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Subject: [Restingplace] Fw: cookinginthedark: Food Humor: From Scratch
"Scratch"
My mother never let me help much in the kitchen. As a result, my cooking
ability was practically non-existent when I got married. But, I did remember
mother mentioning to her friends that she did make cakes, pies and other
things from scratch. So my first priority after the honeymoon, was to locate
some scratch. With mother's delicious cakes in mind, my first trip to the
supermarket was to buy some scratch. I found the aisle that read -- Baking
Items. I spent a good 15 minutes looking at everything from vegetable
oil,sugar, flour and chocolate without seeing a sign of scratch. I was sure
it wouldn't be with the pickles or the meat. I asked the clerk if they
carried scratch. He looked at me funny and finally said, "You'll have to go
to the store on the corner." When I got there, it turned out to be a feed
store. I thought it rather strange, but I decided cakes were food. "Do you
have scratch?" I asked the clerk. He asked me how much I wanted. I suggested
a pound or two. His reply was, "How many chickens do you have? It only comes
in 20 pound bags." I really didn't understand why he mentioned chickens, but
I had heard mother say she made chicken casserole from scratch. So, I bought
20 pounds and hurried home. My next problem was to find a recipe calling for
scratch. I went through every single page of my lovely "Better Homes and
Gardens" Cookbook -- a wedding gift. I looked and looked for a recipe using
scratch. There I was with 20 pounds and no recipe. When I opened the
scratch, I had doubts that a beautiful, fluffy cake would ever result from
such a hard looking ingredient. I hoped with the addition of liquids and
heat the result would be successful. I had no need to mention my problem to
my new husband. He had suggested very early in our marriage that he liked to
cook and would gladly take over anytime. One day he made a pie and when I
told him how good it was, he said that he made it from scratch. That assured
me that it could be done. Being a new bride is scary and when I found out he
made pies, cakes, and even lemon pudding from scratch . . . . well, if he
made all those things from scratch, I was sure he had bought a 20 pound bag
of scratch also. But, I couldn't find where he stored it, and I checked my
supply. It was still full! At this point I was ready to give up because all
the people knew about scratch except me. I decided to try a different
approach. One day when my husband was not doing anything, I said, "Honey, I
wish you'd bake a cake." He got out the flour, sugar, eggs, milk and
shortening. But, not a sign of scratch. I watched him blend it together,
pour it into a pan and slide it into the oven to bake. An hour later, as we
were eating the cake, I looked at him and smiled and said, "Honey, why don't
we raise a few chickens?"
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