{"id":4742,"date":"2012-01-20T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T14:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/?p=4742"},"modified":"2012-01-20T08:31:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T14:31:08","slug":"you-can-make-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hottie-biscotti.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/you-can-make-your-own\/","title":{"rendered":"You Can Make Your Own…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week we picked up Rudy’s BBQ for dinner. \u00a0Last minute plans had been made and I just couldn’t pull together a meal for 7 with what I had on hand. \u00a0And I can’t meal plan fast enough to just run to the store and pick stuff up. \u00a0I agonize over my meals. \u00a0It might be a problem, the amount of time and energy I spend thinking about what to make for dinner. \u00a0Anyway, \u00a0I love Rudy’s. \u00a0I really and truly do, but they can be stingy with their accoutrements. \u00a0I ordered almost 3 pounds of meat and they gave us bags with all of 9 dill pickle slices, 4 slices of onion, and 9 pieces of bread. \u00a0Really, Rudy’s? \u00a0We did have plenty of sauce, though. \u00a0The biggest problem for me was the pickles. \u00a0I would have pulled some out of the fridge, but we just moved into this house, and so I haven’t stocked up on stuff like that yet. \u00a0When we moved out of our other house I had 4 different kinds of pickles on hand. \u00a0I like pickles. \u00a0I bought a jar of dill pickles last night at the grocery store. \u00a0So we’re good now.<\/p>\n

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This started me thinking about things I’d like to make from scratch at least once, just to see if it’s as good as store bought and worth the effort. \u00a0Of course I know that fresh pasta is probably better than the dry stuff, but I don’t know many people who make their own. \u00a0I think it’s just too much work, and possibly not worth the trouble. \u00a0Some people I know disagree with me…like old Italian grandmothers.<\/p>\n
So, by the end of the summer, since many of these things are summer foods, I will conquer and report back to you the good, the bad and the ugly about making your own of the following foods. \u00a0Most of the foods I’m listing below are things I almost always buy at the grocery store, with little to no fuss, and ready to go. \u00a0Some of them are things I’ve just always wanted to make but never had the motivation to make. \u00a0If anyone has any other suggestions, tips, recipes, etc. please send them my way as I am always glad to get helpful advice!<\/p>\n
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  • Pickles (Dill and Bread + Butter)<\/li>\n
  • Pickled Beets<\/li>\n
  • Flour Tortillas<\/li>\n
  • Gnocchi<\/li>\n
  • Ravioli<\/li>\n
  • White Sandwich Bread<\/li>\n
  • Hamburger Buns<\/li>\n
  • Ketchup<\/li>\n
  • Mayonnaise<\/li>\n
  • Mustard<\/li>\n
  • Pretzels<\/li>\n
  • Flaky Dinner Rolls<\/li>\n
  • Croissants<\/li>\n
  • Baguettes<\/li>\n
  • Beef Brisket<\/li>\n
  • Souffl\u00e9 (Savory and Sweet)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    I am going to stop there. \u00a0I don’t want to get ahead of myself and then abandon this idea entirely when I become overwhelmed. \u00a0There will be no rhyme or reason in how I approach this, so don’t expect the order in which I make anything to make any kind of sense whatsoever. \u00a0Check back for the first “You Can Make Your Own…” post, which might just happen to be pickles…or might just happen to be something else. \u00a0Can you tell I haven’t totally thought this through?<\/p>\n