"Actually, I make my own"
Toby LaRhone
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On a Food and Drink forum what is it about that statement that causes so many posters to be ridiculed?
I've posted on other "Food" forums where the majority of contributions are personal recipe sharing or advice seeking for making particular dishes.
On F&D here it seems that anyone who suggests making it themselves is seen as a food snob.
I've even read comments in GD about the "hostility" on F&D toward anyone who dare mention the matter.
Am I wrong?
I've posted on other "Food" forums where the majority of contributions are personal recipe sharing or advice seeking for making particular dishes.
On F&D here it seems that anyone who suggests making it themselves is seen as a food snob.
I've even read comments in GD about the "hostility" on F&D toward anyone who dare mention the matter.
Am I wrong?
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Exactly.
If someone asks, for e.g., 'What's your favourite Dominos?', then chiming in with 'Actually, I make my own', is completely irrelevant and is posted purely to be superior. It's like asking 'What's your favourite pop band?' and someone saying 'Actually, I listen to classical'.
Not necessarily.
I moved somewhere that the nearest Dominos, McDs, BK etc is 12 miles - so sometimes I contribute to fast food threads saying I make my own and my success in achieving a decent approximation purely because I miss my junk food and its the only way I can contribute!
Though I appreciate some people *do* do it to be superior, not everyone does. And I myself like to see those 'make your own' ideas popping up anyway, whether the OP does or not. They're useful to me.
I don't really get the big deal about it - it's like inverted snobbery
Would it be wrong to give your input and advise buying pre-made puff pastry, or dim sum, or whatever?
If someone seems genuinely unaware that a pre-made product is more than likely going to far better than anything they can make at home, or doesn't appear to realise how complex, time-consuming expensive it is to make from scratch...
It's not just about the OP's benefit and wishes - it might help anybody reading the thread so I think all contributions should be welcome myself.
Again I think it depends on the thread it should be possible from the OP and the subsequent discussion if people want to know about other possibilities or if they just want to simply talk about fish and chip shops or nandos or whatever.
Nobody likes a clever dick.
Some things in Iceland, I have bought for work such as their vegetarian burgers which for £1 for a packet of four I cannot possibly make myself at that price.
I enjoy cooking and do make an effort to make everything I possibly can from scratch but there are times infrequently where I find some products ready made which are very tasty and a lot cheaper. However, it does take a lot to impress me and those vegetable burgers certainly have.
What is, Walter?
Any suggestion of "making your own"?
I do make my own.;-)
Mostly it's on threads when people say, 'Who does the best takeaway pizza' and someone randomly says 'I make my own, its' cheaper and faster'.
I don't think you are wrong.
I like DS as a whole, but Food and Drink doesn't meet the expectations of someone who actually likes to make things from scratch. It's littered with silly game threads and topics about crisps and fast food restaurants.
I've shared a few recipes on the forum over the years, but finding a new one among all the dross just doesn't happen and it is easier to go elsewhere. Perhaps we should petition for a sub-sub forum for recipe swapping? If we had that, then my visits to F&D would become a daily habit, rather than a bi-monthly.
If someone just wants a frivolous chat about which Pizza you normally get if you have a Dominoes, then irrespective of whether one can make a better pizza at home or not, it simply isn't pertinent to the thread topic.
By all means post homemade recipes, but preferably in a separate thread and let those who just want to compare notes on takeaway choices do just that.
It's the "it's cheaper, so easy- and you know what's in it!" That annoys me
Or advising that it's cheaper if your on a budget, then it's something you need to cook for hours which disregards the amount of people who use energy keys so have to pay for fuel whilst cooking
Plus occasionally most people enjoy NOT cooking from scratch and having take out.
I notice people saying it outside of food and drink in threads too
It's on a par with `eat less, move more` in diet threads on the scale of annoyingness
I'm all self-conscious now
For example, someone once mentioned loving a doner kebab but hating the thought of all the shite in them - so I told them how I'd made my own and actually made it the fatty, greasy, unhealthy delight (that could be popped in the microwave with no prep no less) but without the rat ears in....
It's how I can contribute to those threads, and I like to talk about those foods I miss so much too
And it works the other way too - if someone asked for a puff pastry receipe, or dim sum, etc I'd probably pop on and say 'don't bother - buy it' , because cost, time, and results from my experience has brought me to the conclusion that that might suit people better in X circumstance.
I think I've seen more unwarranted crappy responses about this kind of thing than I have actual pompous input, to be honest.
This can be quite a schizophrenic forum -- you have those with a real interest in cooking adventurous food alongside those who only like to talk about fast food, and that's not to mention the What Did You Eat Today residents, most of whom seem to be to have borderline eating disorders (and who eat such TERRIBLE meals, in my opinion). But hey ho, it's a big wide world and there should be space for everyone.
What did you eat today is fascinating
Though I think people skip things and don't post them
Fascinating in a can't-take-your-eyes-off-a-car-crash way!
Yes I agree. I like reading this forum because of the widely different topics on food, I enjoy reading peoples recipes/tips and I also enjoy reading subjects such as 'Favourite Pringle Flavour' - being a food lover I just like the variety of subjects about food.
If someone should post on a thread that they make their own or questions why another poster should make their own it really doesn't bother me - I think I am too laid back to get cross with someone on an internet forum, although in some instances I think some people post occasionally 'why not make your own its cheaper etc' as a bit of an in-joke on here.:)
I also enjoy reading the 'what did you eat today' thread - its fascinating stuff