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July 25, 2009
PSA
I love food blogs. I really do.
I subscribe to quite a few.
But I've had to stop following a few American sites because 3/4 of the recipes include some short cut pre-made 'ingredient'. It is really quite frustrating. And there is a part of me that just wants to reach through the intertubes, shake the authors and say 'Hey, lazy blogger, it's not that hard to chop up a few chilies, trust me'.
So just for the food bloggers, the list below includes ingredients that are not necessarily available outside of the US:
1. Cool Whip (but I can make whipped cream)
2. Cheddar Cheese Soup in a can (and even our cream of mushroom soup is different, not by much, but it is different)
3. Graham Crackers
4. Ro-tel
5. Nilla Wafers
6. Canned biscuits and frozen dinner roll
7. anything Jello related (including Jello pudding)
8. Most of the cake mixes that are not straight chocolate or vanilla. Nope, no devil's food, angel food, lemon, etc
9. Corn bread mix
10. Monterrey jack cheese (yes we get cheese, just not MoJack)
11. Bisquick
12. Crisco or any vegetable shortening for that matter. We have this thing called Copha, but it's just not the same
13. Velveeta
And yes, I know I can order stuff from USA Foods in Melbourne, but to be honest I'd much rather make it from scratch.
/rant
-gg
Posted by gadgetgirl at July 25, 2009 09:08 PM
Comments
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Posted by: Rob at July 27, 2009 06:36 PM