks online do not recommend prepping from scratch as it’s just not worth it. Yep, folks on Reddit have been listing all the foods, meals, and dishes that, either in their own or someone else’s experience, were regrettably not a good idea to do by sourcing and processing everything on their own.

Below you shall find a list of the best responses for the viral thread on r/Cooking, so scroll down, upvote, comment, and mayhaps share your own frustrations with playing the cooking game from square one.

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#1

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group “Why would I order delivery pad thai when I can spend $45 on ingredients to make a worse pad thai?”

RickMod19 , stu_spivack Report

Final score:

138points

V 1 year ago

$45? I guess it depends what country you live in, it does not cost us nearly that much to make a family serve from scratch.

24points

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#2

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Maybe a hot take, but in my part of the world, grocery store rotisserie chicken will always be easier and cheaper than making chicken by roasting, boiling, etc. for any recipe calling for shredded or diced chicken, plus you can save the carcass for soup or stock.
Edited for clarity.

felonlover , Steve Parker Report

Final score:

131points

Sans Serif 1 year ago

But, a freshly oven roasted chicken is something of wonder! And, makes your dwelling smell great as well!

43points

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#3

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Deep fried anything. You'll spend far more time cleaning up than you will cooking or eating whatever you've deep fried. There are but a few notable exceptions to this.

Plonsky2 , Mokeneco Report

Final score:

127points

Bi Frog 1 year ago

And the smell drives me nuts!!!

48points

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#4

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Baklava. I mean home made baklava is the best. Just get it from someone else.

AvanteGardens , Andrew Otto Report

Final score:

114points

zak 1 year ago

My biggest complaint with baklava is that the servings are always too small 😭

38points

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#5

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group My mother walked in on me struggling with Dutch croquettes one time as a teenager and I tearfully asked her what her secret was and she said “oh I buy them pre-made downtown.” So there you go.

CharlotteLucasOP , Guilhem Vellut Report

Final score:

104points

RagDollLali 1 year ago

I am previously unfamiliar with these but now I definitely want to seek them out, they look delicious!

21points

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#6

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group One of my biggest accomplishments in the kitchen was home made tater tots. You do a quick fry of the potatoes, shred them once they cool, mix in any herbs or spices you’d like, then form them into tots and fry a second time. They turn out well and are super tasty, but I’ll be damned if they aren’t 99% identical to the frozen ones you get at the store.

KazakiLion , BluEyedA73 Report

Final score:

96points

Emma Kilcup 1 year ago

You mean to say you'll go to hell if the frozen and home-made ones are not 99% identical?🤔

1point

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#7

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Donuts. I live in SoCal where we have a ton of mom & pop donut shops (fun fact if you're into food history, look up Ted Ngoy. TL;DR he's the reason a lot of Cambodian refugees here were able to make a living by opening donut shops, and is the inventor of the iconic pink box). Donuts are like $1 a pop, it's so much work to proof the dough and then fry it at home when you can get a much better and cheaper one at any donut place in my area.

littleclaww , Alexander C. Kafka Report

Final score:

90points

Bi Frog 1 year ago

I once made mini cinnamon sugar donuts at home. They were great but nothing like the good ol' gas station donuts

14points

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#8

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Puff pastry.

It really is better, but unless you have a walk in refrigerator it's a huge pain.

zaranneth , Nathan Yergler Report

Final score:

86points

Sans Serif 1 year ago

Puff pastry is a versatile culinary tool and not as difficult to use as the caption might insinuate!

9points

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#9

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Pho and Ramen. For the quality and price I grab some down the road, the time and effort is just not worth it for me.

EDIT: I should say I don't mean this to discourage anyone from giving both a go. I just happen to live adjacent to a "Chinatown" (really a mix of Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese, et cetera). It's as good as it is easy on the wallet so I prefer to leave it to the pros. I obviously consider myself lucky.

anon , Keith C Report

Final score:

85points

Hey! 1 year ago

Chinese food - the real stuff - is cheap. I would be there all the time if I lived close to a Chinatown.

26points

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#10

Another. Canned coconut milk. I tried making it from scratch to make an authentic Indonesian dish and all the indo cooks in the family laughed at me. They all use canned coconut milk.

CatpurrnicusSpeaks Report

Final score:

84points

Nadine Bamberger 1 year ago

Like a lot of Italian chefs prefer good canned tomatoes.

40points

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#11

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Just buy flour. With the vagaries of the weather at the moment it's an absolute c**t to grow wheat.

nirvanabuds , USDA NRCS Montana Report

Final score:

78points

WindySwede 1 year ago

Especially when you only get like 0,5 - 1,0 kg of wheat per m2 for a good harvest. And then you have to grind the wheat.

18points

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#12

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group French fries. The cost of the potatoes, oil, the time to double fry, the mess and cleanup.. no way.

I mean, I roast my own coffee, make my own yogurt and granola, grow and can my own vegetables and tomato sauce, bake my own bread.. you name it. But if I want them, I'll buy a sack of frozen fries and call it a day.

sonaut , Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos Report

Final score:

74points

Ludwig Michiel 1 year ago (edited)

As a Belgian, I'm lucky to have a good "frituur" within walking distance, with better fries than I could make at home.

31points

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#13

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Honestly? Sushi. I think it's a pain in the a*s, to properly cook and season the rice, to obtaining all the ingredients (avocados here are notoriously expensive), the fish is pricey.. I'd rather pay the $50 to go to a decent place. And I'm of the mind that I don't ever want to pay for anything that I can make better at home and I love discovering new sushi and Japanese joints, so we trust the guy who spent 2 years of his sushiprenticeship just washing and seasoning rice to be our master.

Okonomiyaki on the other hand, that I make like a boss at home on the regular.

yycluke , slgckgc Report

Final score:

73points

Ches Yamada 1 year ago

Rice cooker. If you have one, it makes everything so much easier.

13points

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#14

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Curry paste. A number of my legit Thai cookbooks have the recipes for them and straight up tell you it's not worth it, and that store bought is just as good.

Lanzenreighter , Jeremy Keith Report

Final score:

67points

Ace 1 year ago

Yes, this is true for Thai curry paste, right PITA to do from scratch. Indian curries, however, can turn out much better if you make your own spice mix/paste with fresh ingredients.

22points

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#15

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group I regularly make a sour soup called Sinigang. For years I tried to make it as much from scratch as possible, with frozen whole tamarind pods, with tamarind pulp, with tamarind concentrate. You know what? The knorr sour soup flavor packet is way better than anything I can make from scratch. It was very humbling when I admitted defeat and stocked up on the mix, but my soups have never tasted better!

anon , insatiablemunch Report

Final score:

65points

Allison B 1 year ago

I've never even heard of that, but I love sour things and tamarind so I'll have to look that up! It sounds yummy

12points

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#16

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group It's mostly going to depend on what you have available near you.

For example I have several good bakeries around me that make very high quality bread fresh everyday in their industrial steam ovens for a couple of bucks. Doesn't make any sense for me to make the same thing for the same price from scratch. But some people have trouble buying good bread for any price and definitely benefit from making it themselves.

Picker-Rick , Will Report

Final score:

65points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

Good point

8points

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#17

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Vietnamese pho. You could spend 2 full days and about $100 dollars making your own bowl at home, or just go get a bowl made for you for $10-15 at a pho restaurant. Not worth it to make yourself.

barshrockwell , brando Report

Final score:

63points

RagDollLali 1 year ago

It is delicious homemade, but I can never say mine has come even close to my favorite pho place that simmers their bone broth overnight before seasoning it to absolute perfection

11points

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#18

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Ketchup. Heinz is magic.

Ulthir , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

61points

Panda Boi 1 year ago

It's mainly sugar.

37points

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#19

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Apparently crackers are never made from scratch because I have never in my life encountered a home-made cracker, or even come across one in a cookbook.

barrett-bonden , Andrea Goh Report

Final score:

61points

Hey! 1 year ago

I've made some. They are not bad at all.

24points

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#20

My mom who was great at a lot of things but was a terrible cook. Had a few passable recipes but not a great execution. Used to make "Mexican lasagna" basically chips, cheese, ranch style beans, canned chilli, all layered like lasagna then baked. I always thought it was a pretty low rent meal but it was a hit with my brothers. Easy enough to feed a bunch of people and reheats well I can see the appeal. I was feeling nostalgic so I decided to see what it would be like if I made it from scratch with high end ingredients. Pulled out all the stops, made my own chips, beans, chilli with 3 different kinds of meat high end cheeses the whole 9 yards. Spent an inordinate amount of time and money only to find out it basically tastes the exact same regardless of the quality of the ingredients I put in. I expected so much more quality improvement, but it was negligible at best. Now if I ever decide to do it again it's cheap and easy all the way.

dbaughcherry Report

Final score:

60points

Hey! 1 year ago

I think it's still worth the try. Now you know. The same cannot be said of everything.

13points

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#21

Shawarma, it really needs to be cooked on the vertical spike. And I'm sure most people don't have that. They're super cheap at the restaurants too.

pablorichi Report

Final score:

52points

Jaguarundi 1 year ago

Gyro or shawarma I always go out for. Especially if they make their own tzatziki sauce and bake their own pita. Those frozen monstrosities are yuck to me.

16points

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#22

Maybe croissants, my friend tried and it took up her whole kitchen for two days. It could just be because she had never done it before though

Final score:

50points

WindySwede 1 year ago

Practise makes speed. But, yeah, not the quickfix bread.

11points

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#23

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Puff pastry or dim sum pastry a lot of Asian ingredients like chili paste or oyster sauce. Thai currys because it’s way more expensive and almost impossible to find the right ingredients.

rubenblk , Clevergrrl Report

Final score:

41points

Potty pagan panda 1 year ago

I go out for yum cha and it’s the best. Thai I love but will never make myself

3points

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#24

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Tortillas. I straight up did not have a good time making them

GeorgeBaileysDeafEar , Seiko UTOKU Report

Final score:

36points

Panda Boi 1 year ago

Try Ethan Chebowski on YouTube, he's got a real easy recipe. The secrets are to use hot water and to let the dough rest a bit.

5points

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#25

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Strudel. One day I worked all day to make some. The result was good, but so is the stuff I can get for a few bucks at the store.

ggchappell , Jeffrey Beall Report

Final score:

35points

Jihana 1 year ago (edited)

From the home country of Strudel: store bought sucks. For some reason they don't use the right kind of dough. BUT! buying pre-made strudel dough is perfectly acceptable. My grandma used to make it herself though. I lack the patience and a large enough table to pull the dough thin enough.

22points

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#26

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Cesia_Barry said:
Cured meats, unless you're super into the science and technique.

Lo-Fi_Pioneer replied:
I'm one of those who's super into technique. I love curing, fermenting, etc. I also manage a shop where we make all that sort of stuff, so it's a natural fit for me. I can see why it wouldn't be worth it for your average person, though. It's a lot of waiting and certain things can take up a lot of space.

Cesia_Barry , jennalex Report

Final score:

33points

Premislaus de Colo 1 year ago

I cure and smoke meats, make sausages, etc. and I have to agree. Unless you have a lot of space and time it's better to buy them from small producer

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#27

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Marshmallows!!! Omg the clean up and they stick to EVERYTHING

yensid78 , Toyni Tobekk Report

Final score:

32points

Yeah, okay. 1 year ago

My Granny had a recipe - she used to say why buy them when you can make them super easy, but I don't have her recipe and all the ones I've seen are pretty complicated. Marshmallow fluff is easy, though.

3points

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#28

Fruit leather. Way too much work to yield so little.

Double-Toasted Report

Final score:

31points

Hey! 1 year ago

OMG I tried those ~25 years ago. They were good but gave me too much trouble.

8points

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#29

Ice cream, unless you're making a unique flavor, because of how much space it takes in your freezer.

Wonton wrappers. I tried making them once and it was fun, but also a pain and super messy. I didn't find much difference between mine and store bought.

Final score:

27points

RoanTheMad 1 year ago

condensed milk, double cream, flavouring, mix until smooth, freezer, boom. Silky soft and sweet ice cream without needing to annoyingly churn a thing, and it doesn't get all icy either, it stays nice and smooth and it's sooo much quicker.

16points

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#30

Resentful_in_Dayton said:
I’ve heard this about perogies.

pyro_rocki replied:
I grew up making them. I like to make them because it's usually a fun group activity like making tamales. And I do all sorts of fillings. I definitely think store bought are fine though considering the amount of work that goes in to them.

AdjunctFunktopus replied:
They’re not any worse to make than any other filled dough I’ve tried. Which is to say, they’re time consuming with a lot of components, but not really hard.

I’ll happily make them again, should the mood strike.

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Final score:

24points

Pheebs 1 year ago

I think this depends on what you have available to buy. We don’t have any restaurants local that sell these, and all the frozen varieties are loaded with foods I’m now intolerant of, so homemade is generally my only choice.

6points

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#31

Empanadas. So much work to make the filling, the dough, putting together and then cooking. The recipe I used yielded 8, which my teenage sons and husband devoured in a sitting.

FlowerGi1015 Report

Final score:

12points

SuperChicken 1 year ago

This is one of those many recipes that takes forever to make so you have to make a big batch, and gone in one sitting. I think, buying them is better. 🤪

6points

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#32

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group FOR__GONDOR said:
Ramen noodles. Holy sweet f**k that was annoying.

Brian_Lefebvre replied:
I find the soup to be the bigger pain the a**. Blanching bones, cleaning bones, snipping chicken feet, sanitizing raw meat surfaces, skimming, steeping stuff, straining everything, scrubbing the pot. It can get crazy. And if you’re dealing with pork bones, it can get smelly too.

FOR__GONDOR , Ron Dollete Report

Final score:

11points

The Starsong Princess 1 year ago

I buy fresh ramen noodles from my local Asian grocery. So much better than instant but still very cheap.

1point

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#33

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group Top_Craft4717 said:
Almond milk.

bonenecklace replied:
Pretty sure it's cheaper too, raw almonds are one of the more expensive nuts, I don't think $3-4 is going to get you enough almonds to make the equivalent amount of milk that's in a carton.

Top_Craft4717 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

9points

Bi Frog 1 year ago

For some reason, I hate the way Blue Diamond Almond Milk tastes. It has to be Silk, and vanilla, and to have added sugar... do I have a problem?

4points

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#34

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group I got one I haven't made but it's sausage casings. I hunt and gut pigs, and it's very stinky so I wouldn't make sausage casings which are made from the intestine.

sir_spongeman , Harry Wood Report

Final score:

9points

Debby Keir 1 year ago

You need a special 'jet washer' to remove all the poop, so that's why it's mainly artisan butchers who make their own.

2points

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#35

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group [deleted] said:
Macarons.

dumbwaeguk replied:
Dacquoise on the other hand is worth it to me because it's so much cheaper and I have a lot of control over the filling.

newluna replied:
Meringue isn’t difficult! Or rather it can be, but it’s not complicated.

galaxystarsmoon replied:
I have a baking business. Whenever I need $$, I start a preorder for macaron boxes. They sell out every time and I can charge a ridiculous amount for them 🤣

anon , B HU Report

Final score:

9points

InvincibleRodent 1 year ago

The trick to meringues is that you don't bake them, so much as you dry them. Very low heat, lots of ventillation. Then, they don't burn, and don't turn that ugly off-brown beige color.

7points

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#36

Lobster rolls, i made 2 for about 35 bucks that just were not worth the effort, would’ve cost me the same to buy them and eat them without the effort of killing and cooking a Lobster.

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Final score:

9points

Hey! 1 year ago

I've made those in the past but I don't remember cooking the lobster so I probably bought a can or mock. Can't remember.

2points

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#37

Falafel. The time it takes and the mess it makes is really not worth it when I can find wonderful ones made by professionals.

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Final score:

9points

WantsBalsamNCold 1 year ago

I've made it many times and didn't find it terribly difficult. I don't do it anymore because I avoid fried foods but the homemade is so much better than store bought.

4points

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#38

Dumplings. I've only made them for special occasions, and there's a reason for that.

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Final score:

9points

The Guy down the street 1 year ago

I made them once, somehow burnt them and they tasted terrible

1point

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#39

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group BuyTheBeanDip said:
Phyllo dough.

Erediv replied:
There's a massive difference in flavor for store bought and homemade when using it for baklava so I gotta disagree with you.

FinalBlackberry replied:
my mom, back in the day used to make her own Phyllo dough for both Baklava and Burek (we're from the Balkans) you can definitely taste the difference. She still makes Burek with home made dough but the Baklava she buys by the pound from a bakery.

Erediv replied:
Is it handmade from the bakery, or packaged stuff from the frozen food section? In Turkey you can buy handmade from the store and that's an acceptable alternative.

FinalBlackberry replied:
No it's handmade from a bakery. It's pretty tasty as well. And like $12/lb.

BuyTheBeanDip , Rachel Tayse Report

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8points

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#40

Angel food cake. Box mix is perfect every time and you don't have to figure out something to do with all those yolks!

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Final score:

8points

EmbersAreOut 1 year ago

You can always make custard or ice cream with the yolks!

3points

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#41

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group CatpurrnicusSpeaks said:
Wonton wrappers and samosa dough.

la__polilla replied:
Wonton wrappers aren't so bad, and much easier to stretch and crimp than the frozen ones. I only make them twice a year though, when I can gather the free child labor to roll them out for me.

VladNyrki replied:
A pasta maker can help you, particularly for gyozas since they are particularly thin.

CatpurrnicusSpeaks , TAVALONIA Report

Final score:

4points

#42

30 Foods That Are Better Bought Than Made From Scratch, As Experienced By Folks In This Online Group I have a whole list of these, starting with marmalade. Cutting and shredding bitter orange peel= a lot of work.

Cesia_Barry , Amanda Slater Report

Final score:

4points

Hey! 1 year ago

It may be work but it's fun to do. And you put the amount of sugar YOU want in them.

5points

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#43

Certain cakes/cake mixes

Some of them are significantly better from scratch, like ed velvet. But some of them are perfect from a box , like white cake or devil's food cake.

I never fully follow the directions on the back though.

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Final score:

4points

Lama 1 year ago

Hello, my name is Ed Velvet.

12points

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Robertas Lisickis

Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

Some time ago, Robertas used to spend his days watching how deep the imprint in his chair will become as he wrote for Bored Panda. Wrote about pretty much everything under and beyond the sun. Not anymore, though. He's now probably playing Gwent or hosting Dungeons and Dragons adventures for those with an inclination for chaos.

What do you think ?

Mickysixxx 1 year ago

I'm gonna have to get me a box of Scratch you can make so many different things from it. Whenever I ask people how they made a delicious recipe they always say "I made it from Scratch". No matter how hard I look I still haven't found any Scratch down at the shops

4points

Jihana 1 year ago

I have two things I made that are just not worth the work: Scotch eggs and cauliflower-cheese-patties. Both tasted amazing, but it was just too much hassle.

4points

Diolla 1 year ago

cauliflower-cheese-patties? Oooh that sounds delicious!

2points

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Brent Morgan 1 year ago

I have a diverse palate, I have no restrictions. But, my partner does. A deadly allergy to any nuts and sensitivity to red meat and pork. I love so many foods like pad Thai or Indian food, but we can never get them from a restaurant. So, if I am to eat these foods I love, I have to make it at home and make safe alterations. It would be nice to get some things pre-made, but it's just not safe for some people.

3points

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Mickysixxx 1 year ago

I'm gonna have to get me a box of Scratch you can make so many different things from it. Whenever I ask people how they made a delicious recipe they always say "I made it from Scratch". No matter how hard I look I still haven't found any Scratch down at the shops

4points

Jihana 1 year ago

I have two things I made that are just not worth the work: Scotch eggs and cauliflower-cheese-patties. Both tasted amazing, but it was just too much hassle.

4points

Diolla 1 year ago

cauliflower-cheese-patties? Oooh that sounds delicious!

2points

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Brent Morgan 1 year ago

I have a diverse palate, I have no restrictions. But, my partner does. A deadly allergy to any nuts and sensitivity to red meat and pork. I love so many foods like pad Thai or Indian food, but we can never get them from a restaurant. So, if I am to eat these foods I love, I have to make it at home and make safe alterations. It would be nice to get some things pre-made, but it's just not safe for some people.

3points

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