Just wondering ...

thriftlady_2

Biddyrolo wrote:

Don't know, are you the same Addiscomber from the RC site? If you don't mind my asking (I have a different user name on there)

Thought I recognised you I've seen you on ACountrylife.com as well haven't I? I sometimes put my tow pennyworth in on the RC site as Thriftycook

memorygirl

Mum has just told me she calls it "cooking from scratch" - cos when we were wee she used to open the "pretty empty" fridge and scratch her head wondering what to cook for dinner:rotfl: :rotfl:

Mind you she also has the theory that I learned to cook in "self-defence" cos she was so bad at it:rotfl:

Memorygirl

Sadierhianne

Because you are cooking from scratch - scratch being another term for start.

So instead of opening a can of beans that are already made for you, you'd open a pack of dried beans, soak em, then make the sauce using fresh ingredients etc -

Hmm that's not really answering the question is it - would depend where the term scratch came from - anyway it is meant to mean start/beginning.

S