10 Ridiculous Supermarket Products You Can Make at Home

[DrLeftover]

I’m no stranger to convenience foods. Or packaged snacks. I grew up in the era of Jell-O pudding and Cap’n Crunch, for goodness sake. Even so, a recent stroll through my local grocery store left me shaking my head at the sheer audacity of corporate food mongers. What happened to homemade?
Five minute roasted potatoes – too good to be true?

The real kicker for me, though? Something called Potato Jazz, a plastic tray filled with one pound of “real” potatoes that will be ready in five minutes in your microwave. Imagine a young person with no cooking experience whatsoever spotting this gem. Five minute roasted potatoes, he might think. Making roasted potatoes must be hard, he might think. And thus we have indoctrinated another person into believing that cooking real food is too much of an inconvenience.

http://www.attainable-sustainable.net/ridiculous-supermarket-products-homemade/

 

[Evil Eye]

I blame Star Trek.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD4EVXkfe0w

 

[DrLeftover]

real tomato soup DOES NOT involve a can

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C65qTGRuRdg

 

[DrLeftover]

Remember, you can make even the snootiest restaurant meal at home, and do it at a fraction of the price.

For instance:

Coq au Vin

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/coq-au-vin-recipe.html

Video:
http://www.ulive.com/video/cuckoo-for-coq-au-vin