to object to the term 'cooking from scratch'?

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Erm ... you either cook or you don't. What is this whole 'from scratch' business about? And I'm not being judgey, if you don't want to cook and want to buy pre-prepared stuff, then fine. Its the wording that pisses me off

what would you prefer?

making a lasagne for example i would say making the sauce and not getting out the dolmio is 'from scratch' but i wouldnt go as far as to make the pasta myself aswell!

cooking . If you chop veggies, prepare meat, fish etc then you cook. If you shove stuff in an oven/micro etc, you reheat. Nothing wrong with either its just I hear this 'from scratch' thing everywhere and it annoys me

YABU

Here here HertsnEssex

hertsnessex - I would do like you but would just call it 'cooking', albeit with dried pasta sheets.

BB - believe me I am not knocking convenience food. Its just this modern 'from scratch' term which seems a recent phenomena. Oh ignore me.

IDC

i just call everything cooking, and dont use the 'from scratch' thing. even if it is just tortolleni with some toms and spinach and creme fraiche. its all cooking!

Twiglett, to be honest, you're right. Must get out more

"From scratch" doesn't bother me.
"Pre-prepared" does though.

YABU

people get worked up over wierd things IMO.

I like IDC.

Can you guess what IDGAF stands for?

Ah but Thehedgewitch, are your tortillas homemade ? If not then I'm afraid that doesn't really count as being from scratch.

Oxocube YANBU my American Aunt uses this term for her cooking as in she refers to herself as a "scratch" cook and it drives my mum barmy, like we eat Fray Bentos pies every night or something.

Cali and others - but where did the term 'from scratch' come from and why do so many people use it now. I don't give a monkeys whether people spend hours preparing food or shove a pizza in the micro, it simply the term that I hear everywhere and object to. It sounds what rookie says about her aunt. Oh I feel myself disappearing up my own arse

I don't like it, because for some reason it reminds me of pork scratchings. Like something gouged out of an animal's back. But that's probably just me. I'll shut up.

but it's not true that you either cook or you don't though is it? You might cook a pie, but if you bought the pastry, you haven't made it "from scratch"

I don't know where it comes from, but poultry feed is sometimes called "scratch" - that may be it.

you are being odd! There is definitely a distinction between reheating, cooking, and cooking from scratch.

Cooking from scratch implies something complex that you've made from first principles.

You wouldn't say you'd fried a steak "from scratch", but you've cooked it nevertheless.

Whereas if you make your own mayonnaise I think you are entitled to tell people it's made from scratch because very few people bother to make homemade.

It's just a saying surely - would you prefer us to say "assembled from basic non-vattable ingredients" or something?

according to google the etymology is as follows:

Etymology: From the scratch drawn in the ground serving as the starting line of a foot race. A runner "starting from scratch" received no handicap, but started at the beginning of the course.

Ie you are preparing a meal without any advantages, starting from the very beginning.

oh bst but i do GAF

i like terms like this actually..
you dont know what it means but everyone says it on everyday basis

lol
tyv
i just saw your post

It's interesting to know how far is acceptable when cooking form the dreaded 'scratch'.
For example, peppers in oil would prob. be considered ok but is pre-prepared.

i was once in a school where there cookery lesson was slopping that vile jarred tom. sauce over a (bought) pizza base and sprinkling read grated cheese over it. Vom.