Does anyone besides me cook from scratch anymore?

yeas i definitely cook food from scratch.. we Indians prepare most of the dishes from scratch n its fun n u can experiment them n i kind of like that ...

I dont really cook from absolute scratch but I do make it a habit to not cook to many meals out of a box. I would rather buy a box to make something like cornbread instead of buying it or I would rather make a pie than buy it, so that is as close to scratch as I come.

I usually cook from scratch, but butter and ice cream are more expensive to make than to buy. I don't eat ice cream often, either. I love to find recipes for making basic foods like cheese and sauces.

My husband and I try to make things from scratch as much as possible, but not to the extent that you do. I would love to cook more things from scratch, but I don't think I have the kitchen, experience, or tools to do as much as I'd like yet. I bet I could learn a lot from you:) Would you mind sharing some recipes? I love learning new things. Do you make your own spaghetti sauce? My husband has been dying to learn how to make his own.

I love spices, too, and am very particular about nutrition in our day to day food, but lately I haven't been doing as much completely from scratch as I used to. They do have better food commercially available now than they used to and that is part of it. For example, I used to make my own yogurt, buttermilk, and kefir (and then use all 3 in baking as well as to enjoy by themselves) but now I can buy LifeWays kefir in the store, and "grow" a few more quarts from each batch. Much easier and the process doesn't own me. I still "grind" my own flour to add whole grain goodness, but now I do it 1/4 cup at a time in the Magic Bullet instead of dragging out milling equipment and making up more than I'll end up using. Let's face it, I don't have room in the freezer for flour, and the whole grain stuff isn't as shelf stable as that other kind. So I fresh-grind a handful of flax seed and some different whole grains and add that to a part of a package of biscuit mix or whatever. I call my method "Hybrid Scratch." As for other people in the kitchen, that sounds fun for the other people and I'd love to be one of them, but if they did that to me I'd be funny alright, but no food would get cooked. I can cook or goof off but not both at the same time. That reminds me of the time I was talking to someone and grabbed what looked like chicken broth and dumped it in the rice. It looked a little funny as I was spooning it into a serving bowl, but it wasn't until I took a bite that I realized it had been pineapple juice!

LOL food speaks to me too and my family hates it because they'll often say Can you make that dinner again? but the truth is, I can't remember what I put in the first place so I can never make it just as good as the first time LOL I don't make my own butter, however I should, but I do all the baking, bread, muffins, cookies, cakes... we also make our own sauces and broth. What I like to do the most is when a meat goes on sale, I buy a ton of it and spend a day cooking meals. For example Ground Beef! I buy about 12 lbs and make spaghetti sauce, lasagnas, shepherd pies, cabbage rolls, meatloafs, soups... and freeze them all. I usually end up with about 26-32 meals and it only took me an afternoon to cook! I also make smaller lasagnas/sheperd pies/cabbage rolls/meat pies/meatloafs for lunches. I'm always talking about one day making big batches like that and selling them however I have no idea how to get involved in something like that!

Make your own butter? Wow, I'm amazed.

I don't like cooking from scratch. Takes too darn long. Sometimes, it's nice to throw whatever you can together, from all fresh ingridients, but I only do that if I'm really in the mood to cook. I think that standing over the stove all day just to cook a few meals is kind of silly. I mean, as a society, that just isn't as practical as it once was. I don't see much of a need for it anymore.

wow, i admire people like you who do that. i dont have that kind of time, i have 2 part time jobs and while we do not do take out (ever) i don't do all that you do!

hi,you can do all of these it is really nice you know i hope to marry a woman can cook just can,nowadyas girls does not know anything about cooking ,not all of them sure.

I cook a lot at home. I Love it. I don't make my own butter or sour cream but I should try it one day. I have never made bread either but my mom used to and it was the best! I cook on a whim as well, just adding spices and vegetables as I go along. It has always turned out good so far!

I am cook from scratch. i started learning how to cook foods from the box to practice. i graduated from box to scratch. I think cooking from scratch is a way to express your self. U are can be creative when it comes to inventing different seasoning for different things. U are able to put love into what u cook. In the end, it comes out good. Today i think people dont put forth the time to do that anymore, because they have other things to do. Now days people are looking for a quick fix to preparing meals.

My mom still cooks like that:) Its so good!